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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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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Actually, I was mildly curious if Familiar and Opie would boot on it.
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Sporting a new ergonomic design, the device comes with a transparent flip cover everyone is sure to love.
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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?
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.
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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...
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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).
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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.
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.