The clean-roomers killed the HP Jornada handheld in favor of the Compaq iPAQ .
Basically it came down to holding the remote right in front of the iPaq's IR receiver.
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In 2000 it produced the iPAQ, a personal digital assistant, for Compaq, a firm bought by Hewlett-Packard in 2002.
Handhelds running its PocketPC software, such as HP's iPaq and the new T-Mobile smart phone, now claim 21% of the market.
's iPaq Pocket PC, but it has the best and brightest color screen I've yet seen on a personal digital assistant (PDA).
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The Compaq IPaq I-A1 is a cute little beige number with a wireless keyboard and a tiltable color LCD screen about the size of a makeup mirror.
The device is described as slightly larger than an iPaq-- Hewlett-Packard 's (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) flagship personal digital assistant--and easy to carry around.
While such devices continue to improve, handsets such as the Treo 650, Sony Ericsson P910, and HP iPaq h6315 are fraught with compromises and high prices even after carrier subsidy when compared to their closest competitors.
Pocket PC enthusiast sites like iPAQ HQ are reporting that HP has been making their lives very difficult by requiring them to sign an incredibly stringent agreement if they want to receive the latest iPAQ Pocket PCs to review.
It's been almost a full year since we first spotted the Swiss Army Phone better known as the iPaq hw6900, and after endless teasing and false starts, Cingular will finally start selling this highly-anticipated jack-of-all-trades starting on October 31st.
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But while this whole story certainly sounds plausible, the unidentifiable device in the gentleman's hand could be anything from an old HP iPaq to a five-dollar tip calculator, so please do your duty as responsible readers and begin dropping your wild theories and baseless debunks into the comments below...
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