Compaq Aero 1500

An Ultra slim Pocket PC with many features. Even if you have a PC this is still a very handy buy. It comes with a cradle for charging the battery (which takes roughly 4 hours) and for connecting to the PC. It is very easy to use and get used to. The many features include a voice Record Button, headphones Jack and built-in microphone, scrolling dial and action button for quick and easy navigation. It has a QLaunch button for instant access to the programmmes you use most of. A Versatile Alarm which will alert you for any appointments can be either visible or audible. On this pc you can also ... more

The Compaq Aero 1550 will set you back in the region of £245. I was not too impressed by this machine to tell the truth. The processor is very slow, coming in at 70 MHz (snooooooze). As per usual the screen size is 240 x 320 pixels. On the bright side, you can add more memory via the CompactFlash slot. Also, it has a backlight, which I think is quite handy and is something they should put on more PDAs. The layout is okay. There are four buttons at the buttom to use as shortcuts. These let you into your calendar, contacts, notes and tasks. It also has a jog dial, a one touch record button for ... more

I won my Compaq Aero 1500 in a competition. I connected up and was impressed with the way in sychronises with your PC for e-mails etc. But then I thought - right, what can I do with it. The screen was not colour and very difficult to read. If I tried loading anything on it, it ran incredibly slow and soon used up all spare memory. Any entering of information was painfully slow and error prone dure to no keyboard. It was very longwinded to get to any menus and do what I wanted. As I have always had Psion orgabisers, I thought the Aero would be an advanced type of machine. Technically it may be ... more

In the company where I work we are all given Palmpilot IIIs. We synch them up with the company email system but don't really do much integration with each other. I was finding the Pilot really frustreating as it wasn't rechargeable and I was always leaving it unused for months once the battery had run out. I bought the Pocket PC Compaq because it was rechargeable and because it plays MP3s. I found the ability to store Word documents excellent as my job involves QAing a lot of Docs. The MP3 capability comes in really handy when I'm on planes and such, as does the MS Reader facility as I can ... more