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45 out of 48 people found this review helpful
5.0 stars
"You get what you pay for; excellence has a price"
Pros: Everything I need to function in the field and much more
Cons: I can't convince my company to retire my laptop entirely
Summary: Not to go into a personal bio but I have had ... read more
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18 out of 18 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"This is the best of the best!!! (as of 7/1/2005)"
Pros: Excellent display, excellent speed, plenty of memory,
Cons: (ouch!) expensive, touch pad takes some getting used too, as with all PDAs BATTERY LIFE!
Summary: This is what all PDAs dream of being one day.... read more
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14 out of 17 people found this review helpful
3.0 stars
"Good features but not so well designed"
Pros: Excellent colour screen. Good sound recording and playback. High quality construction. Freely available visual C++ programming environment is very useful for programmers wanting to develop for this device.
Cons: Windows CE is not as good as PalmOS ... it seems slow and clumsy, and I've had key applications (like the 'Today' screen) crash. It's like having a desktop computer in you hand (which is actually a bad thing.) The touch pad is awful ... hard to activate
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
"Good hardware let down by the operating system software"
Pros: Works well as a 'pocket-sized notebook computer'. Nice screen. Fast processor. Wireless.
Cons: Slow, unresponsive, buggy software that crashes often - ie what you'd expect from your desktop computer, but not good enough for a handheld.
Summary: Whether you rate this iPAQ at 2/10 or 8/10 re... read more
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
Pros: VGA!, Speed!, TouchPad, 4" Screen, Wireless, Bluetooth, Magnesium Case, Intel XScale 624MHz processor, Flip cover for screen
Cons: Price, lack of VGA acceleration, 64MB RAM instead of 128MB
Summary: The hx4700 is HP's best yet. You can load thi... read more

