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Mobile units include two converged devices and a GPS system
Hewlett-Packard unveiled late on Wednesday five new iPaq handheld devices, two 3G mobile phones, a GPS device it calls a personal navigation device, and two traditional PDAs, without cellular connectivity.
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The 910 and 610 use the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating system.
Although the PDA market has been shrinking quarter over quarter for several years now, converged mobile devices (PDAs that include Wi-Fi and cellular) are seeing robust growth, according to Ramon Llamas, a senior analyst with IDC.
"These are mini computers and for some it is a necessary enterprise device," Llamas said.
Although pricing is not yet firm, the...