HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian is the ultime QWERTY / touchFLO Device - Soon to enter Celluloco.com Mobile Arsenal

Have you ever wanted a BlackBerry with a touchscreen and a full QWERTY? Well, if you happen to like Windows Mobile 6.5 too, then you might as well put the HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian on your wishlist - it's just what you've been after.

We posted some leaked photos and a spec sheet of the iPAQ K3 Obsidian back in May and now we've got more to show you. One thing seems to have changed - the screen, which the spec sheet had at 2.8", is now reportedly a 2.46" one based on AMOLED technology. A quick measurement of the live shots in Photoshop seems to support the 2.80 theory, given the phone measurements in the spec sheet are correct.

HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian

The screen, as we already hinted, is a touchscreen - not all too common for bars with full QWERTYs. The resolution is only QVGA though. The rest of the specs are in line with what the competition offers - the HP iPAQ K3 runs on a 528MHz CPU with 256MB RAM and 512MB ROM.

Connectivity in the Obsidian also doesn't disappoint - there's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, a microUSB and 3.5mm audio jack and finally - built-in GPS. A microSD card slot will help with expanding the internal storage.

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HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian and LG Monaco Surface

Just when we thought that the flood of leaked phones on our homepage is about to stop and here comes the next one (or ones more likely). Two WinMo powered handsets made their unofficial debut and as usually that was enough to secure them a front row seat in the news section. The handsets in question are HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian, which will be running the Windows Mobile 6.5 and the LG Monaco that will run on WinMo 7 and are again destined for the AT&T shelves.

The LG Monaco is yet another fruit of the beneficial cooperation between LG and Microsoft. The side-sliding QWERTY, the 3.2" WVGA touchscreen display and the Windows Mobile 7 OS are LG Monaco's key features. It will also sport a 5 megapixel camera, a microSD card slot as well as Bluetooth and USB connectivity.

LG Monaco

The release date of the Monaco will of course be dependable on the official release of its OS. Considering that the 6.5 update isn't yet available and rumors put WM 7 release somewhere in the second half of 2010, it is highly unlikely that the LG Monaco will appear at AT&T stores any earlier than that.

The HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian will come as a touscreen QWERTY-equipped bar. Running on the Windows Mobile 6.5 it will pack 3G with HSDPA, Wi-Fi and a 2.8" landscape display (now that is some wide phone, isn't it?).

Some of the other interesting features of the HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian include Bluetooth v2.0, built-in GPS and a 3.5mm standard audio jack plus microSD card slot and microUSB jack. There will also be proximity sensor and a light sensor on board. The camera on this one will sport 2 megapixel resolution so you might not want to set your hopes too high.

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