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More information has come out regarding Hewlett-Packard's upcoming iPAQ h6300 series, the first smartphone from the Pocket PC giant.

PocketPC Italia has posted some pictures as well as some additional specifications of the HP smartphone, including the fact that it would be the first consumer handheld to support Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (802.11b) and cellar wireless networking. In the case of cellular, it looks like the h6300 will be a GSM/GPRS smartphone that is Quad-Band (850/900/1800/1900) for worldwide compatibility.

The smartphone is slated to measure 4.5 x 2.9 x 0.7 inches and weigh 6.5 ounces, which makes it larger than the earlier reported size estimations, which placed it at about the same size as the iPAQ h2200 series. It’ll have an antenna.

According to information that has leaked out of over the last couple months, the h6300 should run on the Phone Edition of Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, which leans more towards the PDA side of the PDA/phone equation, while Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphone is for devices that are to be used more heavily as phones than PDAs. It'll feature a TI OMAP 1510 CPU, the clock speed of which isn't known yet, 64MB of RAM, 64MB of ROM memory, and a 3.5-inch display that supports 16-bit or 65,536 colors.

Additional rumors place a Secure Digital slot that is SDIO enabled for memory and peripheral expansion as well as a VGA (640x480 pixel) integrated digital camera on the device. It looks like a consumer version of the h6300 will have the camera, while a business orientated model won't.

Not included with the h6300, but still useful, is an optional keyboard that attaches at the bottom of the unit. The device may also have an email client for BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which would allow businesses to roll it out along with RIM BlackBerry devices and still enable users to get the same push emal solution that they get with BlackBerry handhelds. There should also be a flip cover and a removable 1800mAh lithium ion battery

The h6300 is slated to be available from T-Mobile in June.