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Jornada Killed, iPaq To Live On
MartinG writes "According to the news at handhelds.org "HP/Compaq merger completed. HP Jornada will be discontinued in favor of HP iPAQ. HP Labs will continue to support Linux on the iPAQ. In particular, we plan to complete the Linux port to the Jornada 56x." I couldn't see any further details, but interesting news nonetheless."
Both were technologically great devices, but the HP seemed better built (this coming from an Ipaq owner).
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I love the ipaq, very happy to see them stick with what works and not roll over the ipaq
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"Ya I finished that last week, it just doesn't work"
This would be interesting if it meant more commericial support for Linux on something other than ia32 machines - still something of a Cinderella - but it is difficult to draw that conclusion from this article alone.
But that is right, isn't it?
it's nice to see a company willing to work with developers to support their old products under installations they were never intended to work with.
cyn, free software and *nix operating systems enthusiast.
The iPaq (despite sounding so much like "iMac) is the better handheld. t's really amazing all the uses for it, plus it has much better accessories.
I'm happy with *all* the decisions they've made so far, really.
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HP/COMPAQ Publishes OS/product Roadmap
I really thought they would have gone for the more obvious name:
HPaq.
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"Jornada killed, IPAQ to live on"? That sounds mighty suspicious to me...
Alright, I think the Jornada did it, in the conservatory, with a compact flash memory card.
Personally, I have found HP products (especially laptops and PDAs) to use an inferior, almost navy blue, plastic that feels brittle and rough. Compaq has a tendency to use silver "accents" that I find a little gaudy. Maybe with Palm's recent troubles, HP/Compaq (anyone know if they will be called HPaq?) can hire away one of the original designers (just not the guy who did the m505 or whatever...yuck!).
I think companies tend to underestimate the importance of quality materials. Yes, what's inside counts, but the heft of a thing, the sturdiness, these are the aspects that appeal to our most primitive sense of utility and function. Never disregard the subconscious effects of the tactile world around us.
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Typical... Just when I buy myself a juicy little HP Jornada :(
I did dither about buying an IPAQ, but the use of those "jacket" things to add CF or PCMCIA capability just didn't appeal. At least the Jornada has an inbuilt CF slot.
Cheers
Chris
This is great that hp is keeping handhelds.org alive. Handhelds.org has produced a lot of great software over the past couple of years and made things like the Sharp Zaurus possible. The death of the jornada is unfortunate but it seems that hp is just trying to keep the best products out on the market. Thanks HP for not killing off handhelds.org!
Later,
Phil
Tad sad, considering the 'sleek form factor' of the Jornadas. Ah well.
The HP website has a Product Roadmap in its press releases.
It makes a quite nice read, especially if you're a heavy Compaq server site.
Smart Handhelds
Decision: The Compaq iPAQ(TM) Pocket PC, re-named the HP iPAQ Pocket PC, will be our smart handheld platform. The best of the current HP Jornada technology will be engineered into the platform. Jornada products will be phased out of the market in 2002.
HP will continue to innovate in wireless, mobility and voice technology. HP also will offer the iPAQ Blackberry device for end-to-end wireless e-mail solutions, under the HP brand.
So evidently we're going to see IPaq's emerging with some of the good Jornada technology integrated. Lets hope its well done, rather than shoehorned in.
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"New stuff is developed for Jornada. iPAQ support still continues."
Doesn't that sound a little contradictory? From the latter you could imagine it's iPAQ killed and Jornada lives on...
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a nice little handheld one can wirelessly use as a plan9 graphic terminal, even listening to mp3s etc.
:(
if only i could afford one
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I have to admit that I foresaw the merging and subsequent ramifications of PC hardware and support divisions, and the HPUX/Tru64(sp?) divisions. I completely missed the PDA divisions. What else has been overlooked I wonder?
It must be wonderful to wake up and smell the coffee... in Brazil!
Carly Fiorina just announced that hp would be shutting down handhelds.org "I didn't realize we'd left something useful out there" she commented.
Maybe they should change their slogan from "HP invent" to "HP assimilate" ?
So now we have one less PDA offering. The Jornada had some features that Compaq wasn't interested in putting into their devices. Mergers tend to hurt competition by removing offerings from the market.
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Has anybody looked much at the Game Park 32? There have been a couple of mentions of it here.
Imagine a cross between the GBA and the iPAQ, kind of. The form factor is large GBA, the screen is bigger (with more colors) than an iPAQ, it uses SMC cards, has a USB port, a cell phone type expansion port for RF networking and stereo speakers.
Ports of Doom, Descent, Wolfenstein, Emulators for GBC, GBA (possible), SMS and SNES are all working or in progress. Since gcc for the GP32 is out, MAME, 2600 and more ports and emulators should be out soon.
The current list is about $160USB.
Do we have to keep rehashing information? Can we talk about new and interesting things every once in a while?
We discussed this issue earlier this week... The editors are really getting lame.
At Ipaq LINUX, the familiar project, or at Intimate Handhelds.
(Just in case somebody isn't aware of this)
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Admit it, the Jornada wasn't too sexy looking to begin with so that's why they will be stopping it's production in favor of the sleek looking Ipaq
Check out opie.handhelds.org/ For a great distro for handhelds. supports ipaq, zaurus, and I think others. This project, could do wonders, for unifying linux PDAs on a single platform.
With countless stories every day on how Microsoft is evil, and Microsoft practices must be stopped ( more articles than I could stomach usually ), I'm surprised on how eagerly slashdot jumps on their products. Guess what, you're funding them!!
By buying their products, you're speaking with the voice that counts, your money.
The zaurus is a great tool. I love mine. Everyone was raving yesterday about how the clie had a software writing area that's hideable, guess what, the zaurus has that. And it has a built in keyboard, and a screen keyboard, and a unicode keyboard...
And don't talk about software either. Because, there are tons of ARM linux software. In places like zaurus.sourceforge.com http://zaurusoft.com http://opie.handhelds.com http://myzaurus.com http://ipkgfind.handhelds.org http://www.debian.org/ports/arm
so go ahead. complain that microsoft is bullying the educational institutes, that their licenses prevent OEMs from distributing alternative OSes, that they want to prevent us from being able to buy computers without paying them everytime...
Then go buy their friggin' products.
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I own a Jornada 568 and prefer its form factor to that of the iPaq. The iPaq requires a very thick sleeve to support add in cards compared to the Jornada which does not. My coworker's iPaq is quite a bit bulkier with a sleeve and wireles adapter compared to my Jornada with a wireless adapter. I haven't used an iPaq so maybe I am missing something, but from a form factor view, this doesn't seem like the best decision.
The ipaq has a better name in the marketplace. If you look at their roadmap you will see this is what they have done with all the products. If one product has a better name in the marketplace it is kept.
There is some rumors going on the news sites that theres a 400MHz iPaq with 128 MB ram on the way, more that is more usefull as a mobile entertainment PDA than the current high-end model (for games, video, divx, mpeg, mp3, etc). Dunno if its using the old StrongARM family or the new Intel Xscale architecture (ARM based).
...was that it was attached to the rather shapely hip of Denise "Dr. Christmas Jones" Richards in the James Bond opus "The World Is Not Enough." It also provided the most humor: The notion that Richards could use the Jornada to deactivate a nuclear warhead hurtling through a Siberian pipeline at 75 MPH.
This details what they are and are not getting ride of. It looks like most of what is staying is all going to be under the HP name as well. Very little Compaq left. They are also getting rid of True64 and integrating the good parts of it, or what they think are good, into HP-UX.
This is from HP and to their customers / consumers so if you use any Compaq / HP stuff it is worth a read.
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I was onced asked by a friend/devleoper:
:)
Q1: "Why does a company buy 5 iPaqs?"
Q2: I don't know, why does a company buy 5 iPaqs?
A1: "So they have 1 that works for the demo."
Q3: Is this a hardware or an operating system issue?
A2: "operating system"
Take a look at the Sharp Zaurus for your next purchase. If you need MS Windows desktop apps too then Qt and Qt/embedded is a great choice. IMHO.
By the way, the Zaurus rocks.
LoB
"Anyone who stands out in the middle of a road looks like roadkill to me." --Linus
yup, that's one reason why I went with the Zaurus. It too has the CF slot builtin but also has a SD/MMC slot as well. The slide-out keyboard and Linux were the final hooks that got me to buy the Zaurus.
It'll be interesting to see if the HP iPaq gets builtin expansion and I applaud their Bluetooth support.
LoB
"Anyone who stands out in the middle of a road looks like roadkill to me." --Linus
wtf
My thought when I read that Compaq were supportive of Linux was "Great, I wonder how much an iPaq with Linux costs?"
So I went and looked, and discovered that you can't actually buy an iPaq with Linux. Supportive my ass.
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My only complaint with the Zaurus is battery life... it is a complete and utter pig with the backlight in use... I'm lucky if I get two hours use out of it.
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Oh, Jornada.
Whoops, my mistake.
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If you had read this article you would have known that.
I've heard that but not experienced it myself. I run atleast one notch down in "Front" light intensity. Because it is a frontlight and not a backlight, we must keep it turned on. When I know I'll be outside using the Z, I knock it down another notch (50%).
I'm also wondering if charging or battery hiccups aren't causing some to have very short charge life.
LoB
"Anyone who stands out in the middle of a road looks like roadkill to me." --Linus