Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard Model#: FA175A#A Weight: 1lbs Height: 4..5"     Width: 2..8" Length: " Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars	Retail Price: $718.88 Online Sale Price:
Features: Slim, sleek, and affordable Integrated Bluetooth for wireless communication with other Bluetooth devices Secure Digital slot for greater storage and expansion VPN software provides enhanced security for wireless connection Removable/rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery for continuous power

User Submitted HP iPAQ 4155 Pocket PC Reviews (cont...)

I've had this unit about a month. I am extremely satisfied with it thus far. It is my first Pocket PC. I've been using the Palm OS for over 5 years. To be sure, the Palm OS is more intuitive to operate. But I can do so much more with Windows Mobile Premium 2003. The HP IPAQ is a great MP3 Player (get excellent sounding stereo headphones), a very good PDA and, above all, has tremendous WIFI signal strength. The WIFI is built into the unit so there is really nothing to set up. I connected to my wireless network at home as soon as I took the unit out of the box. Lots of people have wireless routers in NYC so it is simple for me to connect (for free) when I am outside my home. I find the WIFI signal strength on the unit is about 1500 feet; but that depends upon the Router I am connecting to. I am so satisfied with the HP IPAQ 4155 that I am seriously considering ditching my Treo 300 and getting a Bluetooth Phone so I can surf the Internet when I cannot pick up a WIFI signal. The Processer inside this unit is very fast. I have not tried the Bluetooth yet.

The only negatives were the cheap case and cradle and the weak battery. My battery was going down to 0 after 2 hours of wifi surfing. I rectified these deficiencies by buying a hotsync charge and sync cable, a new custom case and a 2000mAh battery, which required a bigger battery door. Now I can surf a good 4 hours daily with the wifi before the battery completely drains.

Bottom Line: HP hit a homerun with this unit.

Date: 2004-02-26
powerful; easy to use, except for bluetooth settings
I have owned this product for about 4 months and loaded 6-8 additional programs. I added a 256 MB SD card to handle the load. Speed and reliability have been great. The range of the 802.11b receiver is better than my laptop. I considered the Palm Tungsten T3 but bought this product for the combination of 802.11b and bluetooth. Also, I wanted a user-replaceable battery.

I previously used a Handspring Visor. Switching from Palm to Windows Mobile 2003 is easy once you realize that unlike Palm, any program or function continues to run until it is turned off in the memory control applet in system settings. Pressing the "X" in the upper right hand corner does not shut down the program, it simply removes it from view. Sometimes the system becomes slow because of the multitude of programs running. I find that among the additional programs I have loaded, only the Audible.com listener causes instability and crashes. Also, be aware that PocketPC 2002 programs will not always run on Windows Mobile 2003.

Setting up email accounts is fast and simple. Email attachments such as word or excel files must either be translated into Pocket Word or Pocket Excel format via the sync process or viewed by the Westek Clearvue software included on the installation CD. It is also useful to install the included Adobe Acrobat software to view pdf attachments. Overall, Documents to Go on the Palm platform is a better solution for viewing and altering email attachments, however.

The bluetooth settings for connecting to the internet with a GPRS phone are difficult, unless you have one of the few Sony-Ericsson phones listed. The instruction manual does not even explain that certain settings are necessary and vary from phone to phone. Luckily, I found what I needed to use for my Cingular Siemens on an obsure forum hosted by Pocket PC Magazine. I recommend a program called GPRS Manager to make it easy to connect your Ipaq to the internet through your cell phone, should you need that feature.

Date: 2004-02-16
Ditch that Palm
I have been a Palm user since the original Palm Pilot came out. It has been a hassle to try and sync with Outlook, Word and Excel. Also trying to hotsync books was a big deal. With the IPAQ 4155 all the above are a breeze. The wireless internet and bluetooth are so easy to setup. I was worried that there is no "epocrates" for the pocket PC, but the Pocket PDR (free) is an even better product. Will never go back to the Palm again.

Date: 2004-02-12
Poor Service from HP/IPAQ
PLEASE read this before you buy an HP IPAQ product so you know how you will be treated if you should have a problem. I own about 6 HP products between IPAQ's, printers and scanners, and I always chose an HP before any other product, until NOW.
I purchased 3 IPAQ's within 2 months. One for myself, my husband, and my father to the tune of $1350! There are days I don't even use my IPAQ, so it isn't abused. My IPAQ froze up on Thanksgiving day of 2003. It would not do anything, so on Monday, I called HP service, they said they wouldn't do anything because the 1 year warranty had expired. I purchased two of the three on Oct. 4, 2002 and this was November! I thought, oh, this product is only good for 1 year of use?
So I talked to a few "higher up's" in the service area and got told that I am on my own. Then I had my husband call up there and they agreed to send us a box with shipping paid so we could send the unit back for them to diagnose the problem. Fair enough. They call within a week and left us a message telling us that the mother board is shot and it will cost $217 to fix. I just got done paying $450 for the product just over a year ago!! You have to be kidding!! This unit was obviously DEFECTIVE from the beginning. And because of a few days of warranty lapse, HP won't step up to the plate and help at all.
So my husband calls back up there and talks to another "higher up" again (because obviously he got further than I did the first time), and her verdict was that HP will not stand behind their product at all. We have to pay the entire bill. Well I will tell you what, I will not fix this HP product, nor will I EVER buy an HP product again. And furthermore, I am in one of the hugest business markets in the world and talk to customers all day long, and I will be sure to tell them of how HP treats their customers. They should stand behind their product, Period!
If they haven't figured it out, PEOPLE make a business and HP's people and policies are ludicrous! If I have a customer that has a problem and is 2 months out of warranty, I will make our manufacturer stand behind their product and fight for my customer's rights!! It is obvious that HP doesn't care about their customers at all. Good to know!! Beware of big business.

Date: 2004-02-12
Great PDA
It is an excellent PDA. I am practically paperless. No notepads to meetings, no Visio pictures. Al integrated into my PDA. Can sync with my laptop anytime and sync. back.

Problems
The sync. of Pocekt Word documents to MS-Word causes pictures to move up and down. I may doing something wrong, but it's kinda irritating.
The Connection Manager is a little intrusive.
I wish there would have been a good case in the market