Just went into IT City and found this phone for sale at about 10,900 baht. Looks like a good deal for what it comes with.

HP iPAQ 512 Voice Messenger

# Phone Type Quadband (GSM 850, 900, 1800 & 1900)

# Display 2-inch LCD (176 by 220 pixels)

# Max. Talktime 6.5 hours

# Max. Standby Time 188 hours

# Memory 128MB

# Memory Expansion microSD

# Imaging 1.3-megapixel camera

# Operating System Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard

# Dimenions 107 x 48.6 x 16.3mm

# Weight 102g

It has Wi-Fi and VOIP capable. what does that mean? can we run Skype on it? Anyone ?

I was on the verge of buying it, but opted for the HTC Touch instead.

The "VoIP capable" is there because Windows Mobile 6 supports SIP (i.e. there's a built in SIP client), so you can connect to many providers (e.g. voipdiscount, sipgate, etc) that utilises the SIP protocol. This is assuming you're connected to your home/office Wi-Fi, since SIP over GRPS/EDGE is .. erm.. not good.

Skype for SmartPhone (Windows Mobile Standard Edition) is available, but I'm not sure if it is still in beta or how stable the software is now. Just google for it.

I was on the verge of buying it, but opted for the HTC Touch instead.

The "VoIP capable" is there because Windows Mobile 6 supports SIP (i.e. there's a built in SIP client), so you can connect to many providers (e.g. voipdiscount, sipgate, etc) that utilises the SIP protocol. This is assuming you're connected to your home/office Wi-Fi, since SIP over GRPS/EDGE is .. erm.. not good.

Skype for SmartPhone (Windows Mobile Standard Edition) is available, but I'm not sure if it is still in beta or how stable the software is now. Just google for it.

Hi paveet, thought no one replied to this. scrolled back a couple pages and found this! .. I have seen adverts of HTC touch but nothing much more about it. Does it also run using WM 6 as an OS? can you run skype on it? I don't really like voipdiscount. installed VOIP discount yesterday, made my free call to malaysia yesterday and they cut me off saying i have reached the free limit after 2 minutes. that was a turn off enough for me to uninstall the software immediately.

did u buy the HTC touch in bkk? and for how much?

I was on the verge of buying it, but opted for the HTC Touch instead.

The "VoIP capable" is there because Windows Mobile 6 supports SIP (i.e. there's a built in SIP client), so you can connect to many providers (e.g. voipdiscount, sipgate, etc) that utilises the SIP protocol. This is assuming you're connected to your home/office Wi-Fi, since SIP over GRPS/EDGE is .. erm.. not good.

Skype for SmartPhone (Windows Mobile Standard Edition) is available, but I'm not sure if it is still in beta or how stable the software is now. Just google for it.

Hi paveet, thought no one replied to this. scrolled back a couple pages and found this! .. I have seen adverts of HTC touch but nothing much more about it. Does it also run using WM 6 as an OS? can you run skype on it? I don't really like voipdiscount. installed VOIP discount yesterday, made my free call to malaysia yesterday and they cut me off saying i have reached the free limit after 2 minutes. that was a turn off enough for me to uninstall the software immediately.

did u buy the HTC touch in bkk? and for how much?

I bought the HTC Touch in Bangkok for 19200. It runs WM 6 as an OS and yes, there is skype for Pocket PC.

I was on the verge of buying it, but opted for the HTC Touch instead.

The "VoIP capable" is there because Windows Mobile 6 supports SIP (i.e. there's a built in SIP client), so you can connect to many providers (e.g. voipdiscount, sipgate, etc) that utilises the SIP protocol. This is assuming you're connected to your home/office Wi-Fi, since SIP over GRPS/EDGE is .. erm.. not good.

Skype for SmartPhone (Windows Mobile Standard Edition) is available, but I'm not sure if it is still in beta or how stable the software is now. Just google for it.

Hi paveet, thought no one replied to this. scrolled back a couple pages and found this! .. I have seen adverts of HTC touch but nothing much more about it. Does it also run using WM 6 as an OS? can you run skype on it? I don't really like voipdiscount. installed VOIP discount yesterday, made my free call to malaysia yesterday and they cut me off saying i have reached the free limit after 2 minutes. that was a turn off enough for me to uninstall the software immediately.

did u buy the HTC touch in bkk? and for how much?

I bought the HTC Touch in Bangkok for 19200. It runs WM 6 as an OS and yes, there is skype for Pocket PC.

hi paveet, i had a look at the HTC Touch today. real slim and wonderful looking. but a little too fragile for my taste. i am sure its a joy to have it though call me a cheapskate but i got 3 kids and aint taking no chance on 19000baht !