HP iPAQ 910 Business Messenger Unlocked Cell Phone with US 3G, 3 MP Camera, Media Player, MicroSD Slot - U.S. Version with Warranty | List Price: $499.00 Discount Price: Too low to display

| Brand: HP Binding: Wireless Phone Accessory Release Date: 2008-06-10
Features: - Unlocked quad-band GSM cell phone compatible with 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies and US 3G compatibility via 850/1900/2100 HSDPA plus EDGE capabilities
- Business-oriented smartphone with Windows Mobile 6; GPS receiver and Google Maps application
- 3-megapixel camera with video capabilities; synchronize music and video using Windows Media Player
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity for handsfree communication
- 1940 mAh lithium-ion battery for extra-long talk and standby times; backed by 1-year warranty
Great Idea - Awful Execution [Posted on 2008-09-13] Buyer Beware: Windows Mobile 6.1 is not a stabile OS, the iPhone is hands down a better device. The iPAQ crashes every day and needs to be reinstalled every week. DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU NEED A RELIABLE DEVICE!
Works well, but too quiet [Posted on 2008-09-14] The phone works well and I have no problems with battery life, as I live in Ethiopia and don't use bluetooth, etc. What I want is easy interface with my Outlook (calendar and contacts) and the phone does this even better than my previous ipaq (h6300 series). I hope HP will have sorted out the durability problems of battery etc on the previous h6300 - I got through about 4 batteries in 3 years and eventually both the main charging and the USB charging stopped working.
The negative side is the very quiet ringtone, so I usually miss all calls unless the phone is on my desk - does HP or anyone have suggestions on how to improve this as its a major problem?
Also who can recommend a good case? I wrote to Krusell, who usually supply excellently strong for the last ipaq, but no reply after 7 days.
Looking forward to getting to southern Africa so can try the Internet, email, using it as modem for laptop, etc.
HP ipaq 910 [Posted on 2008-09-17] Phone has some features that take time to find. I have unlimited data usage with att. Phone can be set up to be a wifi hotspot with data obtained from the 3g network(requires 3rd party softwware). I can log on to my office windows network using logmein. Very handy for simple tasks. Phone and software is complex but seems unlimited in capability. I like it more each day. Also it has never crashed in the 3 weeks I have owned it.
Seems good but maybe mine was a lemon [Posted on 2008-09-17] I was excited to get this phone and all the features seemed promising. Like many others however I found the battery life to be unbelievably short. I am a heavy user and after all, why get such a phone if you are not intending to take advantage of all the features. Just using it for the occasional phone call and push email would barely get me through the day, try to download any data, browse the web or IM and you won't last the day at all (unless you constantly have it docked at your computer, no good if you wanted to use this as a mobile office). In order to extend the life, I turned down the backlight etc but then the device is impossible to see in daylight. So it was 6 of one half-dozen of the other.
But the real killer was after only a few days I decided to try the headphones...they didn't work. Looked around for drivers, settings but no luck. Then I set the phone down funny and I heard sound through the headphones. It turned out my mini-USB jack was loose and only got looser as days went by. The phone was 3 weeks old when I returned it.
My advice on this is wait until HP works the execution out maybe generation 2 will resolve some of the issues with it. Or...maybe mine was just a lemon.
Great Phone everyting you need [Posted on 2008-09-19] Great phone only has everything and in general everything works great
cons.
when low battery keyboard freezes and if using GPS and a reminder appears GPS gets lost
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