We've been waiting and waiting for HP to finally get real with their iPAQ 900-series Windows Mobile smartphone. Just as we were about to give up on HP's smartphone offering, the HP iPAQ 900 pops up on the FCC's website. We were expecting the HP iPAQ 910 to get its launch on with AT&T back in [...]

Boy Genius has the scoop of the century, a peak at Vodafone’s 2008 lineup ! Now he is going to break it up into several posts, but I’ll condense his writing into this one mega article. Stay tuned as I update this through out the day! Devices in this post so far:

• BlackBerry 8XXX
• Nokia E71
• Nokia E66
• HP Silver
• HP Oak
• Palm Drucker
• BlackBerry 8110 (Pearl 2 with GPS instead of WiFi)
• ODM v16xx
• Palm Wanda

First up is the newest BlackBerry to come out in May. It has a full qwerty keyboard, quad band GSM/EDGE, triband 3.6 MBps HSDPA (2100/1900/850 MHz), 624 MHz Intel Tavor 65 nanometer processor , 2 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, High Speed USB, 1500 mAh battery and my favorite part: half VGA (480×320) screen: Next we have the Nokia E71 . Vodafone confirmed what we already knew: 3.6 MBps HSDPA (most likely 2100 MHz only), quadband GSM/EDGE, 320×240 resolution screen that is only 2.36 inches, full qwerty keyboard, 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi and the release is expected in Q2: The Palm “Drucker” has no picture, but has the following specifications : Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, 320×320 resolution screen that is flush with the case, full qwerty keyboard, 2 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS, quadband EDGE/GSM, triband HSDPA 3.6 MBps (2100/900/850 MHz), Bluetooth 2.0 and a whopping 1500 mAh battery. It is supposed to come out in July for 270 British Pounds which is ~365 Euros and 535 American Dollars. The “ HP Silver ” is a Windows Mobile 6 Standard device with a qwerty keyboard that has 2 letters per button (known as SureType) which is similar to RIM’s BlackBerry Pearl. It has HSDPA that does 7.2 MBps, HSUPA, GPS, WiFi, 320×240 resolution screen, 1010 mAh battery and is supposed to come out in July with a cost 250 British Pounds which is ~335 Euros and ~495 Dollars: The Nokia E66 is the follow up to the E65. It has WiFi, 3.6 MBps HSDPA, 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, 2.4 inch 240×320 display, quadband EDGE/GSM, Bluetooth and is supposed to come out in Q2 for 280 pounds aka 375 Euros aka 555 Dollars. Notice how on the new Eseries lineup the Symbian key has been replaced by the Home key: The HP Oak form factor is a copy of the HTC Vox, meaning there is a T9 keyboard on the front with a slide out QWERTY keyboard. No word on the resolution of the screen. It has WiFi, GPS, 7.2 MBps HSDPA, quadband EDGE/GSM, runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional, a 1010 mAh battery and will cost 260 pounds (515 Dollars or 350 Euros) when it comes out in September of 2008: This next one is nothing out of the ordinary, supposed to come out this month too, the BlackBerry Pearl 2 aka 8110. It’s just a Pearl with GPS, I’m not going to bother listing out the specifications, you can view them here : This ODM v16xx is a low end Windows Mobile 6.1 device with triband EDGE, GPS, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, full qwerty keyboard and a 320×240 display all being power by a 1200 mAh battery: The Palm Wanda is a Windows Mobile 6.1 device with a 320×240 display, triband GSM/EDGE radio, 3.6 MBps HSDPA, GPS, 2 megapixel camera, 1200 mAh battery and is supposed to come out in September for 180 pounds (355 Dollars or 240 Euros): ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Nokia N92 unboxed by The Boy Genius2007 i-mate Product Roadmap - You Want It? We Got It!Motorola RAZR2 V9m may be coming to Verizon on August 29Picture: Sidekick Slide in the wildHands-on the T-Mobile Sidekick LX - live pics galore!

In our land of the lawsuit-friendly legal system, it’s no surprise that we’re hearing of another no-name company coming out of the woodwork with a patent-infringement case. The latest patent-infringement suit comes from Delware-based AutoText Technologies.  A 32-page complaint was filed against 23 companies that AutoText Technologies claims infringed on a 1994 patent for a computer-based transcription device. Apparently, the AutoText patent covers any device made in the US with a display, keyboard, storage for vocabulary, and method for sorting keywords by frequency. Apple has been named in the suit for infringing on AutoText Technologies with Mac OS X Tiger, the Safari web browser, and related products. Other high-profile companies named in the suit include HP, IBM, HTC, Motorola, Palm, Microsoft (for its Windows Mobile 6 OS), and carriers like AT&T, Helio, and Verizon. Game console manufacturers Nintendo and Sony have been named in the suit for their Wii and PlayStation 3 systems, respectively. AutoText Technologies is seeking a a minimum of a royalty from each company and is seeking damages. Good luck, AutoText. We don’t have high-hopes for your case - we’re thinking you might get a settlement out of some of the bigger players. But, that’s what you were going for in the first place, wasn’t it? [Via: Apple Insider ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Apple sued for patent infringement - SP Technologies claims patent over iPhone's virtual keyboardSamsung and Ericsson make love, not war - agree to cross-license patentsBroadcom snags $19.6M payment from Qualcomm over Patent DisputeNTP sues AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile over mobile email patentsQualcomm files two new patent infringement lawsuits against Nokia today