HP iPAQ 1935 Pocket PC

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Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Price at amazon.com: $232.88
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Product Features:

• Dazzling transflective TFT color display with an LED backlight
• Flexible expansion options
• Mobile versions of familiar applications like Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Entertainment on the go with games, music, and video
• What's in the box: iPaQ 1935, Stylus, Removable/Rechargeable 900 mAh Lithium-lon battery, AC adapter, USB cable, User Manual

Product Description:

The thin, light, and affordable hp iPAQ Pocket PC h1935 has great features at an incredible value to meet your handheld computer needs.

Average Customer Rating:

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Comment: Fragile product Rating:
I was extremely happy with my IPAQ until it fell off my desk onto the carpet, just 2 months after I bought it. It seemed like an innocuous incident--it was in its case and it didn't fall that far. I didn't hear any cracking sound as it landed.

A couple of days later, I realized that the screen was cracked. Again, I thought, "That's too bad, but I can live with it." But as I tried to use the handheld, I found that I couldn't do anything in the calendar mode, the touch was extremely unresponsive--I had to keep hitting the stylus on the cover a number of times to get the IPAQ to respond--and the letters were messed up when I tried to write in task mode. (I would aim at one letter, but the one next to it would be what was typed.)

I sent it in for repairs and found that it will cost me almost as much as a new one to fix it...$184.00! I was dumbfounded. I thought maybe I'd have to pay $50 or $100 in the worst case scenario. "This isn't covered by the warranty," they said.

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Comment: Super Price-Super Pocket PC Rating:
Not a tech head or a geek but need a Pocket PC to organize your life? The iPAQ 1935 will meet all your needs and then some! Five minutes after charging I was inputting data and customizing the unit. I love the alarm and reminder functions-they make it hard to forget things and they have a 5 minute snooze feature! The calendar function can be viewed by day, week, month, or year and is great for long term planning. It is also an MP3 player, and has voice recording. The voice recorder can be set to CD quality sound and appears to have no time limits. Great for keeping those transient thoughts.

Caveats: HP does not include a case, the warranty lasts 90 days, no docking cradle, needs bluetooth to be mobile. You can live without the cradle and bluetooth, only pay for them if you really want them.

A great gift for anyone, even yourself. If you don't want to spend a lot of money but need the convenience of a Pocket PC you won't be disappointed. I find it to be much more convenient than a paper day planner.

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Comment: It's nice while it lasts, but... Rating:
The four months I had this in working condition, it worked wonderfully well. I never had any problem with it. Unfortunately, that wasn't to last.

I had it on its charger while I was working and next think I know, there's a crack in the glass about an inch up from the bottom of the screen. I had never dropped this PDA, I was always very careful while using it. There was no reason for this to happen, and it did so without any outside interference.

And they really get you coming and going on this one. A replacement LCD screen with glass top (you can not buy the glass top alone for this model) is almost $200. That's about what the PDA costs in the first place!

Since this happened to me, I have seen where several other people have complained of the exact same thing happening to them. This is obviously a product default, and I would never recommend that anyone buy this model. I can't vouch for any of the other HP models, but this one is a definite waste of money. Don't take the chance.

Posted at November 11, 2003 05:20 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)