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Compaq Aero 1550

Advantages: keeps the Husband quiet when visiting in-laws
Disadvantages: battery takes 4 hours to recharge

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. ...

Ciren 30.12.2000 · Read full review
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tortoise in grey shell

Advantages: backlight, rigidity
Disadvantages: bit on the slow side

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 si ...

oclumhain 28.02.2001 · Read full review
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I gave mine away

Advantages: Small and light.
Disadvantages: Unusable

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 load ...

aderussell 23.03.2001 · Read full review
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Good Budget Pocket PC

Advantages: Slim, light
Disadvantages: No Colour

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 leavin ...

vurt 16.10.2000 · Read full review
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Compaq Aero 2130

Advantages: Colour, Good for the basics
Disadvantages: Bit Old, bit Bulky, Not Compatible with todays technology

...of these over the years, and although they are no longer available from Compaq they can be picked up for very cheap on Ebay. This was a great PDA in its time, and could still be if you were able to upgrade the version of WinCE i ...

sebdacrab 26.05.2004 · Read full review
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