 | Dell Axim X5 300 MHz Pocket PC
Dell Pocket PC is excellent -- 2010-04-03
I ordered a Dell Axim Pocket PC through Amazon. The item arrived in good condition, and works fine. I can read docements on it, study the Bible (with separate special software), and keep track of meetings, as well as carry photos with me. I am pleased with this product.
biggest piece of junk -- 2005-03-07
My Dell Axim is the stupidest $500 I ever spent. It locks up, won't recharge, needs constant tending and the battery life is like that of an insect. If you need this kind of useless equipment, buy another brand. Sure, they ship quickly, but using the Microsoft platform just adds to the problems.
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 | Compaq iPAQ 3955 Color Pocket PC
Absolutely Wonderful -- 2009-03-12
I searched all the local stores to find a PDA. Everyone said that it's not sold at stores anymore, because the cell phones had cornered this market. I then searched online, and found tons on Amazon. The product was delivered, and received in 2 days. I absolutely love this PDA, because I can use it to keep track of daily appointments, and also go wireless. There's so many applications to download. The battery can be charged in the cradle, or just take the plug with you. I'm thrilled, because it actually keeps me on tract with daily chores. :-)
Junk Junk Junk Junk -- 2007-03-12
This has to be one of the worst PDA's on the market. It is all style over substance. I own two of these PDAs and none of them charge at all... They are completely dead. I was able to resurrect them once by hooking them up to an external power supply that I wired up the battery leads. It seems that these machine are programmed to fail after a year. The battery's that came with these PDA as still putting out adequate voltage and are perfectly fine. To bad that PDA is not. Word to the wise - DO NOT BUY THIS PDA!
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 | Sony Clie PEG-TG50 Handheld
One-piece Clie with keyboard and small screen -- 2010-06-30
The TG50 is an OS5 handheld that, uniquely, comes in a one-piece formfactor (no clamshell) with a keyboard (no dedicated Graffiti silkscreen) instead of an oversize screen. The screen is the standard 320 x 320 size of the OS4 Clies (SJ and T series).
About the keyboard, good news and bad. Good news is, contrary to some reports, the keys are large enough to be used effectively if one's hands are not too big. The keys are raised and backlit. The bad news is that the shift and colored keys used to enter special characters are poorly placed and awkward to use. To enter special characters one must simultaneously hold down the mode key and the target key. Entering symbols and numbers intermixed with alpha characters is slow going.
A grafitti writing area can be popped up with a special hardware button. Here also, there is news both good and bad. The good news is that the TG50 uses the original Grafitti, not Grafitti 2 as on all the other OS5 Clies. If you have had the misfortune of having to use Grafitti 2, you know how awful it is. Most all the strokes are different, and the k,i, and t letters require two strokes. Apparently Sony sneaked the TG50 into production just before the Xerox lawsuit forced Palm and licensees to abandon the superior Grafitti.
The bad news is that the Grafitti writing area takes up all of the screen area except for enough to display four lines of text.
I was not able to use the Bluetooth feature. Tried to send a Memo pad text file to my UX40 and could not make the two Clies connect.
The TG50 speaker is the largest and loudest I've seen on any Clie. Most Clies have only 7 or 8 pinholes for the speaker; this one is better than a quarter-inch across with nearly two dozen holes.
Overall this handheld is the biggest non-clamshell formfactor of them all. The TG50 is both longer and thicker than all the SJ series Clies. It's about the same size as the NX80, except for thickness.
The built-in applications are the standard OS4 apps Sony supplies with all their other OS5 Clies (except for the exceptional TH55).
One thing I should say about the Clies in general concerns the slide switch. This is the only way you can power up your Clie if you turned it off in the Hold mode. What this means is that if your slide switch should get broken, you will have no way of powering up your Clie. This happened to my NX80 and now I can never use it again. If one wishes to avoid this situation, one should never use Hold to power down. Instead let the Clie power itself down via timeout. Then it can be powered up again with any of the four application keys on the front (Memo,Datebook,Todo,Address).
Had this since 2003! -- 2007-04-13
Ive owned this Sony Clie PEG-TG50 PDA (Personal Entertainment Organizer, Sony calls it) since 2003 and since then I have been using it as my main personal digital assistant.Its technology is rather antiquated by today's standards but it is so reliable and durable that I could not let go of it. It has never had a system problem, its battery is about 90% its original potential, it syncs even faster and smoother than my wife's TX, and it has survived more drops than I can think of. The way it runs its applications are so intelligent and as intuitive as today's (2007) offerings. Even its construction oozes good quality. I use this Clie mainly as an organizer and information notebook, and for these purposes I do not need a new PDA.
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 | Compaq H3835 iPAQ Color Pocket PC
Common points of repair and how you can fix yourself without paying a repair shop. Diassembly instructions-- -- 2008-02-10
If you still have a 3800 and plan on using it, you're probably aware that certain aspects stop working, namely the battery or the stylus won't stay attached despite the fact it still clicks when placed into the stylus silo.
The easiest way to address the famous dropping stylus is taking a piece of electrical tape and wrapping around the top portion of the stylus about 1/2 inch below the top point of the stylus that typically fits between your thumb and index finger while writing. Keep wrapping layers of tape until the stylus fits snug again. Be advised that over time you'll have to add more tape, read on and look at my user submitted photos to find out why.
We aren't going to describe how to remove the motherboard or replace the screen, it isn't impossible but we didn't have to repair these components and refrained from fully disassembling the iPaq just for curiosity.
Disassembly:
Required Tools:
Torx screw driver (Home Depot Husky P/N HD-74502U is perfect for this)
Smaller flat head screw driver, typically used for computer and electronics Home Depot Husky P/N HD-74501U is perfect for this)
Needle Nose Pliers (Comp USA P/N 87609-NmP is perfect for this, if you can still find a pair)
Can of compressed air
Rubbing Alcohol
Q-Tips
Phillips screw driver with small bit if removing the circuit /mother board.
Nylon electrical tape
1. On the back of the iPaq are six visible torx head screws, four at the principal corners and two others at the southern points by the reset button and data / charger conduit. REMOVE ONLY THE FOUR AT THE CORNERS and ignore the bottom two, the two bottom screws are only necessary if you're removing the entire circuit board to access the screen.
2. Lay the iPaq face down on a clean surface.
Use your flat head driver here to gain some leverage in the side seam, this iPaq isn't tightly fastened when compared to opening a BlackBerry and hardly tight when compared to an iPod. CAREFULLY, AND WE STRESS ... CAREFULLY SEPARATE THE BACK FROM THE FRONT HALF BECAUSE THE BATTERY CONNECTOR IS A DELICATE RIBBON CABLE THAT ISN'T EASILY REPLACED !!!
3. REFRAIN FROM USING YOUR COMPRESSED AIR UNTIL YOU'VE DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY !!!
Open the back panel towards the head phone jack like opening a book and using the longitudinal side of the headphone jack as the hinge. With your needle nose pliers, unplug the ribbon cable from the battery / back panel , USE THE PLIERS TO PULL STRAIGHT UP AND REFRAIN FROM ROCKING IT OUT SIDE BY SIDE,, ROCKING IT OUT CAN DAMAGE THE CONNECTOR.
4. This is a good opportunity to use your compressed air and blast out any dust and scum, NEVER SHAKE A CAN OF AIR BEFORE USAGE OR HOLD THE CAN AT AN ANGLE GREATER THAN 45 DEGREES BECAUSE YOU CAN SPRAY MOISTURE INSTEAD OF AIR. If you've already sprayed moisture onto the mother board your chance of damage will be much less if you disconnected the battery. You can wait for the moisture to dry out and is often white in appearance until it fully evaporates. If you can't wait, then take a Q-tip and discharge any static before you dry off any moisture marks.
5. Take your Q-Tips and dip in the rubbing alcohol to clean off any plastic components such as the stylus silo, you may notice what seems like black flecks of contamination inside the iPaq. These flecks are the result of rubber / polymer foam deterioration and is why the stylus won't stay put. The stylus silo functions with two major components, a spring ejector at the very bottom which is used to "eject" or pop the stylus up when you press it, and a friction block rubber foam polymer on the back panel that holds the battery. Over time this friction block will break down from wear of removing and inserting the stylus, it breaks down even quicker if you stored the iPaq in a glove box during the summer months. There are two of these blocks on the back panel and the other one acts as a contact buffer to protect the power connector on the motherboard. DON'T ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE PROTECTOR BUFFER because it is thicker and you'll have difficulty trying to glue a flat block of rubber into a semi circle silo. You can use your compressed air to blast out as much of the loose rubber here and if you're a real neat freak, you can use a Q-Tip with the alcohol to remove all the rubber flecks. Chances are the rubber flecks have semi melted to the back panel from whatever summer heat that broke it down in the first place and trying to clean it will only satisfy your obsessive compulsive disorder.
If you're replacing the battery, use your flat head screw driver to pry the battery pack from the back panel, the battery pack is glued and can be gently pried off by starting at the corners, then when all four corners are pried, start the mid points between each corners, again rotating as you go along. IF YOU STILL CAN'T REMOVE THE BATTERY, then pry again this time at the mid points between the corners and the first loosened mid points, continue this process until you've remove the battery pack.
Attach your new battery pack to the back panel, ensure the connector is facing outward and on the bottom (duh). If your replacement battery pack didn't come with a double sided adhesive strip, don't fret because you can simply use a piece of cellophane tape rolled back onto itself make a quick double sided tape while reassembling the 3800, this will be adequate because the battery won't move after the 3800 is put back together.
Reconnect the battery connector, this can be easily accomplished with your thumb and ensure you press straight down while supporting the back panel and battery on a solid surface or by holding the back securely in the palm of your other hand.
An iPaq is tighter than a ducks butt when assembled and nothing will come loose inside even an unfastened battery pack as long you can keep it positioned during the reassembly.
You can test the successful battery replacement by turning the 3800 on before the reassembly, be careful not to touch the motherboard when doing so with your skin or anything metal.
Replace the screws and don't overtighten, a good rule of thumb is tighten an electronic fastening screw just as tight as you would a tube of toothpaste, overtightening metal onto plastic will just strip the plastic threads or you'll just end up breaking torque and your screw driver will strip the screw after it breaks out and you'll have a much harder time removing that screw in the future.
Tightening screws is like driving in snow, the objective is traction and avoid spinning out !
Used can be just as good as new. -- 2007-05-12
It took a while to receive the used iPAQ 3835 via mail. Although any packing materials that should have been used to protect the contents was missing from the roomy package, the PDA survived the trip. For a used PDA, the system works quite well and made the recipient a happy camper on his birthday. The device continues to work well as expected.
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 | Peek Mobile E-mail Device (Gray)
Can't activate... No customer service -- 2010-07-24
Very hard to open package. They use that Chinese junk plastic blister packaging.
Activated online Friday night. Waited for 20 minutes then turned on the Peek. No service (red x on antenna icon). Turned Peek off then on again. No service.
Customer service phone line was closed already. Won't open until Monday. Emailed [...]. No response. And my subscription time that I paid for is ticking away.
I thought Peek was known for their exemplary customer service! Guess not anymore.
It works and is low cost -- 2010-06-24
This review is for the peek classic, the cheaper one. Got the peek this morning, activated the thing and immediately got emails. This afternoon, took the peek out in the Gulf of Mexico (working on the oil spill) and the device performed flawlessly. Cell phones work reliably out to about 3 miles on a good day, the peek uses T-Mobile's network and I can start working on received emails while returning to port. I should point out that the peek is very easy to figure out how to use. The peek classic has been criticized because it does not support push email. As you can scroll the menu down to the send/receive function and hit enter (you push in on the jog wheel), what's the problem? Too, when I drop the thing in the drink (notice I said when and not if) it won't cost an arm and a leg to replace like an iPhone would.
7/22/10 update:
updated this device to a peek pronto and newest operating system version. Cost only the priority usb cable which is available on peek's web site. Cannot really say things are any faster, but you can text with the peek pronto and the new bold fonts make reading texts/emails much easier. Do your self a favor and just buy the peek pronto from Amazon.com. It is worth the extra money. By the way, have not dropped the peek in the gulf yet.
8/26/10 update:
peek is now in Juno, AK. And it works great.
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 | HP iPAQ 1910 Pocket PC
Having power problems -- 2010-04-06
Like the graphics and the options. Don't know why I keep loosing my memory. The battery looses power fast. Purchased a new $30 battery, still having problems. The product is nice but Im not sure buying used is a good idea. They say it's been tested and is like new but Im still having issues. Have tried to use it to keep information for work but now Ive lost everything Ive been working on. Not good. The seller has given me some options. Not really pleased with my product, love the idea and the look, if I can keep my memory. Still working through glitchs.
Excellent purchase, on time, great condition Pocket PC -- 2008-07-07
Excellent purchase, on time, great condition Pocket PC
Seller was responsive and friendly, and the item was recieved promptly and in great condition. Would use them again!
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 | HP iPAQ 1945 Pocket PC
HP iPAC 1945 Pocket PC -- 2010-01-24
I was very impressed with the product. It was well taken care of. The individual who owned the product was very courtous and up front with the product. I give the product and the owner high marks for his involvement in the way it was handled.
Excellent in every way -- 2009-07-30
My Hp iPAQ 1945 arrived in perfect condition and is a fine improvement from the HP Jornada 548 I had for 5 years. The old PDA was used everyday and became a big part of my life. This new one improves upon the Jornada in speed, screen resolution, great color, and program availability. If you can find one used, buy it!
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 | HP iPAQ RX1950 Pocket PC
once the warranty is over.... -- 2010-01-07
My ipaq rx1900 worked a little more than a year during which it needed reseting many times. After the warranty expired one day I couldnt turned it on anymore. I contacted hp and it was impossible to find a physical address to take it or mail it to get it fixed. it seems that after the warranty is over HP expect you to toss your device and buy a new one.
HP iPAQ RX1950 -- 2009-03-19
I would have liked to know what specific programs were included and the cost of other programs available.
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