 "Great Product" | 2008-02-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2DHETP0J6HVR3 |
| This is a really great product I use every day. The battery lasts a long time and it's very user friendly. Would recommend. |
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| "Highly recommended" | 2008-01-29 |
| - Reviewed By hharng |
I bought this iPAQ for my wife who is an Internal Medicine resident doctor.
Basically, the only reason for purchasing this product was so that she could use "Epocrates" software (kinda, a database containing various medical information) on it. The installation was really easy, and so far (nearly after a year of heavy usage) she has not had any problems with the device.
Better yet, in addition to custom installed software, there's a bunch of other goodies there: MS Office Word, Excel, etc.
... and games! If you've ever used Linux on your PC, you probably know a very addictive game: "SameGNOME". Well, this game is preinstalled on this iPAQ. So, if you are a busy professional, take my advice: do NOT start playing this game: it's extremely hard to quit. ;-)
I would highly recommend this device. It's a very good choice. No complaints at all. |
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| " iPAQ hx2495 Pocket PC" | 2007-07-30 |
| - Reviewed By lebonillab |
I have Owned twice this model (I broke the screen on the first one), but I guess I never had that problems, maybe sometimes the battery It's not long lasting as one would like but it gives at least 3 hrs of wireless internet. I have loaded many programs that work pretty good including a ROM for a TI-89 calculator and it works just great (the Ti89 is like $300)
I found that anytime I'm having a frozen screen a soft reboot is more than enough. WM5 doesn't close the programs and that's why you sometimes sun out of memory. |
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 "Should have been disclosed" | 2007-07-16 |
| - Reviewed By dirvingbrown2 |
| I received the product with a sticker on the box showing that it had been returned because the screen freezes. The screen did in fact freeze to the point where it was impossible to use. I went to the HP site and re-loaded the ROM for WM5 but _not_ the update. Now it works much better but still is reluctant to start from being in sleep mode overnight at times. I will admit that the price I paid was more than $100.00 less than any other posting for the same item I have seen. I felt duped however when I received it with known problems. This should have been disclosed. |
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 "Hp supplies little or no service" | 2007-04-30 |
| - Reviewed By north7r |
I bought the 2495 in Oct 2006, it would not sync. It never has. I bought the stores service agreement incase of problems. WELL, until your warrenty runs out it's useless. Finally with some flashlight looking we found the connections in the bottom of the unit that allow it to connect for sycn were unattached and bent over. I went online twice for help from Hp. They kept saying to redo the ram. YIKES. Finally we sent it to one of Hp's many contracted service centers. They want $250 to repair it. Said the damage isn't their fault. Tell me who's it is, if it has never worked? After moving up the ladder three times and getting the same we won't repair it. It is now being sent back without any service. Hp provides NOTHING. I would avoid this pocket Pc at all costs. It's just not worth it.
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| "Buyer beware!" | 2007-02-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: A35JTKDUMMSO1H |
I must say I am very disappointed with the Ipaq 2495. I used to be a palm pilot user ( I had one of those Sony Clie's) until something told me to switch to what I thought was the more advance hand held gadget. Dumb me........
I should of asked myself why do I need to switch?
- was it because I could not use my appointments on my palm? No
- was the address program bad on my palm? No
- was the color display on the Sony palm bad? No
-was there a lot of hype about the so-called "pocket pc?" Yes!
Jesus! The only thing similar to a real pc and the Ipaq is that both of them can crash and with the ipaq it crashes a lot. Every 3rd or 4th time I would turn the darn thing on it would freeze and then I would press the reset button underneath to unfreeze it (or should I say press it 2 or 3 times before it functioned properly). No way would I recommend this gadget. I paid over $300.00 for it and I am able to say I through away over $300.00(not including $50.00 in programs that I bought) If you bought one I feel sorry for you better yet do a follow up review so others can be forewarned.
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| "A good choice among PDAs" | 2007-01-29 |
| - Reviewed By e2dela |
I have owned many PDAs including smartphones and this IPAQ is really worth the investment. It is a powerful machine that works very well. I was going for the higher model with VGA display but decided that it was not worth the extra $$ and the amount of battery power it would use over normal use.
I have loaded several programs already and they run great. Synchs great with outlook. Battery life if great. Overall a great machine. Highly recommended. |
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| "A Solid, Affordable Pocket PC" | 2007-01-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2U87NRNJBA4D4 |
This review is of the hx2495b which I believe has more built in flash memory than the earlier model. I will describe my impressions based upon my previous experience with other pda's (as this is the first Windows Mobile device I have owned) and also based upon the fears I had prior to receiving my new iPAQ.
1. I have owned several Palm OS devices and 1 Linux based device. Overall, I think the Palm OS is the most integrated of all as far as its contacts, calendar, and ToDo list. The calendar on the Windows Mobile device seems somewhat poorly organized, but I am getting used to how it functions.
2. It is also a little harder to navigate a Windows Mobile device using only hard buttons, but this iPAQ allows you to map hardware buttons for various functions so I can do most simple tasks without taking out my stylus.
3. Windows Mobile does not shut down programs when you "X" out of them. Normally this is not an issue with 56Mb of memory...but when running a memory intensive program (usually when surfing for me) I find that I need to manually free up some memory by going into the task manager and shutting down previously opened programs. This is a quirk that is a little annoying but something I can easily live with. There are many free and non-free utilities which can change this behavior.
4. The built in WiFi for this device seems rock solid. I get a better connection than I did with my Linux based Zaurus pda. I would prefer a slightly richer WiFi interface when setting up a connection, but then I am used to working with a laptop where I have more options available. I am sure there are some utilities you can install to beef up the interface.
5. Many of the functions on a Windows Mobile device are accessed by holding down the stylus on the screen (i.e. instead of just a tap). This is the equivalent of a right click in the desktop world and the functionality seems to be logically laid out.
6. Windows Mobile supports both portrait and landscape modes and you can map this functionality to a hard key.
7. My previous pda had a VGA display. I was worried about the loss of resolution when switching to the QVGA display of this device. However, I am now pretty much convinced that a VGA display is nearly a waste with screen sizes this small as I don't even notice a difference for most functionality.
8. There are a crap ton of free applications that exist for Windows Mobile. I was blown away. I thought the Linux world dominated the market for freeware, but I guess that Microsoft is on so many devices that there is a lot of software written for them.
9. I think the battery drain issue must have been fixed for this model. I have not loaded any updates to the OS, I have an SD card installed, and my battery life is excellent. I can easily read for over 4 hours on this device before recharging (I keep my backlight at 1/2 power when in doors).
10. This version of Windows Mobile has persistent memory storage so if you lose all the power in your pda your applications will still remain. All the applications I have installed so far have given me the option of storing them on my SD card...although I haven't even come close to filling up the built in storage.
11. My desktop machine has WinXP and Microsoft Office. Synchronization is painless. I'm sure it is not so painless with a Linux or Mac OS.
12. The suite of applications that comes with the iPAQ impressed me. It already has a built in terminal services client to remotely connect to a Windows machine (this is fairly impractical given the screen size but is good for shear geek factor). Excel and Word are included but I haven't played with them much. Out of the box you are ready to play mp3's and wmv's on the built in media player.
Overall, this is the best pda I have owned. There are some quirks with the OS (every OS has some), but this iPAQ delivers a lot of power for such a small device. I am a very happy owner. |
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| "Great - battery life EXCELLENT!" | 2006-09-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1QSK3RF1ZWD2D |
To put everyone's mind at ease, BATTERY DRAIN PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED (you simply have to do a few steps to fix it). BATTERY LIFE IS EXCELLENT once you complete the fix(I can go several days on standby and still have well over 80% battery power left).
The unit is suberb for typical PDA functions and a GREAT feature is not losing your data if you happen to drain the battery (resident memory). Works great as an MP3 player too (I just bought a 2 GB card for about $50; uses SD and CF cards).
I sync at work and at home...to me a PDA isn't too useful (other than music, books, etc.) unless you really put all your organizational info on it (contacts, appointments, notes, shopping lists, etc.).
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| "Battery Drain Solution" | 2006-07-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: AHAYWS42DBNSH |
Just thought I'd add this bit for people who suffer the battery drain problem. This happens when you have an SD card inserted and a working Activesynch connection. It has something to do with constantly monitoring the card's output.
Anyway, HP now have a ROM update that fixes this problem, although they should make more of point in telling people!
It's a simple matter of downloading the ROM update and applying it to your Ipaq. Make sure you have the correct Ipaq though, coz there is a 'b' version which has a different ROM update!
Hope this helps people. |
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