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Info on the New iPAQ H3800

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hardware-to-lust-after dept.

Jason Dunn sent us to a link on his site about the new new iPaq which is due out relatively soon. Aesthetic changes, more memory, and I assume Linux will run on it as well or better then the existing models.

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  1. Re:Bluetooth for $750, PCMCIA $150, 802.11 $100 by turbine216 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    picture this...

    a PDA that takes ALSO functions as my mobile phone. I've been longing for it for years. The bluetooth functionality, while not necessary, would allow me to use a wireless headset or earpiece...much better than the current hybrid PDA/cell phones, which basically force you to hold the freakin' PDA up to your face (generally not very accomodating).

    The wireless capability would not necessarily have to be 802.11...it could be 3G wireless CDMA or something of that nature. I'm looking for TOTAL voice/data connection, in a fully mobile environment.

  2. Re:This isn't a troll, just a question... by larien · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Never crashes? Dunno about Pocket PC 2002, but I've seen an iPaq 3630 get hosed with itself such that I couldn't start up Contacts. A soft reset cured that, though (i.e. a reboot).

    As for why use linux, well:

    • Because you can. Some people will try and run linux on everything that has a CPU and RAM. :) It's a geek thing, I think...
    • Custom uses; here you have nicely packaged hardware with a reasonable amount of RAM (go back 2-3 years and 64MB was a privilege!); I'm sure you could develop some good custom utilities that require portability (e.g. stock inventories in a warehouse). Using linux allows a custom kernel to be deployed making such tools more efficient (hopefully!) and/or making integration with an existing linux/Unix infrastructure easier. That said, many tools could simply be deployed as Pocket PC apps.
    Your point about being custom made is good, though. I bought mine as a PDA, not as a mobile computing platform. All I need is something to sync up contacts and calender info and the ability to browse the web using IR and a GSM phone. Pocket PC 3.0 lets me do this quite happily with Outhouse (not my choice; company standard) at work.
  3. Re:Moans for casio...where's the decent graphics? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful
    However, this new iPaq still has the same crummy 12 bit downsampled (meaning that the proc takes time to shave off the extra 4 bits) screen as its predessors

    No, internally the graphics are 16-bit. The display can only display 12-bit however. The display automatically turns the 16-bit output into the 12-bit display - no processor time used at all, nor any graphics chip time either. The point is that the iPaq's graphics chip is not as good as the one in the E100, in that the E100's can do more accellerated actions. Or that WinCE2.11 is faster at graphics that PocketPC.