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

Re:Trolling for hits

[swv3752]

Actually, I was mildly curious if Familiar and Opie would boot on it.

Re:Wifi and VPN issues?

[RevAaron]

The Dell Axim X50v I just got has a VPN client, though I've not yet used it. It does has built-in wifi. To date, I've not had any issues with wifi on any WinCE or PPC device I've owned, including this Dell with its built-in wifi, a Orinoco WaveLAN card in a few devices (iPAQ 3650, Jornada 720), Compaq WL100 wifi card in an iPAQ 3650 and an Ambicom Wifi card on a Dell Axim X5 Basic and Sigmarion 3. Performance was quite good- using NetFront on the older devices or IE on WM2003 (when it finally improved) or vanilla WinCE 3.0 (where it doesn't suck) I get load times a little faster than on a desktop machine of comparable power running Firefox or IE.

I did have a ton of issues with a Linksys WCF12- nay, 3 of those cards- with a Linux-based Zaurus C760, but that was the fault of the cards, which are straight shite.

PDAbuyersguide?

[Lord_Dweomer]

So...we get a review from a site that makes money by advertising PDAs...and they submit a *gasp* review of a HOT NEW PDA!!!!!!!!!

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