Hewlett-Packard HP iPAQ 910 Business Messenger Unlocked Phone with U.S. 3G, 3 MP Camera, Media Player, and MicroSD Slot--U.S. Version with Warranty

Love it!

10/12/2008

This could be my most perfect gadget purchase. I love this thing! So far, things have all worked as planned. I use my ipaq at work (I am a nurse), and the programs installed without any problems. Calendar and contacts seem to be easier to use than my previous ipaq as well. I love having the phone and ipaq all in one device - and it is even smaller than my previous ipaq. The only drawback I have found so far is the volume on the phone. The speaker phone is actually the problem. Listening to voice mail on the speaker phone still requires holding the device close to your ear, but if you are like me and don't use your phone nearly as much as the computer part, then it is a small thing. The screen is also very easy to read. It is smaller than my previous, but has better resolution. All the options for navigation of the screen are great too. You can use the stylus, the toggle buttons, or a scroll wheel on the side. I have not yet played with the camera much, but it seems to take a couple seconds to focus, so it is not so great for quick shots of the dogs, but for a planned picture would be fine. All in all...I love it!

Great Phone everyting you need

9/19/2008

Great phone only has everything and in general everything works great
cons.
when low battery keyboard freezes and if using GPS and a reminder appears GPS gets lost

Seems good but maybe mine was a lemon

9/17/2008

I was excited to get this phone and all the features seemed promising. Like many others however I found the battery life to be unbelievably short. I am a heavy user and after all, why get such a phone if you are not intending to take advantage of all the features. Just using it for the occasional phone call and push email would barely get me through the day, try to download any data, browse the web or IM and you won't last the day at all (unless you constantly have it docked at your computer, no good if you wanted to use this as a mobile office). In order to extend the life, I turned down the backlight etc but then the device is impossible to see in daylight. So it was 6 of one half-dozen of the other.

But the real killer was after only a few days I decided to try the headphones...they didn't work. Looked around for drivers, settings but no luck. Then I set the phone down funny and I heard sound through the headphones. It turned out my mini-USB jack was loose and only got looser as days went by. The phone was 3 weeks old when I returned it.

My advice on this is wait until HP works the execution out maybe generation 2 will resolve some of the issues with it. Or...maybe mine was just a lemon.

HP ipaq 910

9/17/2008

Phone has some features that take time to find. I have unlimited data usage with att. Phone can be set up to be a wifi hotspot with data obtained from the 3g network(requires 3rd party softwware). I can log on to my office windows network using logmein. Very handy for simple tasks. Phone and software is complex but seems unlimited in capability. I like it more each day. Also it has never crashed in the 3 weeks I have owned it.

Works well, but too quiet

9/14/2008

The phone works well and I have no problems with battery life, as I live in Ethiopia and don't use bluetooth, etc. What I want is easy interface with my Outlook (calendar and contacts) and the phone does this even better than my previous ipaq (h6300 series). I hope HP will have sorted out the durability problems of battery etc on the previous h6300 - I got through about 4 batteries in 3 years and eventually both the main charging and the USB charging stopped working.
The negative side is the very quiet ringtone, so I usually miss all calls unless the phone is on my desk - does HP or anyone have suggestions on how to improve this as its a major problem?
Also who can recommend a good case? I wrote to Krusell, who usually supply excellently strong for the last ipaq, but no reply after 7 days.
Looking forward to getting to southern Africa so can try the Internet, email, using it as modem for laptop, etc.