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

iPAQ Support

[TheScream]

Personally, I'd have to think twice before buying another HP device. Since Compaq was bought, their support has gone down the toilet IMHO. (Except for their oh-so-valuable corporate customers)

Re:iPAQ Support

[outlaw69]

I am a corporate named account...and their support STILL SUCKS!!!!!!
bought 24x7x4 hour hardware support on all my servers and have had to wait up to 5 DAYS for parts....ON A 4 HOUR CONTRACT!!!!

Axim X30

[cheztir]

Dell Axim X30 was the first PocketPC to go 624mhz, and then this HP. So technically it isn't the "fastest", for the axim had everything the Hp has at the same cpu speed, excluding the biometric scanner (which is awesome). I'd but one just for that.

Re:Axim X30

[joe52]

This isn't even the first HP iPaq with this processor. The 4700 series has been out for a few months and uses the same processor. I actually find HP's strategy with these two high-end models to be somewhat perplexing (it would make more sense if the 4700 series came with more RAM, though I guess that would make them even more expensive).

The "fastest" claim is based on their benchmark results. If you want to see them just click through to the article and you'll find them in a nice little table.

Re:HP

[cgoody]

Actually HP bought Compaq.

Re:WTF?

[mrklin]

That is only because you have not owned a PocketPC or otherwise you would have know that the friggin' transparent cover that cost 10 cents to make is on every iPaq owner's wish list!

Dell Axim x50v

[SuperJason]

I have the Dell Axim x50v, and it is a sweet machine (as others have mentioned as well). I put up a simple review on my website, nothing too in depth: http://www.young-technologies.com/Reviews/Dell_Axi m_x50v_Pocket_PC_Review/

Someone has to say it!

[WndrBr3d]

That review is Poppycock!

They compare it against a Dell Axim x30 624Mhz (based on the Intel PXA263 processor) and then a Dell Axim x50 (based on the Intel PXA270 processor), which has the very same processor as the HP PDA being reviewed.

Whets wrong? The Dell Axim x50 v is the Dell PDA they -SHOULD- be comparing it against, as it has not only the same CPU (Intel PXA270), but THE SAME CLOCK SPEED!

How can they call this a fair review and comparison when the PDAs they compare it against are spec'd below the HP in question.

That's like comparing this 2.0Ghz Celeron against a 2.0Ghz P4 (as in comparing the PXA263 at 624mhz on the Axim x30, vs. the PXA270 at 624mhz in the HP). They're different chips! Of course the newer generation is going to be more refined and a better performer.

I'm just very disappointed with hardware review sites these days as they seem very slated towards their sponsors or preferred hardware.

Re:Bimetric fingerprint security?

[alienmole]

Note that the article you linked to was from 2002. The latest fingerprint scanners do liveness tests, making sure it's a living finger on the scanner, which defeats the "gummi bear" hack -- and incidentally, also defeats the old "chop off the finger" attack, although one hopes the would-be hacker (both literal and figurative!) is aware of that before he takes a machete to your finger.

That's not to say that fingerprint scanners are the way to go, but this sort of FUD isn't going to stop their adoption - it's better to be able to articulate the real reasons they're a bad idea. Schneier does a good job of that, with one of the main points being that you can't change your biometrics if they're compromised.

Re:Boycotting Chinese Products: HP iPaq

[Marxist Hacker 42]

If all we needed was TIME- then there's no problem as we have some 5 billion potential workers out of the nearly 7 billion on the planet. We've got a surplus of working time- that isn't the problem.

There are three divergent real problems here- #1 is the fact of the aforementioned surplus means purely in supply vs demand terms, the comparative advantage of any given individual is basically $1/day- the wages in most countries in the world. Problem #2 is the fact that some 350 million of us think we deserve to have our luxuries so much that we're eating up the resources that should be feeding 3 billion of us. Problem #3 is that we tend to congregate where we grow our food until we exceed the food supply; we really need to spread out a bit more and get more decentralized. All of these problems make it APPEAR we have a population problem, when in reality all we have is a resource distribution problem.