I love the battery life,speedy performance and bright screen,but miss the keyboard of Mobile Messengers
HP took its first steps into the smartphone market with the hw6500 Mobile Messenger,but the Personal Messenger series is distinct in to way: it is more targeted at consumers and does not included a keyboard.
The rw6800 feels more like a generic smartphone than a sophisticated piece of hand crafted hardware.in particular, the silver plastic finish veers towards tacky in place and it is thick at 19mm.This thickness is partly due to a big battery,with a 1,530Ah removable unit inside.That led to some decent scores in our real life battery life test,lasting for around four days between recharges despite some heavy use - HP claims a talk time of five and a half hour and standby of ten days.Another boon is that unlike previous iPAQs,this one can recharge via the standard mini USB port.
It is also fast.A 416MHz processor means Windows Mobile 5 speeds along and whatever task we were performing we could not complain about the iPAQs responsiveness.The screen is similarly impressive,with 240 x 320 pixels and a bright backlight.The flip up cover is another plus,as it means you can shove the iPAQ into a pocket without worrying about scratches.
All this make the iPAQ an excellent device for viewing email. The trouble is started missing the keyboard of Mobile Messengers.Even sending a text becomes a bind when you have to use the mini on screen keyboard or character recognition.
Fortunately,Bluetooth is available for hooking up the optional HP iPAQ BT Foldable Keyboard ( part code FA802AA),headphones or virtually any other peripheral,while Wi Fi is another excellent inclusion.The lack of 3G is drawback but at least EDGE and GPRS are on hand
There is a lot to like here,there's even a decent 2 megapixel camera which takes great picture in good lighting but without an easy way to input information,it falls short a Recommended award.
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