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HP Branded O2 XDA Atom, Possibly the iPAQ hw6800, Rumored to Have Been Seen in Person

By Brian, Brighthand.com Contributor | 1/26/2006

Wow, so that's quite the headline. Last week word came out that HP was working with Quanta to brand the compact O2 XDA Atom Smartphone. A few days later it was rumored that HP would call it the iPAQ hw6800. Now someone has reportedly seen it in person and is quoting a release date of April.

O2 XDA-Atom Smartphone
O2 XDA Atom Smartphone

This latest news comes by way of Mobility Today:

I happened to be at HP today and got a chance to see, hold and play with the upcoming iPAQ 6800 (name to be finalised). I hadn't read anything about it so thought I would send you a note. It is in essence an O2 Atom but with HP firmware and in a silver case with a 6500 style plastic fold back screen guard.

It has:
Windows Mobile 5, tri-band GSM with EDGE, FM radio, 2.0MP camera, Bluetooth (with A2DP & AVRCP support), iRDA, 802.11b & Mini-USB 1.1 port. Memory: FlashROM 128MB, RAM 64MB

This is a real product and from what I hear is due for release in April '06.

Of course HP has no official comment, but they're so bad at keeping a secret when it comes to PDAs and Smartphones, if this thing is real, we should see pictures coming out of Europe in the next month or two.