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Earlier today, Ed Hardy at Brighthand published a piece about how the iPAQ hx4700 series Pocket PCs have quietly dropped off their site. Is this the end of the 4700? Ed thinks so. I called and sent emails to some contacts at HP and in normal HP/iPaqHQ fashion, I got no call backs. I was hoping to give a definitive answer to the question, but I guess we can call it a yes. Thanks Ed.

A Change in Focus

Fans of the iPAQ hx4700 should be aware that HP may never put out another similar device.

Early this month, one of this company’s top executives said in an interview that his company is losing interest in traditional handhelds and switching its focus to converged devices.

Unlike most previous iPAQs like the hx4700, these offer support for cellular-wireless networks.

This change has already begun. In the last year, HP has put out many more converged devices than it has traditional handhelds like the hx4700.

Read the Article at Brighthand

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