Chris Leckness

John Chan of Cnet Asia gives the new HP iPAQ 112 a spin...

Dedicated PDAs are a dying breed. The demand for such devices is shrinking because PDA-phones make more sense for many who wish to reduce the number of items carried around. Granted, some organizations still need them for specific tasks like inventory management. And certainly, some consumers still prefer to have a dedicated device because the lack of cellular radios means longer battery life. It will take a big organization to cater to such a niche market, and they don't come bigger than HP, which has one enterprise and one consumer handheld in its portfolio of iPaq devices. We take a first look at the consumer-focused iPaq 112 Classic Handheld.

Large as it may be, the display on this iPaq is still just a QVGA one. Given that old devices like the Dell Axim X51v already came with VGA ones, we wonder why HP couldn't throw that into the 112 as well. Cost might have been an issue here, but we would take sharper text and images and pay more for it anytime.

This is supposed to be HP's thinnest Pocket PC yet. If it's thinner than the 1900 series, I'll be impressed. It sure looks sexy though.

Read the complete review at CNET Asia

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Originally Posted by Chris Leckness

John Chan of Cnet Asia gives the new HP iPAQ 112 a spin... Dedicated PDAs are a dying breed. The demand for such devices is shrinking because PDA-phones make more sense for many who wish to reduce the number of items carried around. Granted, some organizations still need them for specific tasks like inventory management. And certainly, some consumers still prefer to have a dedicated device because the lack of cellular radios means longer battery life. It will take a big organization to cater to such a niche market, and they don't come bigger than HP, which has one enterprise and one consumer handheld in its portfolio of iPaq devices. We take a first look at the consumer-focused iPaq 112 Classic Handheld. Large as it may be, the display on this iPaq is still just a QVGA one. Given that old devices like the Dell Axim X51v already came with VGA ones, we wonder why HP couldn't throw that into the 112 as well. Cost might have been an issue here, but we would take sharper text and images and pay more for it anytime.

Yesterday when I was posting the picture of the Everun close to my Axim X51v a few things came to my mind.



As you can see, the Everun is not a lot bigger than the X51v which not one of the biggest UMPC, I which I had my old hx4700 to have a better comparison. I know for sure that UMPC with 4 to 5 inches screen will become smaller in the future with the implementation of new technology. So my question would be, if you have a device almost about the size of the hx4700 that can run a Desktop Operating System is there any need for a Pocket PC? I personally do not think so. And if that's the case, I think that the so called "classic PPCs" days are counted.