Turn HX4700 into a Smartphone

[dakota77]

Hello,

Is there a way to turn an HX4700 into a Smartphone ?

Via a compact flash adapter ?

Thanks

Mario

[AnswerDude]

Yes, there are 2 gsm/gprs cards i know of;
Enfora
http://www.enfora.com/
Review
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/tips/Enfora_GSM_CF_card.htm

and Convergent
http://www.convergentech.com/detail.aspx?ID=2
Review
http://www.brighthand.com/article/Turn_Your_iPAQ_Into_a_Phone

[AntonyL]

Hi,

I have been trying to persue this idea with an hx 4700 but keep coming up against the problem that the ipaq has to be switched on to receive voice calls. I imagine that would decimate the battery. Enfora offer an extra battery but it looks quite big and also I don't think solves the problem of the ipaq being on or off.

Does anybody know a way around this problem? Is there a third party program that can wake up the ipaq when it is off to ring for a voice call? Am I right in saying that the CF slot is always powered when something is plugged into it? so what it should need is an app to wake the ipaq only .

Thanks