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User Submitted HP iPAQ 111 Classic Handheld (FA979AA#ABA) (110 Series) Reviews (cont...)Date: 2008-04-25 Great PDA I bought this for my teenage son. I had bought him an older, used one, spent money to replace the battery, and then it died before I even received the battery. This one is extremely fast, has a lot of memory, and my son will do his reports for school on it. He seems to have problems with many of his gadgets, but he absolutely loves this and it's still working great for him. Date: 2008-04-21 HP iPAQ 111 I purchased the iPAQ after thoroughly researching all PDA'S. Knowing nothing about these handy little devices I was convinced that I certainly needed a windows based unit. The iPAQ having bluetooth and WiFi was another much needed feature. Windows mobile 6 is everything I have read about seems to run smoothly, at least I haven't experienced any problems as of yet. Very easy to use, really nice to sync to your computer and add/remove whatever files you want. I haven't used the browser to much and wasn't really impressed with how it works although didn't really intend to use the iPAQ to surf the web anyways. Email and text messaging was what I wanted it for. The SDHC memory card is a nice feature also, 4 gb works perfect, from what I've read the 8 gb will also work although I haven't tried one yet. The music capabilities are a little to be desired, stick to your ipod! The case is a nice sleek design with a flat black finish on the back. The only improvement I would like to see is a bigger battery. Charge time is certainly more frequent especially when using the bluetooth WiFi features. I keep my charger with me most everyday. Overall I highly recommend the iPAQ 111 to those that are looking to upgrade and to the newbies like me, you won't be disappointed! Date: 2008-04-20 Best PDA ever Stand-alone PDAs aren't so popular these days, but this is exactly what I was looking for when I lost my old iPaq 2495. I've had a number of PDAs from different companies -- Palm, Dell, and HP (both Jornada and iPaq). The iPaq 110 is in every way the best PDA yet. I expected the unit to be better -- smaller, brighter display, better back light, more memory, faster processor -- and I was not disappointed in any respect. This is the first iPaq stand-alone PDA with WM6 (Microsoft Windows Mobile 6), which is a nice upgrade. The mapping of the four main buttons is more logical. WiFi works better. HP adds to WM6 a very nice implementation of Bluetooth, which works very well. I was surprised at how much the unit is improved ergonomically. The power switch is perfectly placed for easy, one-hand operation and a minimum chance of accidentally turning the unit on. I was concerned that the iPaq 111 doesn't have a cover like the 2495 does. I needed the 2495's cover because without it, I was always accidentally turning the unit on. But with the power switch on the side, I have never accidentally turned my iPaq 111 on. The record button is the easiest to use of any of the PDAs I have ever owned. All the buttons, including the D-pad, work very well, with a good tactile feedback and easy operation. All my previous PDAs have been a pain to charge. They all had special connectors for charging. Sometimes they required special charging voltages. The iPaq 111 charges through the USB port, which uses a standard USB - miniUSB cable. The charger is a wall-wart unit that provides 5V. AC charging is faster than charging through a USB port. I suppose that's because the AC charger can deliver more power. Battery life is excellent. I generally charge the unit every day. But I can easily go 2 or 3 days between charging; for example if I travel and forget my USB cable. The iPaq 111 also takes good advantage of the new high-speed SD memory cards. I got an 8-Gig 6x speed card. It has worked flawlessly in the iPaq. It used to be that moving files from my PC to my PDA was painfully slow. Now it is so fast that I stopped using my USB thumb drive. If I have a few files to copy, I just copy them through ActiveSynch. If I have a lot of files, I plug the SD card into my computer's SD reader. If you want a stand-alone PDA and you don't want to pay for a large VGA (640 x 480) screen, this is the best unit out there. Date: 2008-04-18 Fantastic Product I purchased the iPAQ 111 as an alternative to this year's much-hyped smart phones. All I can say is that I'm very glad I did so. HP managed to build an easy to use PDA that has plenty of useful features, including wi-fi, Bluetooth, and Microsoft Office. No bad words for this product- everything about it has so far exceeded my expectations. :) Date: 2008-04-16 Sturdy companion on ward rounds I have had this machine for over a couple of months now. I was a little apprehensive initially when I bought the machine since I had ordered it online 'blindly' and had asked a friend to carry it for me to pakistan from the states. This is always a risk with the limited after sales service and exchange facility. Anyways... I have found it to be a brilliant machine designed for people like me who wish to use it frequently for academic reference. It is light, good looking and fits in a white coat's upper pocket which is really helpful. I havent gotten down to using the wifi much so wouldnt comment on it. The screen is fantastic. Music playback is reasonable. Videos look beautiful on the nice screen. The battery life is amazing for a user like me who uses it for reference only. It can last for up to five days with off and on music playback. On the whole it is a sturdy machine and worth its price. If anything new comes up, I will be writing again on the forum.
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