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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.
Some phone capability and this is all I need in my pocket. Rather than sticking in a CF card.
Since HP & Compaq went together... hmmm I'm going to have to say pass, sorry.
Wifi and VPN issues have plagued every pocket PC I've used so far (2 IPAQs and a Theora). The article states that Wifi performance was good but, I am skeptical.
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Computers products are being manufactured in China???? OMFG!!!! The next thing you know, the commies are gonna be marching right down main street in Omaha! Somebody alert the media!
Oh a serious note: Dear AC, grow up. If we were to boycott Chinese products, we probably would not be able to purchase anything, anymore.
And why does the submission read like an advertisement? Oh wait, that's because it IS an advertisement.
There's a Mercedes gap too. I want one and can't afford one, but it's not government's job to do anything about it.
Im getting tired of companies listing the ROM as if that was the number accessable. Just like your hard drive(only worse) the number indicated is not completley accessable.
Sporting a new ergonomic design, the device comes with a transparent flip cover everyone is sure to love.
This statement is not news. It's an advertisement. Editors, please edit.
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If America relied on it's own industry for things like this, prices for these items would be ten times what they are now.
Red China may not treat its workers with the most respect, but I'll be damned if they can't put out a reasonably priced product. What's wrong with that?
I'm thinking the Dell Axim X50v is a better buy. $450 right now at Dell, with VGA screen, dual wireless, dual memory (SD & CF), 624mhz, 64 RAM, 128 ROM, and 16mb vid memory a la Intel.
Still, biometrics are awfully sweet...
Mercy was given to me by Christ...I must give the same to others.
I have a Palm T3 for a simple reason. It has a larger than norm palm screen, yet it fits confortably in my pocket.
Even though the feature lists of these iPaqs keep calling my name, I am unable to get past the bulk factor. Last time I tried, I was not able to fit an iPaq into my pants pocket confortably.
I wish more attention would be paid to this in the Windows Mobile world (or whatever they are call this year.) The features are great, but they are too damn big to be as portable as a wallet like my T3. I can't be the only one who thinks this.
-Pete
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The reason the IPAQs took off so well was the expandability - the sleeves meant you could put anything on to them, whether it was PCMCIA or dedicated GPRS. When they took those out, you might as well have a rebranded Axim - cheap in every wrong sense. When they bring PCMCIA back via sleeves, then we can start thinking of the hp series as of the line, not the current top-of-the line sleeved 5455 (and I wont have to go to Intrinsyc to spec a pcmcia dual slot into their models).
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
Yes, because I know a number of gun shop owners that are just looking for reasons to not sell a gun to someone... ^_^
I worked consumer support at Compaq when HP moved in... boy was that entertaining! Everything is billable, even when it's covered by the warranty!
And then they laid us off, and did not even replace us with people in India. If you increase the hold time, people just hang up and solve it elsewhere...
On Arrakis: early worm gets the bird. Magister mundi sum!
Uh, everything you mentioned is a luxury. It's a want, not a need. The basic needs of humanity are very simple- food, clothing, shelter, water, medical care. Problem is, of those, only three are still "Assembled in America", and of those, only two come from raw materials found in America. (Some of the rest come from American Raw Materials also- but are assembled elsewhere, like Alabama Cotton being shipped to Bangladesh to make Levis, that sort of thing). Personally, I already purchase Fair Trade coffee, and if Fair Trade Computers were available I'd choose them over the standard Taiwan junk hardware that I have to replace every year. It's possible to make paper and ink from in-country sources (we did it for upwards of a century and a half) and it wouldn't be that hard to actually manufacture AM/FM clock radios here if there was a market for them that the boycott produced.
But like I said- quotas and tarriffs are FAR more effective tools than boycotts for changing this behavior.
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