HP's iPAQ 900 Business Communicator gets handled on video

After you delay a not-exactly-groundbreaking product like the iPAQ 900 for the umpteenth time, there should really be no surprise to find a lukewarm reaction when it actually ships. Nevertheless, loyalists out there that refuse to give up on HP's Windows Mobile 6.1-powered Business Communicator will likely love the lengthy hands-on demonstration at GottaBeMobile. There's nothing there that'll floor you or anything, but if you really needed to see someone handle this thing for 14 minutes before making your purchasing decision, head on past the break and mash that sideways triangle.

[Thanks, Rob]

[Flashpoint @ Jul 1st 2008 8:37AM]

I liked "Compaq iPaq" as a name more than I do when HP is in the tag.

I wish HP had never stopped the Jornada line because I was so upset when they cancelled the Jornada 928

[alfaphlex @ Jul 1st 2008 8:54AM]

wow, I couldn't watch that video past 2 minutes. It almost put me back to sleep.

[Freakin Ijit @ Jul 1st 2008 8:56AM]

Looks like the Palm 800w.

[Kris @ Jul 1st 2008 9:43AM]

It looks nicer than the Palm, IMHO

[natels @ Jul 1st 2008 9:11AM]

I thought it was a TI-83 at first..

[Dr. Evil @ Jul 1st 2008 9:12AM]

That was literally painful to watch.

Showing this to detainees could violate the Geneva Convention.

[salbucks @ Jul 1st 2008 11:29AM]

LMFAO. You are so right. LOLOLOLOL.

[retro77 @ Jul 1st 2008 10:03AM]

Did they outsource the this to Blackberry?

[T.W.G @ Jul 1st 2008 12:09PM]

I can't understand why they changed the design of the device so drastically.
on the first photos on the net it looked damn good and now it looks totally ugly :-(

[MG @ Jul 1st 2008 1:40PM]

OMG! A minute and 30 is all I could take! Someone please tell them to stop broadcasting! They have sponsors?! I'd ask for my money back!

[oakie @ Jul 1st 2008 2:30PM]

i tried to close my eyes, and found the scripting (or lack thereof) to be just as painful on the ears and brain. so i turned off the volume and found it to be really creepy the way the two would look directly into the camera without blinking.

then i realized the phone was an outdated POS that wasnt worth the torture and closed the window.

[Quikboy @ Jul 1st 2008 10:11PM]

Nice couple. They remind me a lot of Vinton and Naomi Harper in Mama's Family. :^)

Though maybe not the same personalities, but they sure look like them.

The review is kind of boring (they show too much of themselves, and not enough of the screen or device), but they do give lots of info. verbally, and I agree that WinMo 6.1 is pretty awesome.