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HP Releases New iPAQs

Posted by Hemos on from the tiny-machines-with-mucho-power dept.

Mike writes "HP released two new versions of its famed iPAQ line. The iPAQ rz1715 is a smaller unit to replace the 1910, and the iPAQ h6315 is the long awaited phone version that also sports wifi and bluetooth. Full reviews for both the rz1715 and the 6315 can be found at pocketnow.com." There's also a review of of the rz1715 on PDABuyer's as well.

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  1. Too bad us older IPAQ users are left in the cold by Zugot · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you want WM 2003 SE, you'll have to buy a new ipaq. Even us users who have the 4100 and the 5100. I'm not too happy about that, but I don't want to upgrade my 4155, because I like it so much.

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  2. Boycott HP products by reeherj · · Score: 2, Interesting

    TOo bad I've boycotted HP's products in light of CEO Carly Fiorina's lobbying for accelerated outsourcing of American Technology jobs to oversea's firms. Great Editorial on the subject

  3. They forgot GPS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seriously: WLAN, Bluetooth, GSM, digital camera, organizer and GPS in one device, that would be perfect. And then someone comes and adds a USB host port to make it even better...

  4. Death of the PDA? Likely by Talez · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was thinking about buying an iPaq. But then I got my mobile phone (a Sony Ericsson Z1010).

    This phone is a freaking PDA. I have my contacts, tasklist, appointments, email on it. The T9 text entry is infinitely more convenient and faster than stylus. The only thing that is lacking is the screen and I'm sure that will be rectified in future phone revisions. Plus my phone gets battery life measured in days rather than hours.

    1. Re:Death of the PDA? Likely by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Plus my phone gets battery life measured in days rather than hours.

      Funny you mention that. My phone, a Sanyo SCP-4900, goes 7 to 9 days on a single charge, and I never turn it off, I usually forget to do that.

      I replace the batteries on my Palm m100 maybe twice a year, and they are AAA alkalines.

  5. go for the 1945 by xot · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I just bought an ipaq1945 n it awesome!. It lets you do everything high end pda's do except the WiFi.
    The 1715 is a bad bargain unless it significantly cheaper besides its got no wireless options and you'd end up paying more putting those extra cards!
    As for the 6315 I like to keep my phone and PDA seperate, don't know about you guys.

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  6. Re:HP iPAQ 1715 features by harlingtoxad · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is there really enough demand for user-replacable batteries that companies will start using them? Products with non-replacable batteries seem to sell despite this shortcoming. Plus the company makes an extra couple of bucks if/when the user has to get a new battery.

    Personally, I recharge all my stuff every night, and would prefer a long lasting battery (ie. many charges) that remains charged for a shorter time. If that makes sense.

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  7. Wake me up when the OS has matured. by vjlen · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I have a number of clients using PPC and PPC-based phones, and every couple of days they seem to do all kinds of weird things when you sync them or download e-mail. They constantly need rebooting, or worse, reconfiguring on a regular basis.

    The PPC OS seems to be about as mature as Windows 95 at this point in time. If I had a client ask me right now about a PDA and they want e-mail, I'd recommend a Blackberry solution. Straight PDA? Might have to stick to Palm.

  8. No harddrive. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I still do not understand why these things don't have hard drives. What use is it, if I have to carry around an mp3 player in one pocket and a PDA in the other? It's horrible. I want one device. Why can't they manage to fit a hard drive inside? These things are bigger than iPod's. Why can't it just have a 40gig drive like any old mp3 player? The device would then function as a portable drive, PDA, and mp3 player.

    Until they have harddrives, I won't even consider buying any kind of PDA, iPaq, whatever.

    What are they thinking?

    1. Re:No harddrive. by Samuel+Nitzberg · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I use an expansion sleeve (when I need to) with my IPAQ 5455. This gives me two PC-card slots available.

      My basic configuration (without the sleeve)gives me 64 Megs RAM. I also have a 512 MB SD-RAM that I leave in with all the programs I run and my day-to-day data, including documents, spreadsheets, and maps for cities that I may visit.

      With the expansion sleeve, I can use GPS (with the mapping software that I already loaded), or use my Toshiba 5 GB PC-Card format hard drives. This is very convenient, as they also get popped into my notebook whenever I use them there (most of the time). Easy 5-GB of data transport when the 512-mb SD chip won't do. But, that's pretty rare. Also, the wi-fi that's built-in allows for some networking, and access to files over the Internet. If you use the IPC for VPN-based access (by running a VPN client), you really don't need to carry a drive with you. Leave all your docs on your network, and VPN-in.

      It may not be the solution that you are looking for, but it's worked pretty well for me. Still, the use is awkward if you have a large number of music files on the hard drive.

      Anyway, I'm pretty happy with my IPAQ\, but any PDA has its limitations.