HP iPAQ hx2750 Pocket PC Review

Lisa Gade writes "The hx2000 line replaces the successful but aging iPAQ 2215 as HP's mid-sized Pocket PC with dual slots and lots of power. We at pdabuyersguide.com take an in-depth look at the top-of-the-line hx2750, which is the fastest Pocket PC to date. It has a 624MHz processor, 128 megs of RAM, dual slots, WiFi, Bluetooth and a biometric fingerprint scanner for security. Sporting a new ergonomic design, the device comes with a transparent flip cover everyone is sure to love. If you have a need for speed and a fat wallet, this might be the PDA for you (if you can live with Windows rather than Linux)!" Speaking of Windows on small devices, there's coverage -- with screenshots -- originally from neowin.com, but now removed from that site, of the upcoming Windows Mobile 2005 at mobileread.com and also at davesipaq.com.

Comments

Trolling for hits

[grub]

Lisa Gade writes [...] We at pdabuyersguide.com [...] (if you can live with Windows rather than Linux)!"

Interesting, Lisa. Nowhere in your article do I see the word "Linux" but you throw it into your synopsis. Was that for the benefit slashdot to make you cool?

Re:Trolling for hits

[OECD]

Nowhere in your article do I see the word "Linux" but you throw it into your synopsis. Was that for the benefit slashdot to make you cool?

Lighten up, Francis. This is slashdot. If she was reviewing a friggin' toaster oven it would be incumbent upon her to tell us whether it runs linux. Or if it clusters. Or if they've got faster ones in Korea.

Re:Good Question

[nizo]

If you have a need for speed and a fat wallet, this might be the PDA for you.

Yep, the phrase "fat wallet" always makes me instantly want to buy something. Which is probably why my wallet is so fat: all those reciepts for crap I don't need. :-)

Re:Boycotting Chinese Products: HP iPaq

[kamapuaa]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the new HP iPaq is manufactured in China (which includes Taiwan province and Hong Kong). If such is the case, we should boycott this product.

No problem, I was planning on boycotting any $550 Pocket PC anyway.

Not too pleased.

[Isldeur]

Well I haven't been all that pleased recently with Compaq. My apartment is built on an ancient Indian Graveyard and so electrical equipment related or of my computer routinely dies. As I got finally sick of going through the motions of building a new system and as my time was very short, I picked up a Compaq Presario S6500NX. I know - a noob machine, but it had what I needed, a 3Ghz Athlon XP, and plenty of everything else for like 699 US.

Everything has worked fine, but I have since (after 3 trips to the computer store) tried upgrading ye old GeForce3 Ti 200 to a 6600 GT AGP.

Turns out the motherboard (which is this ASUS orphan board that ASUS won't even admit to making only for Compaq) has some dumbed down BIOS. So there's some BIOS setting somewhere I just can't get to (presumably) which prevents the BIOS from even booting when the new card is in. (I've tried various cards and powersupplies.

My question is, what the heck is the point?? Why dumb something down like this? Most people couldn't even get *into* the BIOS. What are they hiding from me and why??

Re:What about the pocket test?

[ErikZ]

Can't fit it easily into your pants pocket? The solution is simple and obvious. Don't wear pants.