HP IPAQ H2210 Pocket PC

I had to replace HP Ipaq 5450 which I purchased from Amazon back in January this year and went dead two month later. I own a HP ipaq since 2002 and finally the battery no longer hold the charge. The H2210 pocket pc is slightly larger than my first H1990 because of the rubber grips on both side of the unit. Everything arrived on time or ahead of time. All I did was sync with my previous outlook 2003 and every was loaded into my new H2210. The down side, is the outlook that comes with the unit can not be used with my Window 7 64 bit. Make sure you still have a computer or notebook that runs Window XP.

My Pc NEVER WORKED AND I EMIAL ALRAEDY TO PERSON WHO SELED BUT I DIDN'T GOT ANYTHING. HOW I CAN BACK I MEAN SWITHC FOR ONE OF WHO WORKING OR HOW I CAN BACK MY MONEY

This is a huge jump for me from a visor(palm os), as long as you like windows os you should be really happy with this pda. it is fast, has plenty of storage for apps and the colors are beautiful. it has multimedia, music, video and jpgs. with windows xp, the device appears as a networked resource when synched, which is very neat. i find that i am able to read books on this device, because the graphics are so good, unlike my palm. i have used the bluetooth capability, and it was moderately difficult to configure on my network. it does seem to suck up power, but i have never experienced powere loss. i have had it for 6 months now, and have only had to reboot the thing once, and it was the result of some crappy shareware. cheers...

I've been blown away with the quality, features and functions of the iPAQ 2210. I was originally torn between the features of the 2210 and the slimness of the 1940 but I'm very pleased with my choice. I read a lot of reviews before I bought, most of which were very complementary although some had a few little niggles. If you've looked around on the web too you will recognise these. First the slip on case. Use it, it's actually very good although I will buy one with a flip top soon. Inside the case on the left you will find a thin label that can be cut off with scissors and I think that is what may have caused the side rubber strips to get damaged. The case is quite tight but it will probably stretch with use. The screen does appear to have a row of 5 faint black marks on the bottom edge if you tilt it slightly towards you but they are otherwise practically unnoticeable. The battery seems quite capable and should easily give the 8 hours use as stated. The finish is beautiful. I don't even think about it being made of plastic. It feels solid and dependable. It's a perfect size for the average hand and the viewing area is big enough for easy reading of text. The screen is bright and clear. I have the contrast turned down to half mostly as that is bright enough for me indoors and outdoors, even in sunlight, it's perfectly readable. It has stacks of software loaded and it's nearly all of use. The handwriting recognition feature took me by surprise as I didn't think I'd use it but it works very well and is sometimes better than typing. You can tell it how you normally write different letters to help. As the ipaq already has fully functioning integrated bluetooth,(you don't need a card for the ipaq) I also bought a Belkin Bluetooth USB adapter with it for my PC and this allows me to hook up to my computer and work remotely. The range gives me easily 30 feet from my PC, so if the wife's got a headache I can sit up in bed and listen to music, upload files, use email and surf the net all at the same time...maybe buy some more stuff from Amazon while I'm at it!(Commission please!) I connect remotely through the Activesync program to my broadband connection and Windows XP and although it's obviously slower and you have to keep scrolling around the screen, it's more than usable. It's a bit fidly to set up but there's help out there. I really like having the CF card slot. I can use the card from my digital camera to instantly look at the pictures or, more frequently use one (256mb) to store a bunch of mp3's. I now need to buy an SD card to maximise the memory capability as unfortunately no cards are supplied with the iPAQ. I do have one complaint. I would like to have had a written manual. There is one on the web but its 125 pages long! Price, no it's not cheap but this is a serious piece of kit and I would definitely recommend this product.

I was a novice PDA user: I read all the reviews and agonised between iPAQ and Palm, and plumped for the former - mostly because of the handwriting recognition software option. I wanted to focus mostly on using it as a diary and organiser and viewing and editing word and excel files. First off I was very impressed; it was fast and relatively user friendly. Nice screen etc. Synchronisation was a doddle with Outlook on my PC. Then the problems started. Nevo didn't work with my new Denon system - oh well it was a toy anyway, so 1 down isn't too bad. Then the handwriting recognition began playing up - Ok I just need to practice my "r's" and perhaps I am not a very clear writer, but when I corrected things the font kept slipping down from 10pt to 8pt, despite hard resets galore as advised initially on email - from America. The same thing happened using the soft keybord. This really was very irritating and time consuming and in the end I spoke to HP in UK - they "escalated" it, because when the guy on the helpdesk tried it, his did it too! O-oh, is this your typical Microsoft "feature" (ie bug) territory, I began to wonder. Then it started needing loads of soft resets, hanging in the middle of applications. On and the Bluetooth thing - yes it just keeps searching for a device without warning to connect to, and there appears to be no way to modify this other than "hide" it. The calendar is not friendly: when you put in times of appointments they magically change to something else, and it is not uncommon to end up with 23 hour appointments because the finishing time changes as you put in the starting time. Very weird and not heplful when you are trying to be efficient and speedy with clients. The support from HP was very poor - over 3 weeks later and two phone calls in I have not had a response. So I have returned it and will now try a Palm, all my friends who use Palms say they never have to do resets - we'll see. In fairness I may have had a duff one, and I note the review above by another user on 24/12 - perhpas this was a duff Amazonian batch, but I suspect not. I note that other reviewers who love it have focussed on multimedia apps and perhaps it is very good for this, but for your average business user, not very good I'd say. Pretty and funky, but not reliable, about sums it up.

I bought an iPaq 2210 about 2 weeks ago after much debating between it and the 4450(?). I chose the 2210 as I thought it would be more home-user friendly and I didn't want it solely for work. I made the right choice. Over the moon with the CF and SD expansion slots (I keep 128mb in each for files and music). This is my first PDA and I am absolutely astounded at the scope I now have in the "Pocket PC" world. The only thing this PDA doesn't do that my new desk-top PC does is burn discs! (and I bet someone is working on an SD card to do that!). AvantGo for news and stuff is great. I work in IT and copied a complex Exel spreadsheet (loads of boring formulas)onto this PDA without any reduction in performance. The side grips have given no cause for concern so far (see other reviews) but I do tend to keep away from them just in case! Would recommend this item to anyone looking for a PDA for both home and professional use. This really is more than an electronic Filofax - it really is a pocket pc. ( disclaimer - no I am not in sales and I don't work for Microsoft or HP!)

It's a PC and it fits in your pocket. A fairly obvious statement given the product's name, but a very important fact. Think about what you use your home or work PC for then consider you will probably be able to do it on this. (Bluetooth enabled mobile phone permitting) Now consider the ability to play movies, music and games on the go. Then think about all that spare time you have waiting for, or travelling on, the bus, train or plane and all that spare time you have when you should be working. Enter the IPAQ 2210, instant fun, time-wasting or productivity (if you choose) in a handy pocket size. Once pocket computers were glorified electronic diaries, but now they really are proper computers. A must buy.

As a new user of pda's I was a bit apprehensive about spending this sort of money on something that might just be a glorified filofax. It has certainly exceeded all my expectations and does live up to it's claim to be a handheld computer. I'm still exploring all it's functions at the moment. But I would recommend it to anyone. There is a reasonable amount of extra software available via hp. I've also ordered a particularly nice case via the hp links.