HP iPAQ Pocket PC H5550

Hewlett Packard's former top-of-the-line iPaq, the H5450 showed promise as a useful wireless handheld, but some performance issues kept it from living up to its full potential. Now the company is serving up a tuned-up, improved version of that earlier high-end model: the H5550 ($649 list price), which includes a healthy 128MB of RAM and the latest Pocket PC operating system. Though it may be a bit much for the average consumer, corporate buyers will find it to be a powerful jack-of-all-trades. It's the Pocket PC equivalent of Palm's Tungsten C, minus the integrated keyboard.Like the H5450 before it, the H5550 is a fully loaded but heavy handheld. This model weighs 7.3 ounces and measures 5.4 by 3.3 by 0.6 inches. These are roughly the same dimensions as those of earlier iPaqs, so this model is compatible with many of the line's accessory jackets. The device also carries the same sharp, 65,000-color, transflective TFT display that has appeared in all iPaqs since the H3900 series.

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