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iPAQ 3800 In Photos

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oughtta-be-in-pictures dept.

okiwan points to this review of the H3800, the newest rev of the handheld iPAQs, writing "New pics of the ipaq 38xx. hella neat." The photos also give a good size comparison to other handhelds, including ones you may not have heard of before.

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  1. What I'm looking for: by Quixote · · Score: 1, Interesting

    When can I buy a palmtop with a 640x480 camera and a wireless modem which can be used together?

  2. Re:Linux on these things: by ankit · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Hi,
    Dont worry about the installation part... The new bootloader (2.16.x) had dual boot (wince+linux) capability!! It is still in testing, and installing it is not reccomended for atleast another weak...


    But just imagine how many more people are going to install linux after the dualboot is perfected!!

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    Don't Panic
  3. Re:Linux on these things: by DocSnyder · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In Germany GNU/Linux-iPAQs (i. e. H36xx for now) can be bought preinstalled with GNU/Linux and QPE from some third-party vendors, e. g. LISA Systems ("http://www.lisa.de/" - please don't /. them too badly, it's a small company ;-)). As Compaq contributes a lot of research and development into bringing the penguin to their PDAs, it's really time for them to sell them preinstalled. I'm quite sure it won't take long until the H38xx will have full GNU/Linux support like the H36xx series.

    I bought my H3660 from such a third-party vendor, and the default GNU/Linux + QPE installation is really usable.

  4. What would you bring on a Desert Island..... by Red+Moose · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The new HP Jornada 560 series can bitch slap the iPAQs around now that they both are competing with 206MHz CPUs. Jornada has built in CF slot, removable battery, case cover, BUT:

    The new iPAQ has this awesome GSM/GPRS mobile phone sleeve, which makes a fully functional Windows CE/PocketPC 2002 organiser and all that *that* allows, plus full GSM, SMS from the sleeve (with a stumpy little aerial at the top).

    So while the 560 series was looking cool for a few weeks, the iPAQ can whoopass as a Nokia Communicator beater now, for around the same price. Also, they are releasing a dual PCMCIA adaptor so you could conceivable have the mother-of-all gadgets with a GPS, GSM and 2GB Microdrive with 5 movies and loads of MP3s.

    Check Compaq's site for the details on the GSM/GPRS attachment (yes there is a PCMCIA solution from Nokia, but this new one is really really slick because it's built into the sleeve).

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    Acting stupid isn't much fun when there's someone around who knows better

  5. For you Java programmers ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The 3800 includes the Jeode PersonalJava runtime - alas not installed by default, but available on the companion CD.