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Summary: THE BEST!
Review: I READ ALL THE REVIEWS AVAILABLE AT THIS SITE FOR THIS PRODUCT PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. THERE WERE ACTUALLY A FEW NEGATIVE REVIEWS!
I KNEW TWO FELLOW WORKERS WHO OWNED THE EARLIER MODELS, AND THEY NEVER COMPLAINED AND WERE NOTED FOR BUYING TECH EQUIPMENT WHICH IS THE BEST OF THE BEST.\
THEY WERE RIGHT! THE 3835 IS A MARVEL AND EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THE SOFTWARE IS UNBELIEVABLE. I WISH MY DESKTOP COULD PERFORM LIKE THIS AND I HAVE A DELL DIMENSION 8100 WITH THE M/E SOFTWARE.
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Summary: Great Hardware, but watch the software!
Review: This is my first PDA, so I was blown away by the multitude of programs available in this small space. But, after installing some of the programs included on the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC Companion CD, my unit locked up! I had to perform a hard reset and re-install the optional programs. Since DASHBOARD was the last optional program I installed, I suspected it of the dirty deed. Fortunately, three days worth of data entry wasn't wasted, since I had syncronized data with my desktop PC.
The solution to this lock-up problem can be found on the Compaq iPAQ support WEB site. There is a new version of DASHBOARD available and a new ROM update from Microsoft for Pocket PC 2002. This is all as of March 24, 2002, by the way. The DASHBOARD update specifically mentions the lock up problem. So, I am again happy with my H3835.
Another "By the Way" - if you are trying to log into MSN with your H3835, the USERNAME must be preceded by MSN/. It took me a full day before I found this hint on the Microsoft Pocket PC site.
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Summary: GREAT POCKET PC
Review: I have owned a palm and then a handspring and by far the IPAQ is far greater. Of course it is almost like having your computer with you all the time. Far more than an organizer. I hardly use my laptop anymore. THe Via Voice program it comes with is really cool. It comes with a lot of really nice software. I highly recommend the Ipaq.
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Summary: Greatest PDA ever made! PERIOD!!
Review: Please don't listen to other reviewers who criticize this compaq iPaq 3835! They either work for a competitor, or just don't know what the hell they are doing. Yes, you may have to know a little about computer connectivity when first setting up this product but it's nothing that someone can't figure out. Buy this and you will have a world of information at hand!
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Summary: Worth the money!
Review: *Completely compatible and pre-loaded with Outlook, Excel, Word, and Windows explorer.
*Plays MP3's
*Has a built in disc slot
*Tons of memory
*beautiful screen
*Fantastic case
*What else you do want?
*It's Perfect!
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Summary: Best PDA Avaliable
Review: I have had this for almost two months now and i can say that this is the best PDA out there. I have had a palm III, a casio e-100, e-125 and now this and this one blows the others away. Pocket PC 2002 is the best operating system out there. everything is fast and works properly. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a Pocket PC who has the money, its worth every penny.
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Summary: Ipaq and never look back
Review: Make no mistake, this is no data organizer. My Ipaq is my third computer. I synch with my work and home computers, load, show and distribute PowerPoint presentations, create and edit Word, Excel AND MS Access files (where the bulk of my work is.) With the right software (and there are many out there, a lot even free!) and a little trial and error for the right fit, all this is pretty seemless and doesn't require any real "converting" back and forth to something else to make it all work, like the Palm OS. I also pop the Compact Flash cards right out of my digital camera into my Ipaq, do a little editing if needed and show off the photos in nice slide shows. Using a Socket Phone Card, I plug right into my Audiovox digital web enabled phone and surf the web (any web site - not clips) and get my email on Outlook anywhere I want. For long car trips, we watch full length videos (To Kill a Mockingbird and others are included in the extras CD from Microsoft). Note: The additional hotsynch cable, CF Expansion Sleeve, a few extra CF Cards (big ones for video and images, etc., storeage) Socket Phone Card and Car Charger ARE MUST HAVES. Oh yes, I can also organize contacts and calendar items like a Palm.
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Summary: Five stars for Microsoft 2 for Compaq
Review: Software from Compaq is confusing, don't try their website it's worst. The hardware is good and Microsoft software is a charm. Let's hope some serious company (Dell) will get into the handheld business.
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Summary: Exceptional
Review: I had carried a Palm OS device (most recently the Palm m505) for about 2 years and I finally decided I wanted the extra capabilities of Pocket PC. I really couldn't be happier.The display is beautiful and the controls are simple. The software bundle is tremendous in size, scope, and usefulness. Everything from Dashboard and Startap for productivity to a Sega Gamegear emulator when you need a game fix. The datebook betters the Palm's with two simple additions: a location field and a field for marking your time Free, Tentative, Busy or Out Of the Office. These features make the calendar much more functional than Palms add to that the ability to add multiple catergories to contacts and calendars and you have much a much freindlier device that carries more full information. To secure your vital information, the IPAQ can store your calendar and contacts in it's flash memory, so that it remains even after a hard reset. Pocket word and Excel are much better than any programs I have found for the Palm. The biggest improvement over the palm is the spell checker. The device taks a little more getting used to than the Palm, none of the data entry systems are as easy as Grafitti for the Palm, but I expect to get a keyboard for this as soon as one is available, which is expected to be soon. Reading eBooks on this is an absolute joy. I enjoyed them before, but this is simply much nicer. I chose this over other Pocket PC's for mostly aestethic reasons and the software bundle. I do not generally use too much in way of expansion except for storage and I am more than content with the SD slot for that. If I needed a flash slot I might be inclined to think HP, but I did not like the feel of the jornada as much as this.
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Summary: Pricey, but...
Review: After having been a dedicated palm user for the last 5 years it finally became time for me to get a new PDA. After shopping around a fair amount I finally decided on the iPaq 3835. I've had it for just over a month now and I have to say I'm quite impressed. Not only is the software far better than the standard Palm applications, the speed and memory storage simply blow away the last Palm I owned (a Palm V.) More significant than the better applications on the iPaq is its user input capabilities. Not only does the iPaq support a keyboard and a Palm-style graffiti interface, it also supports true handwriting input (script or block letters). Plus seeing the input drawn on the screen (rather than on an 'input area' off screen like the Palm uses) makes it that much easier. Add in the 'auto word completion' feature of the iPaq and input becomes a breeze. The downside? These features come at a price. Both literally, as the unit is roughly twice as expensive as a Palm, and in terms of the unit's size. It's roughly twice as heavy & thick as a Palm. Still, after weighing (no pun intended) the benefits of each I chose the iPaq and I'm far happier with it than I ever was with my palm.
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