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With that phrase, HP's new smartphone is considered a failure in the beginning. Unless they price aggressively. I mean really really aggressive. $0 on a 2 year?

PS to HP, you don't need to bring em' to the other side of the pond.]]>Oct 3rd 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/
If it's anything like its concept photo, it should be some sort of Xperia killer.... much thinner, with a better keyboard + front numpad, but without Panels, which I think is overrated compared to the front numpad functionality.

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On the downside, like any non-TouchFLO WM phone, it will feature heavy stylus usage.]]>Oct 3rd 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/Ask any Windows Mobile Treo owner - you hardly need the stylus - WM 6.1 supports a keyboard pretty well.]]>Oct 3rd 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/yeah it takes .6 seconds to pull out, but it increases speed, and allows for more items due to dramitically better accuracy ]]>Oct 3rd 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/Oct 3rd 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/Oct 3rd 2008 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/
Back on topic, this vague description is not much different than the HP 910. And if HP follows the 910's trajectory from announcement to actual delivery than we can expect an ETA of 2010.]]>Oct 3rd 2008 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/
Second; It might have something to do with the fact that companies seem to find that receiving the same amount of euro's as they would get in dollars might be more attractive]]>Oct 6th 2008 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/wp-content/phoneimages/2008/01/gsmarena_hp-oak.jpg]]>Oct 3rd 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/
.......how quaint.]]>Oct 3rd 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/Oct 3rd 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/Oct 3rd 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/Oct 3rd 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/Oct 3rd 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/
That and Windows Mobile? I wish they'd jump on the Android bandwagon, they have a good open source history otherwise.]]>Oct 3rd 2008 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/Oct 3rd 2008 9:00PM