HP iPAQ hx2795 Pocket PC (FA676B#ABA)

List Price: $499.99 Discount Price: Too low to display

Features:

• Compact pocket PC lets you surf the web, view Microsoft Office documents, and download images
• Built-in, serial-infrared fingerprint reader provides convenient security for all your documents and data
• Features a backlit, 3.5 inch, LCD screen, with power-save mode; user available memory of up to 256 MB
• Dimensions: 3.01 x 4.71 x 0.65 inches (WxHxD); weighs 5.8 ounces
• PC comes with a one-year limited warranty and access to HP's renowned 24 hour customer service

Accessories:
Dazzle DM25800 CameraMate Hi-Speed 10-in-1 Reader/Writer	DIGITAL HUB READER	Able Planet Clear Harmony Over the Head Stereo Headphones

Customer Reviews:

iPAQ for a palm diehard [Posted on 2008-03-19]
I have been using PDAs since 1994. The Palm m505 was a big step forward for me from the simple address book type PDAs. The Palm m515 was good also. The Palm Tungsten T was probably the best Palm I ever had. And then came the Palm LifeDrive, which was supposed to be so wonderful. It had a harddrive and was supposed to be like a handheld computer. I was so disappointed by that piece of junk that I finally gave up on it 11 months after I bought it. It would have been easy for whatever I replaced it with to satisfy me. I knew one thing for sure, I was done with Palm. I would have never considered a non-Palm PDA until after my LifeDrive experience. Palm pushed me out of their store and into the Windows Media Store. I am a nurse and I use Skyscape Medical Software. Their site recommended iPAQ and specifically the hx2795. I am very pleased with my iPAQ. I have other HP products and am very happy with all of them. The iPaq is definitely more stable, and easier to use than the LifeDrive. It lives up to the title "Handheld Computer" that the LifeDrive wrongly claimed.

Ok, not great [Posted on 2008-03-22]
I bought this Pocket PC so that I could carry my work calendar home and have basic internet access. It does the job. However, the internet access is slow, the display colors aren't great (not bad - not great), and the machine is prone to hangups. As a matter of fact, I do a soft reboot at the beginning of each session, which isn't difficult or time consuming, but is annoying. On the plus side, it has been very reliable and works well with the office Windows network, I can use it with Skype, and it will do a basic job with Microsoft Office and other portable windows programs. Just don't expect the functionality of a modest laptop. Battery life is long enough to do what you need to do, but not outstanding.

So far...... [Posted on 2008-04-07]
!!!!!!ONE BIG WARNING!!!!!!
DONT BOTHER TO GET ONE IF YOU HAVE VISTA WITHOUT OUTLOOK!
CAUSE YOU CANT SYNC ANYTHING TO YOUR COMPUTER WITHOUT IT.
THANKS YOU PEICE OF @#$% MICROSOFT! NEEDED TO MAKE SOME MORE MONEY DID YA?
OK..enough said..back to the unit ops, Other then being a bit confusing changing from my SDA phone to the 2795 it has worked fine. The only operational quirks Ive had is it can be sluggish and may show a couple photos out of focus when you have a LARGE amount of them your viewing. And it tends to reset your time and date to sometime in 05' when the power goes dead from the battery. The screen is nice and clear good color etc. Games run fine. Sound is good. Program transition is usually quick until you have quite a few things running at once.It feels good in your hand, looks sharp and has a good battery life. Hope that helps..

so far stable [Posted on 2008-04-23]
So far this thing has been worthwile getting. I use it for epocrates online as well as to log patient encounters and for random notes when I don't have paper handy. I'm hoping to get more software for it in the future, since I can get network access from the hospital wi-fi nicely, but right now money is an issue.

about the only thing I don't like is that it's difficult and slow to surf the web with this thing. I don't know if this is how all PDAs are, but it's considerably slower than any computer.

I've had a couple of freezes here and there, but I've always just pressed the reset button and everything came back the way it was. The only other issue is that it keeps changing the time on me. It may be that I haven't found a patch for it to adjust to the new daylight savings time, because the problems was temprary both a couple of weeks ago and in the fall.

Good iPAQ, solid performer [Posted on 2008-04-27]
This is my second iPAQ, the first was the iPAQ 3950. That one never missed a beat, so I figured when I wanted to upgrade to wireless, stick with a solid performer. That turned out to be a good decision. Did check the reviews and saw the comments regarding the BIOS and battery run down with SD Card. With any computer equipment, you should always make sure you are running the latest BIOS and software, even if its just out of the box. In my case this unit had the latest installed. Wireless setup was easy, although a little slow with the initial connection to my home network, you just have to be patient and let the unit connect.

This was a good choice and worth extra few bucks for the increased memory and faster processor over other PDAs and iPAQs. The only negative is battery life. It seams to be shorter, than my earlier iPAQ. Battery life is extremely short if running on wireless, so if you are not on the web, shut the wireless off. Been using this for two months and like my earlier iPAQ has not missed a beat and performing flawlessly.

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