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It used to be HTC had a monopoly on that clever side-slider QWERTY keyboard design for Windows Mobile Pocket PC phones.
If you’ve read our review of the E-TEN M500 which preceded the M600, you’ll know it was one of my favorite Pocket PC phones. The M500 was small, light, had great performance, a very bright display and a nice bundle of custom applications.
Cingular and T-Mobile are fighting for Pocket PC phone lovers’ business with their respective versions of the HTC Wizard, both released in Feb. 2006.
Mess with a good thing, go ahead. The Cingular 8125 which we praised highly in our February 2006 review, was loved not just by us but by our readers. That review has been one of our most popular in 2006 and the 8125 has sold incredibly well.
If you feel like you’ve seen the HP iPAQ 2790 (or 2190 and 2490) before, that’s because you have. Mostly. Like Dell and their X51 series, Several of HP’s first Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PCs
If you feel like you’ve seen the HP iPAQ 2490 (or 2190 and 2790) before, that’s because you have. Mostly. Like Dell and their X51 series, HP’s first Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PCs use the same hardware as previous models with more flash memory and th
HP is re-inventing the Pocket PC, or at least trying to put a new spin on it. They make a variety of Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices that function as standalone PDAs, as “Mobile Messengers” which means they have a mobile phone in them such as the iPA
HP’s first Windows Mobile 5.0 introductory level Pocket PC is a winner. It’s got good looks, an impossibly thin design, an excellent display and WiFi wireless networking.
Once again, Dell is first to market with a Pocket PC running the latest version of Windows Mobile 5.0. Just as their Axim X30 was the first Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition device to hit the US market, the X51 and X51v are the first WM 5 PDAs.