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Danger's Mobile Device - The HipTop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the incredible-converging-technology dept.

A random reader writes "All the "convergence" devices I've seen so far are great, but they all miss a feature or two. Cellphones with PDAs but no keyboard, PDAs with keyboards but no phone, etc. Has anyone ever heard of the HipTop? This little baby has a screen the size of a gameboy advance, runs Java, has a cellphone, keyboard, PDA functions, a camera and even an 8-voice MIDI synth... " Excluding a color screen, what more could one want in a toy?

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  1. Re:Better links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    Sorry, that sucked. Try this:

    USAtoday


    CNET

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  2. Nokia Phones by jeriqo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Both Nokia 9110 and 9210 have a keyboard, a few PDA features, and of course, cellphones.

    They're pretty expensive, and probably not as powerful as regular PDAs, but they may fit your needs.

    For more info, check the nokia website:
    9910
    9210

    The 7650 is pretty interresting too, but has no keyboard.

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  3. There are several devices on their way! by e.m.rainey · · Score: 2, Informative

    From what I read on alot of tech sites, there are several devices on the way which will have the keyboard/PDA/Cellphone thing. I can't resist to tell you that I am working on such a device at Motorola. You probably haven't heard about it yet but it's called the Accompli 009 and has been in a few press releases. Accompli 009. Google also has a good image archive of it here. But anyway there are more devices on the way from Samsung, Nokia, Sharp, ... pratically anyone who makes gagdets. Lots of them run Linux too, like the Sharp SD500L.

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  4. Re:this is a conceptual device only by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    No, it's not. I am acquainted with a guy who helped
    design the things and he has at least a prototype
    to play with. Said prototype, iirc, is rather close
    to the final product.

  5. Err... it already exists in Japan!! by nikko · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dude, check out the latest DoCoMo phones. THey do it all. They have built in keyboard, built-in PDA, run Java, built-in tiny digital camera. They send email, they browse the web (well at least i-mode sites), they can attach pictures to your email.

    Oh yeah, as an added bonus the mobile phone service actually works!! (unlike in the U.S.).

    Unfortunately they're only available in Tokyo (looks like a decent place to live). I don't think people in the U.S. realize just how far behind our mobile communications infrastructure has fallen.

  6. Re:this is a conceptual device only by bluescreen · · Score: 4, Informative
    In addition to being uninformed, you also didn't bother to read.


    They are funded pretty well, and I can tell you
    that I've personally seen real and working danger devices. I beleive they also did a working demo at comdex.


    I know this may seem like flaimbait, but I cant stand it when people post armchair assertions as fact from a quick skim of a site..

  7. Blatant Karma Whoring by StikyPad · · Score: 2, Informative

    The site seems to be slashdotted, but I found a few other stories on it, and this one has a small picture of the device in question.

    Enjoy

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  8. Re:Man... by Mwongozi · · Score: 3, Informative

    It sounds like you want a tablet PC, although this being SlashDot I'm sure a lot of people will hate the fact that it's Microsoft.