Good news and bad news for iPAQ fans. Hewlett-Packard (HP) PR Manager Mike Hockey has confirmed recent reports that the iPAQ 210 Enterprise Handheld is delayed. However, that device's sister handheld, the iPAQ 110 Classic, is apparently still on track and should be available shortly.

HP's own commerce page for the iPAQ 210 now says the handheld is "Coming in 2008!" It was supposed to ship this year.

The reason for the delay: "A supply issue discovered in the development of the recently announced HP iPAQ 200 products will cause the availability to be later than we had hoped in some regions of the world," Hockey explained to Brighthand.

He added HP is working with its vendors to resolve the problem. Once that's done, they'll be able to finally deliver the iPAQ 210.

As for the iPAQ 110, Hockey said the rumors of its delay until 2008 are unfounded. In fact, HP's Asian manufacturer is already shipping the handheld, which means you should see it on store shelves in the near future.


iPAQ 210 iPAQ 110

The iPAQ 210 and iPAQ 110 are a couple of a series of new mobile devices introduced by HP last month. Unlike the others, mostly smartphones, these Windows Mobile 6 models fall into the traditional PDA category, a market it was thought HP, like many other vendors, had abandoned.

Here's what else we know about these iPAQs so far:

The iPAQ 210, which his supposed to go for $450, has slots for both Secure Digital and CompactFlash cards and a 4-inch, 480 x 640 pixel (VGA) resolution touch screen.

It runs on a high-capacity 2200 mAH Lithium Ion battery, powerful 624 MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, and 256MB of ROM. The iPAQ 210 includes both Wi-Fi with VoIP support and Bluetooth wireless.

The iPAQ 110 is a thinner&151;only .54 inches thick to the iPAQ 210's 0.63 inches&151;and cheaper handheld, at $300. Even so, it sports the same amount of RAM and ROM and clock-speed processor as the iPAQ 210. There's still Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as well.

However, the screen size drops down to a smaller 3.5-inch and lower-resolution QVGA type and the battery to a 1200 mAH.