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User Submitted HP iPAQ RX1950 Pocket PC Reviews (cont...)Date: 2006-11-19 LOVE IT!! I have had this iPAQ rx 1955 for almost a year. I couldn't be more pleased with it. I have been reading other reviews here on Amazon that say that the iPAQ shuts down and needs to be restarted. Well, that's because the owners do not know how to use it. iPAQs are complex little things and they have to be understood. If properly used, they are sheer delight. As soon as I got my iPAQ a year ago, I bought "iPAQ for dummies", read it from beginning to end and learnt a lot. I use this iPAQ to send email,write notes, as a calendar, contact list, as a reminder, love it when the iPAQ sounds its cute alarm!)and I even write my store list on it. I saved money on an ipod; my iPAQ is much more than that! I got a 2.0 GB SD card and have stored no less than 200 music files, four gorgeous games and dozens of big photos that I can now always have with me wherever I go. (This iPAQ can also store videos).The iPAQ synchronization feature (with your computer) manages to compress and resize big files automatically. The music sound is amazing, the photos look great, the games are fun and easy to play. This little cute iPAQ does so many things for me and offers me so many more that I am absolutely thrilled with it. A friend who has an ipod is considering giving it away and get an iPAQ instead. When I am not taking my laptop with me, I am OK because I can check and send email via iPAQ. It is fun to use the handwriting recognition features as well as the voice recognition feature; this, of course, with the added software for voice recognition. I no longer need to use the stylus on my iPAQ to look for an address or a name. I simply talk to it and "she" responds wonderfully well. The iPAQ also had to get used to my awful handwriting, but it certainly did. It was fun at first to see the iPAQ trying to recognize my "r" and my "v". But it was all part of the learning process for both. I have also stored two e-books that I can read on the iPAQ anywhere I want. I recenty got a pair of Bose headphones that go great with the iPAQ. Now (with a little add-on) I am going to also turn it into my personal GPS. There is so much this little cute thing can do that I AM AMAZED. I suggest the book (ipaq for dummies) be bought together with the iPAQ.There is too much this cutie can do and one might be lost without extra help. Date: 2006-11-15 Buyer beware At the moment I am in the middle of a 3-day ordeal sorting out Outlook 2002, which comes with the ipaq. Outlook 2002 has many many many known bugs (which only now I find out) and I can't for the life of me figure out why HP would ship it with their hardware. DO NOT INSTALL OUTLOOK 2002 on your machine. The ipaq itself may be OK, but if this is a foreshadowing of the fun to come... Date: 2006-11-05 RAM memory low Everythings works perfectly and I really recomend this item if you are not planning on watching videos or opening more than one program at a time. the ram memory is low, so when you open the calendar or email, it takes time... just like an overloaded pc takes time to run. Date: 2006-11-04 Very good but not perfect I got a factory refurbed RX1955 that looked brand new from Fry's at a great price. I would have expected the latest firmware if the factory refurbed it but it wasn't so I had to upgrade it to solve a problem with it not turning on with an SD memory card inserted and it took me some effort to find out that I needed the upgrade. I've now had it for several months and it works great. I use it to access the internet over my home wireless or any hot spot I can find. The 802.11 works great. E-mail is done by connecting to my ISP server directly. It's also a great MP3/WMA player and I have used it for streaming radio audio. I also added pocket adobe to read those attachments or downloads. The down side... it still hangs occassionally and needs a reboot. The screen touch is some times a bit off. Sometimes it has trouble with the SD card directory and I have to pull it out and reinsert to refresh it. Every program you use is left running in memory until you go into the memory tool and stop it, otherwise it runs out of memory. I'm used to closing software and having it go away. Otherwise this is a great PDA. The 802.11 is much more practical than a blue tooth connector other PDA's have. Date: 2006-09-29 it's a lemon I was ready to really love this pda. It's nice and thin, feels good in the hand and was the cheapest PDA with wireless. I mainly needed it to check my email when i'm out and about. But I have to admit that it's a lemon. It freezes all the time, I have to pull the battery out to reset it at least once a day, sometimes 3 or 4 times. I haven't installed anything on it but what came out of the box. Also, just too little on-board RAM, and if you save your applications on the SD card instead they are SO slow. HP's firmware and ROM updates from their websites actually made it worst. It's more stable with just the 1.00.00 firmware version out of the box. My only hope is that it's a Windows Mobile 5.0 problem and there will be an update soon. I don't know if it's Microsoft's problem or HPs, but now it's definitely my problem.
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