HP Jornada 680

THIS OPINION IS ABOUT THE JORNADA 720 BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND THE CATEGORY The HP Jornada is one smart bit of kit - a PDA or palm top, I guess, you'd call it. I got one about a month ago at work and it was a straight choice for me between this and a Palm, but in the end the internet connectivity and the keyboard were what drove me to choose the Jornada and I've not been disappointed. The keyboard is a bit fiddly and my big fingers sometimes get the top two rows of keys mixed up. Also the set does have a nasty habit of falling backwards if you have the top half with the monitor open too far ... more

The HP Jornada 690 is a nice machine, pretty zippy performance-wise, and a much nice keyboard than the 620 / 660 series, which it replaced. But it's not without flaws. Note: the 680 is identical to the 690, except that the 690 has 32MB of memory. First, the card arrangement. CF cards fit into a hinged slot on the bottom of the device. This means that CF add-ons that require a cable won't work unless you use a PC Card adapter. PC Cards on the other hand, fit into a slot on the side, but this space is shared with the CF slot, so the whole assembly is pushed out the bottom of the device. In my ... more

My subjective experience with HP680 is quite good, it has a plethora of features and is in many respects well designed. However, it is not the perfect solution for my purpose, because it "Only" has 10 hours of battery power (working time), and I will use it for traveling around the world. HP680 has a nice color touch-screen, and can be configured to start up just by touching the screen. But the con is that it is almost useless in the sun because of reflections. There are othere PDA's that take advantage of the sunlight, but that might not be possible with a color screen yet. Because of the on ... more