HP iPaq 510 Voice Messenger Unlocked Smartphone with Wi-Fi, MicroSD Slot - Unlocked Phone - US Warranty - Black

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.6 x 1.9 inches ; 3.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000R97XD6
• Item model number: 510.00
• Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,661 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Eschewing the curvy yet bulky design of its iconic iPAQ Pocket PCs of old, the HP iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger offers a downright svelte design as well as the power of the Windows Mobile 6 Standard operating system (for non-touchscreen phones). In addition to its quad-band GSM/EDGE network communication capabilities, the iPAQ 510 also offers built-in Wi-Fi for VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) telephony over open 802.11b/g networks. Other features include a range of voice commands, 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets, expansion via MicroSD memory cards, and up to 6.5 hours of talk time.

A slim and svelte Windows Mobile 6 workhorse, the iPAQ 510 weighs just 3.6 ounces and is easily pocketable.

The new Windows Mobile 6 operating system enables you to view and edit Word and Excel documents as well as provides instant message capabilities via Windows Live Messenger. (See more details about Windows Mobile 6 below.) You'll also get an enhanced Outlook Mobile experience that enables you to view emails in their original HTML format and enjoy quick access to contacts with the ability to search a call history and contacts database. The iPAQ 510 is also very enterprise-friendly as it's the first iPAQ device to offer the over-the-air device management capabilities from Bitfone, which can be used by IT managers to remotely support the iPAQ's performance, security and access to applications, data and networks.

Nicely compact, the iPAQ 510 measures just 0.64 inches thin and weighs 3.6 ounces. It has a 2-inch micro-reflective TFT screen with a 176 x 222-pixel resolution and an LED backlight. The phone offers 128 MB of ROM (which stores the Windows Mobile 6 operating system and applications) and 64 MB of SDRAM (which can be used to store user files), and it provides approximately 65 MB of available ROM storage and 44 MB of SDRAM memory. It's expandable using MicroSD memory cards, which currently max out at 2 GB of storage. The address book is only limited by the available memory, and you can store up to 12 numbers per entry as well as home and work addresses, e-mail, IM screen name, and more. For caller ID purposes, you can pair a contact with a photo, a caller group, or one of 28 ringtones.

Use the keypad to access functions within Outlook, Word, and Excel, or use the iPAQ 510's 20 voice commands for easy hands-free operation.

The built-in camera on the back of the phone can capture 1.3-megapixel still photos as well as video clips.

It has a 12-key numeric phone keyboard and a blocky 5-way navigation controller. Because this phone runs the Windows Mobile 6 Standard Edition, which doesn't support touch screens, you'll have to use the controller and keypad for accessing functions. The iPAQ 510 also offers more than 20 voice commands for easy hands-free operation. Using a powerful "voice reply" feature, you can reply to email by dictating and sending a voice response, without the need for any typing. You can also listen to email and text messages, navigate through phone and calendar tasks, and speak to start applications.

The camera on the back of the phone has a 1.3-megapixel resolution, and it offers five quality settings--from QCIF (176 x 144 pixels) to SXGA (1280 x 1024 pixels, good enough for snapshot prints). It supports GIF, JPEG, BMP, and PNG file formats. It can also shoot short video clips at 176 x 144 pixels.

In addition to Bluetooth wireless capability (version 1.2) for hands-free headsets, the iPAQ 510 also has a 2.5mm jack for using wired headset and stereo headphones. Connect to your PC via Bluetooth or USB (version 1.1).

Vital Statistics
The HP iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger weighs 3.6 ounces and measures 4.21 x 1.91 x 0.64 inches. Its 1100 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6.5 hours of talk time, and up to 7.8 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty, and 90 days of software technical support.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile 6 adds power to your mobile office with up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars.

Edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on your phone, just as you would on your desktop/laptop PC.

Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 updates the Windows Mobile 5 platform with a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file.

With Windows Mobile 6, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations.

• Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
• With Excel Mobile, youÕre not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
• PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
• After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.

All Windows Mobile 6 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.

Product Description

HP iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger. It is small in size, but dont be fooled. Our iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger is big on functionality. Get ready to take your office on the road and work where you want, when you want; easily doing your e mail, making calls, setting up appointments, and getting all your projects done.

Customer Reviews

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gettiing closer to perfect!, October 17, 2007

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Software Guy (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP iPaq 510 Voice Messenger Unlocked Smartphone with Wi-Fi, MicroSD Slot - Unlocked Phone - US Warranty - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I've had a variety of phones, but this is my favorite.

Razr - Thin & light, but brain-dead synchronization with Outlook.
Cingular 8125 - Does everything, but big, heavy and some tasks needed the stylus.

My requirements:

- Quadband (world phone - works almost everywhere)
- Bluetooth (for headsets etc)
- WiFi (to connect to the Internet for faster surfing and places like Japan where Quadband doesn't work)
- Perfect synchronization with Microsoft Outlook
- Keypad (T9 - don't text enough for a full keyboard)
- No stylus needed
- Don't care about 3rd party software, but it's nice

The phone: The HP iPaq 510!

It fits my requirements great! And the Voice Commander software is pretty neat (some may think it's gimmicky, but it helps when you're driving a car).

Only minor niggles - wish it was even thinner (but the upside is HP put in a hefty batter) - keys require getting used to as kinda smaller (but hey, you got a big gorgeous display above them). Some people have complained about the screen not having higher resolution, but I find it fine (170x220).

With a little customization, this phone can be tailored to you! I changed the Shortcut keys, installed SmartphoneNotes (to sync Notes with Outlook), recorded some voice tags to improve the speech recognition (it actually can recognize speech without training, if necessary!) It will even switch from Normal to Silent (or Vibrate) mode whenever you're in a meeting! Sweet!

Note: Press and hold the Home key to get quick access to other function!

Love this phone already!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Phone w/ Wifi and Windows Mobile 6, August 27, 2007

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J. Lin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP iPaq 510 Voice Messenger Unlocked Smartphone with Wi-Fi, MicroSD Slot - Unlocked Phone - US Warranty - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I bought this phone because it has Windows Mobile 6 which is compatible with Microsoft Sharepoint which my company is integrating soon. Also it has Wifi. These two features alone puts other phones in this class at the $500+ range.
First Impression-
When I opened the box today, I was surprised to see how small the phone was. Nice big screen and the keypad are on the small side, but its fine once you get used to it (after a few texts and emails) I must also say that compared to my last phone (Samsung Blackjack) this phone is much lighter and not as wide as the blackjack... so it fits comfortably and weightlessly into my front shirt pocket. It also sports a mini sd card for music and COMES WITH 3.5 mm standard headphones... This was one thing that bothered me about the Blackjack (only special samsung port headphones or wireless bluetooth headphones would work).

The only downside but one feature that I had to sacrifice in order to gain other features (Windows Mobile 6 and WIFI) is that this phone has no 3G. Surfing the net, it was quite noticeable. However, it is not a big deal if you are only going to use it for email. Edge network is fine for text related websites. Therefore as a work phone, this is perfect as far as features go. Out of the box, the battery life is splendid, I have not charged it like they told me to, I'm going to wait till the phone dies before I do that.. Hope it doesn't mess anything up.

Bottom line-
For $300 this phone is packed full of features that you can only get with phones $500+ I highly recommend this phone to anyone who wants Windows Mobile 6 and WIFI, and doesn't mind the regular 3 letter per button typing style... I'm sure for most of us, we are still used to that style anyways.
I will buy 2 more for my employees.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HP iPAQ 510, September 14, 2007

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Let Him In "JW" (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HP iPaq 510 Voice Messenger Unlocked Smartphone with Wi-Fi, MicroSD Slot - Unlocked Phone - US Warranty - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

This is one of thos situations where you are looking for certain features and hoping one day they will all be found in one device. If you are saying this about a Smartphone, then this is the one.

An unlocked Wi-Fi, WM6 phone with the little 'fixes' to quirks and inconveniences in the WM5 operating system cannot be beat. It offers so many little things that people have been waiting out of a Smartphone and Windows Mobile, you simply have to check out the specifications yourself.

And thankfully, the functionality and ease of use works well, and I don't have to reset it and things like that. It is very well refined and a great finished product. I couldn't be more thankful for it.

The only thing I wish it had is a separate power button that would put the device on Standby...I've only had mine a few days, so maybe there is a way to actually do this with some button sequence. But I not only got what I thought I was getting when shopping for it and researching it, but I was pleasantly surprised with other unlisted upgrades and tweaks that have made this one far above any other Smartphone out there.

I don't think you will be disappointed if this is what you are looking for. God bless you.