While the , which the strongly resembles, had most of the same hardware features and used the same casing and design, it suffered some bugs and reliability issues when it first came out. Most of the 's bugs were fixed by service packs and ROM updates issued by HP, but I'm happy to say that the doesn't share those bugs and has proved very reliable out of the box.
You won't notice much difference at all. There are numerous bug fixes, improvements in page rendering times and standards support for Internet Explorer, a new user interface for setting up networking that uses a Mobile version of Windows XP's zero config networking, and support for 3rd party applications that are written for the XScale processor.
The OS itself still doesn't run natively for XScale, but now developers can offer enhanced versions of their applications that should run noticeably faster.
Basic apps like PIMs can only run so fast, but gaming and multimedia applications can really benefit from native code. MS Reader fans will be happy to know that the memory leak bug has been fixed and your books won't slow down or worse after you've been reading for a long time. You get a new game called Jawbreaker a port of Bubblets and support for vCard entries. The case above is included with the iPAQ. It's a leather case made by Cases Online , who has a partnership with HP.
The had a PXA processor also running at MHz, and the PXA is supposed to be a bit faster thanks to a faster system bus and more power-frugal. The does feel considerably faster, though those speed improvements may be due to OS improvements and bug fixes more than the processor change. Interestingly, the more affordable iPAQ shares the same processor as the , but benchmarks a bit faster in several areas.
Experientially, the feels a hair faster when navigating the OS and playing games. The Pocket PC has an application that allows you to adjust the balance between these two using a slider, and generally allocating 30 to 35 megs to the OS called Program Memory by the Pocket PC is plenty.
Since the File Store is a Flash ROM storage area, anything stored there will survive a hard reset erasure , making it ideal for backups or storing important apps and data. For more info on sleeves, see our review and listing here. HP has done good things with the SD slot: memory card access and write times were excellent, surpassing even the speedy iPAQ we used the same card for testing these two models.
In addition, the has built-in WiFi, Bluetooth and a biometric fingerprint scanner which are covered in detail below. The , like all recent iPAQs, has a transflective display capable of displaying over 65, colors. The LCD measures 3. Most other Pocket PCs have 3. Transflective screens reflects ambient light to illuminate the screen for outdoor viewability and power savings and has backlighting. The offers the same auto brightness setting as the and series models, where the iPAQ measures ambient light and adjusts screen brightness accordingly.
While the series could be annoyingly fast to react to small changes in ambient light, the has got it down, and most users will find it great for viewability and power savings. Should you prefer to manually set brightness, you can do so. Screen quality is excellent, with very good color saturation and brightness. The display doesn't have the iPAQ 's yellow color cast, nor does it have the grid pattern that's discernable from certain viewing angles under bright lighting on the iPAQ The sound volume is very loud.
The was one of the few "quiet" iPAQs, but the is quite loud. The speaker is mounted on the top front, under the black plastic cap. It's definitely louder than the iPAQ , whose speaker is located on the back. Side by side, games were louder, as were alarms and MP3s. MP3s sound great and very loud— I had to turn the volume down to the lowest setting! You won't get concert quality recordings, but it does a decent job of recording your own voice or a conversation within a few feet of the unit.
Sound volume for the speaker and headphones is controlled via a rocker switch located on the upper left side of the unit where the record button used to be on older iPAQs. If you press and hold this button, it will launch the voice recorder application, though you can remap it to another application if you wish.
While the wasn't a gamer's dream in terms of performance, the iPAQ does much better and offers good frame rates and smooth screen re-draws.
All ran well, except background music but not sound FX stuttered annoyingly on Blade of Betrayal I turned off background music under options to deal with this and Metalion 2 didn't run correctly at all. The circular directional pad on the isn't very large but it is round, well sprung and rotates smoothly in a degree circle. It's very pleasant to use for gaming, and the 4 front buttons, often used in games are large enough and easy to press.
In comparison, the iPAQ 's 4 buttons are too small, recessed and hard to press when playing games. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback?
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It is offen useful to use the iPAQ to view a remote desktop i. Including minisip. Before you put linux on, be sure to save the bits of the original ROM - so that you can put them back before you return your iPAQ.
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