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Mark your calendars: Mid March 2010 (UPDATED)

One of the more reliable sources out there has recently picked something up on the radar: *something* will be announced somewhere in the middle of next month, perhaps biased a little towards the end, but nevertheless, something. *Something* because it is currently unknown what exactly it will be, but I’m sure many of us are all hoping it will be the some things we’ve been waiting for, huh?

Nope, don’t look at the categories I’ve listed below as hints I know something you all don’t – it’s just wishful thinking because my guess is as good as your’s. The time of month has been confirmed (mid-end March), but announcement/event is unknown. So remember to take some time off this weekend to do the lucky dance and hope it’s the new Elitebooks and/or ATI graphics options.

UPDATE: In case you were thinking the Feb 28/March 1 announcement of the Elitebook 2540p and 2740p and updated Probook models were “IT”, you’re wrong. Expect another round of announcements in March. So this time we can narrow things down to either the flagship Elitebook 8740w with Dream Color 2, the new Envy 14 and Envy 17, new Pavilion notebooks, one or more of the above, or something completely different (remote possibility: HP Slate pricing and availability?). And the speculation goes on….

Spotted: HTC Touch Diamond-ish HP iPAQ is out there

Someone (well, actually a few people) out there has just spotted a full-touch HP iPAQ out in the wild. Described as ‘a full-touch device with a widescreen touchscreen’ and ‘looks like a HTC Touch Diamond 2 with a more elegant design’, it sounds like something to look forward to… and looks like all is not lost for the few iPAQ fans out there (myself included). The device is set to run Windows Mobile 6.5, apparently with a custom skin over the default UI (Touchsmart interface for iPAQ anyone?!) and has either a WQVGA or WVGA screen (hopefully the latter), but little else is know about the mysterious device.

If asked about the credibility of such “rumors”, this info comes from several reliable sources and it’s been confirmed that it ISN’T the iPAQ K3 since the device has a candybar form factor (iPAQ K3 looks more like a Blackberry, definitely not a candybar). Let’s just call this thing the iPAQ X since we have no idea what HP will name their next device. But anyway, there’s also word that this elusive iPAQ X has an ‘evil twin’ which sports a slide-out keyboard. Looks like HP wants to follow HTC’s trend of releasing two similar WM smartphones, one being touch-only (HTC Touch Diamond) and a keyboard-version (HTC Touch Pro). Time will tell, and I can’t wait when HP makes an official announcement (hopefully soon, please!)