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Summary: An excellent Linux PDA
Review: The iPaq series has been a fine platform for those looking for a nice PDA. The expansion sleeve approach taken by Compaq (now HP) makes it possible to carry the add-ons you want and ignore them when you don't. Techno-types who want more than an overblown PIM with MP3-playback will appreciate the ease with which Linux moves onto the iPaq -- alas, the SD slot can only be operated with slow MMC cards due to nondisclosure licensing terms (security through obscurity rides again...or still). Linux on PDAs is advancing as rapidly as its PC version has done and if you've thought about playing with it, the iPaq's a great machine. (Oh, and you can also restore PocketPC if Linux is not for you.)
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Summary: well built but short battery life
Review: This is a good workhorse, and has a an excellent spear if you are playing books on tape or such things. THe case it comes with protects it well. However, the battery life was too short for my tastes and it tens to turn itself on and chem up the batterirs in my backpack. I would proably look for a unti with better battery life
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Summary: 2nd compaq handheld
Review: Owned an Aero 1550, upgraded, Great little machine, wished it had built-in flash card slot. I highly recommend it. It does all I expected and more. The price was great also...
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Summary: Great
Review: I got this for christmas and so far i think that it is great. It has pocket word and excel. I also like the user interface.
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Summary: Oh Baby Oh Baby
Review: Look, I did hours and hours of research. I could write a publishable paper on the various features of PDAs so let me assure you if you're considering this product it is a pretty safe bet compared to it's peers. That also includes hours of reading consumer reviews. If you are looking for a product with Microsoft Office software, then this is the one you MUST buy. Dell has serious customer service issues and the Toshibas just didn't rank as high on quality and reliability. Spend the extra $$ and get the Ipaq. You will pat yourself on the back later.What's great about this little gizmo is that you can download all of your Microsoft files in a heartbeat. It is a high quality computer. You can spend a little more and get higher meg and such but now you're just buying a whole new system aren't you? If you want a high quality PDA then this is the one you should buy. It has every feature imaginable (or obtainable) boasts of a high battery life and the graffiti feature is brilliant. If you've read something about a vulnerable screen, don't worry. Ipaq now boasts of a hinged case to protect the screen. This looks awesome and is awesome. So far, I have been really pleased.
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Summary: Excelent Product!
Review: this is my First PDA of any kind, and was overwhelmed when i received it for Christmas. First of all let me tell you that the wealth of programs included is prbably worth the iPAQ itself in retail value. Although some of the programs are trials, most of the programs are full versions. There is so much more to this PDA than a glorified organizer, it keeps track of your appointments, tasks, and can even download your e-mail from the USB/Serial cable. With the addition of a CF sleeve and a wireless modem you can be surfing the net! With programs like Internet Explorer, and MSN Messenger it was obviously meant to have contact with the internet. It also makes an excelent MP3 player, or even for MPEG's or even DVD's. if you plan on having any amount of MP3's getting some kind of SD card, i have a 64 meg one now and it holds 14 meg songs on it. Since i have recieved my iPAQ i have also found a mass of downloadable programs, (mostly freeware). If you decide to go with this you will not be dissapointed, from its great screen to ease of use this is a cant miss.
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Summary: pretty good. some glitches.
Review: I've used Palm Vx before. decided to try new color PDA. very good hand writing recognition. nothing feels refereshing as writing a whole sentence and it gets every word perfect in it's place as if it was typed. I'm glad I didn't have to train myself with funky chracters as I did in palm. however, there are some glitches and lot of room for future improvements. audio drop out 1 out of 3 times when it's powered on from cradle. requires constant power cycle to bring audio back. not enough fine volume control on main audio.(btw: media player has more refined volume control in it). speaking of media player, I couldn't really run mp3 on the background and do my work. music would constantly break up. I didn't see that happening on caseo e740.
as someone already mentioned earlier, connector design on cradle is extremely flimsy. it doesn't slide in smoothly and I hear crunchy noise everytime it sits. it does worry me. make me wonder how long it will last.
there is 'explorer' that installs as bonus with 'startap' software in the cd. which I think is much better file handler than factory installed 'file explorer' and also it resembles much similar with the original file explorer.
I wish there is an option to close application without having to close it again from memory or the task menu.(I wonder whatever happen to that good old minimize/maximize buttons)
Via Voice was pretty cool to show off as it did recognize quite accurately. however, in practicality, who want to press button and talk to pda and wait? (hoping it understood it o.kay or get embarassing reply "please speak clearly") instead just tapping? very limited commands by the way. can't use it on word processors yet.
startap software converts interface similar to palm. however, if you want to add theme or change background to something decent, other than ugly interface that comes as standard, it requires you to pay xtra. adding icons and removing it from desktop isn't exactly simple as it is on desktop computers neither. some previous experience in managing file tree is mandatory if you want to arrange icons the way you exactly want it to appear. if you aren't techy person or don't have anyone who could help you with, perhaps palms is the way to go. if you are like to tweak things around, personalize apprerance and experiment with new softwares from internet download, this is a gadget that will keep you happy. other things I would like to mention. pocket pc internet explorer is very limited browser. First, my bank doesn't support it because of security issue. sometimes, only limited images show on the screen and it requires soft reset to straighthen the browser. I haven't got it to work to listen real audio or windows media stream audio yet. (have been trying very hard recently along with trying to get access from audible).
right and left move button is too stiff to play games(not as slick as pressing up or down).
activesync only syncronize with outlook. it does not support outlook express(my favorite simple emailer) setting up pop e-mail on pda was nice, wish it had an option to use single inbox for multiple pop account instead of having separate inbox, deleted messages, and etc for each account. I didn't like clicking send/receive' to check new email from each account. (it's pda after all, not a shared machine)
I'm still waiting for SD bluetooth card to come out for IPAQ, as it's already out for palm. it would be lovely add-on without having to carry extra sleeve.
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Summary: Great PDA
Review: This is an excellent, reliable PDA, with lots of features for use at home and at work. The more you use it the more new features you find. It is a good idea, however, to get a battery pack as the built-in battery runs down pretty quickly if you go on a trip and do not have a power cord. ...
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Summary: my first pocket pc
Review: I would have to say that this thing is great when it works the only problome I ever had with it is if you put the pocket pc on the cradle to charge it turn it on and turn it off take it out of the cradle ant it wouldnot turn back on untill I reset it.
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Summary: Great Product, but wish it had CF slot.
Review: After seriously considering the Toshiba e740, I decided on the iPAQ 3835 because of the iPAQS proven track record and for a larger choice of 3rd party add-ons. I have had it for a month and so far no problems! I wish it had built-in 802.11b and CF slot, but I decided I would rather have a robust Pocket PC (as opposed to what I have seen in some of the e740 reviews). I also recently purchased the Pocket CoPilot 3.0 Jacket Edition and am shocked at the abundance of functionality and preciseness of this technology. Incidentally, here is no Jacket Edition available for the Toshiba!
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