The Hewlett-Packard iPaq 210 Enterprise PDA is finally available. This business-oriented handheld was announced last year along with the consumer-oriented HP iPaq 110 Classic. The HP iPaq 210 features a 624 MHz processor, 128MB of RAM, and 256MB of ROM. This phone-less PDA has a 4 inch, 480 x 640 pixel resolution touch screen with landscape and portrait display modes. It also has built-in Wireless, both 802.11b and 802.11g, and Bluetooth.

For expansion there are integrated Compact Flash type II (CF) and Secure Digital (SDIO) slots. The Secure Digital slot supports high Capacity cards (SDHC). I was wondering why HP handhelds aimed at business have a Compact Flash slot as well as an SD Card slot. After some research I saw that there are already a 32GB Compact Flash Cards available, whereas SecureDigital Cards are currently at 16GB. The battery is removable (user-replaceable), as with most Pocket PCs.

The Enterprise 210 handheld is slightly bigger and heavier than the 110 Classic, and has an extra 64MB of RAM. The screen is also bigger, 4 inch VGA rather than 3.5-inch. It runs the latest non-smartphone Windows Mobile 6 Operating System, called “Windows Mobile 6 Classic”. HP also sells an optional HP iPaq Bluetooth Keyboard for the handheld, which brings it closer to being a Notebook replacement.

Posted on February 1st, 2008 by mervyn