Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard Model#: H55.55 Weight: 5.19lbs Height: 5..4"     Width: 3..3" Length: " Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars	Retail Price: $1,126.08 Online Sale Price:
Features: A powerful and flexible Pocket PC with enhanced security and wireless features Integrated Bluetooth for wireless connectivity both in and out of the office All the benefits of the Microsoft Pocket PC 2003 Premium operating system Biometric fingerprint reader for serious security What's in the box: iPAQ Pocket PC, USB Desktop cradle/charger, AC Adapter, holster with belt clip, lithium-ion battery, getting started poster; charger adapter, hp iPAQ Pocket PC Companion CD

User Submitted HP iPAQ 5555 Pocket PC Reviews (cont...)

Bluetooth and wireless LAN work fine and allow you to almost always be connected. Unit is very solid with it's aluminum housing and case that is supplied with it besides being a really good deal protects the Ipaq the right way. My biggest complain is that 5555 is on the bigger side. It is a big PDA and coming from the smaller machine it is a slight disadvantage. I also have to rave about the screen. It is super bright, with excellent contrast and color definition. I kind of dislike the finger print security and perceive it as useless although cool conversation starter feature.

So how do I use my Ipaq? I work both as a web developer and EMT. Ipaq holds my medical and drug reference books for street work, basic software for web developing, few games, mp3s and tons of email, contacts, notes, pdfs, docs and excel files. I use it on the street to jog down info, cross reference medications and to keep records. I use it in the office for everyday routine stuff. On the train or when I get bored I play some games. It is a good machine and with few extra accessories (car charger, memory card and keyboard) it will last you forever (or at least until 6666 is out).

Date: 2003-09-27
Pretty nice unit if you're willing to pay.
If price was a factor, this might be a 3-star review. I'm reviewing it assuming price is not an issue and you are willing to pay for the model.

Positives:

* Comes with Pocket PC 2003 (Windows Mobile 2003), which has worked out some of the bugs of PPC2002, so I understand. Seems a pretty stable OS.
* 128 MB is just the best (for now!). This is great if you love to install tons of stuff on the unit.
* With the 48MB of ROM and the OS, there is about 17MB left over for Ipaq file store. Another bonus in space.
* Wifi is nearly perfect. Picks up access points without a hitch. Only minor problem might be that it's "too" excited sometimes and forgets that a certain access point is no longer around, so you have to manually remove it from the list.
* Internet apps pretty good: Pocket IE, Messenger, W Media
* Also easily used 3rd party software to browse my network and play tunes off another computer.
* Syncs over wifi. This is so great!
* Easy syncing with outlook, of course. Syncs IE favorites, too.
* Unit ships with a higher capacity battery than the others (1250 vs. 900 mAh)
* Fingerprint reader is faster than entering a PIN or a password. Also many security possibilities (i.e. fingerprint OR pin, fingerprint AND pin, etc.)
* Voice recorder is handy.

Negatives:

* Price / Value ratio is fairly high. It seems that you could have a comparable unit with the 2215, a wireless card and some extra ram for about $100 cheaper.
* The microphone/headphone jack is not flush with the bottom of the unit, but inset (see angle pic). Some of my headphone jacks sleeves are too fat to push the plug in all the way. This is a big design flaw.
* With all the stuff it's got, it is on the heavier side of the PDA weight spectrum.
* Big processor and battery means it gets very warm!
* It'd be nice if printing over a network was a possibility. Can't seem to be able to do this.
* IE is somewhat boiled down. No easy way to save a picture on a webpage like the desktop version of IE.
* Charging with USB is possible, however the unit seems to wake up and want to sync even though I set syncing to manual. Doesn't go back asleep and won't USB charge while on.

No comment:

* Haven't been able to test bluetooth for lack of other devices carrying this technology.
* Haven't used SD slot yet.
* Haven't used the ipaq expansion pack, but this apparently allows it do do oh so much more! :)

-- Buzz

Date: 2003-09-17
Nearly Flawless
For me, this machine is nearly flawless. It's backward compatible with most accessories that were made for any iPaq from the 3600 series or later, which is great for me since I have a lot of old accessories lying around (From my old iPaq 3670) that I like to use.

Using the built in media player, I can play most file formats for video and audio. Using MorphGear, I can play many old video games, even from the SNES, which was too intensive to play on older models, without any glitches and a nice framerate.

I've only used the Bluetooth for syncing, but that seems to work fine. The 5555 fixes a problem that the 5455 had, in which it would run out of memory trying to run both the Bluetooth and 802.11b drivers at the same time, if the machine had been on for a while, and wouldn't be able to load the 802.11b module.

There are only two things that bother me about the 5555. The first, isn't really a big deal. It didn't come with the Nevo software that the 5455 had, and so can't be used as a universal remote. The second is a big deal. If you don't charge the batery soon enough, your iPaq will basically be restored to factory defaults when you do charge it up and use it. The only things you won't lose are files in the iPaq File Store, and on storage cards. Very inconvenient.

Date: 2003-09-09
HP 5555
I too came over from the palm. I always liked the many palm apps, but in reality the more I look the more I find that are useless, but no one removed them from the sites.
I wanted wireless to connect to net at home, maybe work. Since I recently got the nokia 3650 phone for free I didn't really need a phone, but needed the pda and some internet access.
I have not tried to use it with the bluetooth on the nokia, but I am amazed at the out of the box wireless net.
Just powered up and connected right away with no problems and I was so dreading getting things connected. I had gone with the ipaq that had BT but no wifi. I bought a card with it and it just didn't work, or I just could not get it up and running. The 5555 is worth it, no problems, it connected out of the box and it looks and feels great. Color amazing and it runs games like a pro.
I'm pleased.