Well, here it is - I'm writing this in front of the TV with a glass of wine - I never thought I'd be doing that with a Ciao review. It's time to learn another new piece of technology!!!
My son bought me it for Christmas, this all started several months ago after a trip to
Swindon (you all remember the Swindon dentists saga??!?!?!), sitting reading e-books without having to grab a paperback before I left the house was just too good to be true!
A couple of chats later and Keiron found me one (he's good at finding things like this - so drop me a message if after this you really want one!!!).
So Christmas Day appeared and all these small little parcels which when combined allowed me to run my life from the palm of my hand...
Technical Details first: It's an IPAQ 1910 running Windows Mobile 2002, with Pocket Word, Excel, Outlook and a few other bits and bobs as standard. It has infared (no bluetooth - which is the only difference between mine and Keiron's - and I don't need to surf the net on mine anyway).
Now for the nice bits, I've already added a few contacts and calendar appointments, plugged the synchronisation cable in to my laptop (as I will do when I've finished this review) and everything copied itself to there! WOW! Copied a picture of me and Toria to my special folder on the desktop and within seconds it was in the palm of my hand - how easy can it get?!???
I can see me filling "Ziggy" (of Quantum Leap fame! - I got that on DVD for Christmas too!!) very quickly - but there's a slot for memory cards when I do fill it - and Keiron has some great software for converting DVD's onto there so you can watch them anywhere... It gets better and better! I recently got fleeced by "Dana" the virtual monopoly player on a recent trip to Keiron's, but he's installed Virtual Casino on there - why can I see a gambling habit starting?!?!?!?!
Here's a picture of it and some of the photo's I've installed on it!
------------------- Update for the sanctimonious critics who know - oh so much more than us about writing (see my review that followed this one!):
1. PDA? Well yes it is - but look at the top of the review and you will see the path to the item: Home > Computers > PDAs > HP IPAQ Pocket PC H1910 - I ask you - does it take so much to read what section its in? I ask you?
2. It infareds to my mobile phone and computer, what else did you expect it to infared to - something without an infared port???
3. What kind of things can you put on it... It's a computer, think about it!!!! Photo's, software, Films, Music - what else do you do with your computer?
4. Batteries? Depends how much you use it... Playing a film on it will sap your batteries something chronic, updating a calendar entry won't - for the official specs check out HP's website - that's not what I'm here for!
5. Getting DVDs onto it? That's an illegal operation thank you very much and if I told you I'd have to arrange to have you knee-capped!
6. How is it Powered? Doh! Batteries - but I think we've already covered that, or mains! Now there's a surprise! I did ask for the gerbil version but the RSPCA have clamped down on them!
7. Price? It was a present, it would be rude to ask - however I know it was picked up on ebay and I quote "Some muppet that couldn't use it" - so if you are out there - thank you very much muppet!
Pictures of HP iPAQ Pocket PC H1910
An IPAQ
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I have to agree with Daniel on this one. I am looking for information on ones of these as I am very interested but really didn't gain a lot from your review which would help me. I've seen a couple of good ones on the site so i think i'll just keep looking. Allie x
Jordon 10.01.2005 09:09
Like the look and sound of these x
star333 04.01.2005 16:15
I love the look and sound of this, I need a new one so thanks for the info x
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