HP iPaq hw6900

CNET editors' take

• Reviewed by:
  Bonnie Cha
• Edited by:
  Kent German
• Reviewed on: 02/12/2006

This week at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the mobile industry has gathered to showcase new products and services, as well as to further the development of the GSM platform. Among them is HP, which today announced its latest smart phone, the HP iPaq hw6900 Mobile Messenger. The follow-up to the HP iPaq hw6515, the hw6900 updates the operating system and adds some new features. Unfortunately, as of the time of this writing, no pricing had been set, and HP gave us only a vague availability date of mid-to-late spring. To hold you over in the meantime, here are a few details about the smart phone.

Upside: When we reviewed the iPaq hw6515, integrated Wi-Fi was one of the things on our wish list. With the HP iPaq hw6900, we're happy to see the company added it to the feature set. Bluetooth and EDGE technologies are also onboard, so you have the full gamut of wireless options. And for globe-trotting execs, good news: The hw6900 is a quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) phone, so you can take it with you overseas. We also welcome the latest Windows Mobile 5 operating system, and since the smart phone runs the Pocket PC Edition, you get the full Mobile Office Suite, including Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, and Outlook Mobile. Speaking of which, the hw6900 is positioned to be an e-mail machine, as it's compatible with GoodLink and Microsoft Exchanger Server 2003. Plus, with Microsoft's Messaging and Security Feature Pack, you'll be able to enjoy the joys of push e-mail technology. Oh, and did we mention the full QWERTY keyboard?

Other features on the iPaq hw6900 include a 1.3-megapixel camera with video-recording capabilities (HP will offer a cameraless version), a built-in GPS receiver and navigation software, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, a 416MHz Intel PXA270 processor, 128MB of flash memory and 64MB of SDRAM, and a speakerphone.

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  "DOES the hw6900 have wifi?"

  by 7487860 on August 1, 2009

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  "Good divice bit slow"

  by keith_fitzmaurice on August 29, 2008

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  "Sluggish out of the box"

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  Editors' rating: 84

  Summary: alaTest has collected and analyzed 598 reviews of HP iPAQ hw6900 (6910,6915,6920,6925,6940,6945,6965) from international magazines and websites. Experts rate this product 73/100 and users 79/100. Comparing these reviews to 485486 other Cell Phones reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 84/100 = Very Good.

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• mobiletechreview.com

  Editors' rating: 80

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• techradar.com

  Editors' rating: 70

  Summary: TomTom navigation software comes pre-installed on the device, with a map of primary routes covering the whole country at motoring navigation scale. You also get one detailed map to download into the iPaq; select the city you're interested in and the ...

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• pcworld.com

  Editors' rating: 72

  Summary: At only $360 with a two-year contract from Cingular, the hw6920 is not a terrible deal, but other phones provide nearly the same features (sans GPS) with far fewer operational problems

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• tech2.com

  Editors' rating: 60

  Summary: The phone demands an astounding Rs. 37,999. While the performance of the phone and the applications is great, and there are a whole lot of connectivity options ranging from GSM, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth, WiFi, Infrared, USB and even GPS navigation, the ...

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