HP iPAQ hx2495 Pocket PC

This is a really great product I use every day. The battery lasts a long time and it's very user friendly. Would recommend.

I have Owned twice this model (I broke the screen on the first one), but I guess I never had that problems, maybe sometimes the battery It's not long lasting as one would like but it gives at least 3 hrs of wireless internet. I have loaded many programs that work pretty good including a ROM for a TI-89 calculator and it works just great (the Ti89 is like $300)

I found that anytime I'm having a frozen screen a soft reboot is more than enough. WM5 doesn't close the programs and that's why you sometimes sun out of memory.

I received the product with a sticker on the box showing that it had been returned because the screen freezes. The screen did in fact freeze to the point where it was impossible to use. I went to the HP site and re-loaded the ROM for WM5 but _not_ the update. Now it works much better but still is reluctant to start from being in sleep mode overnight at times. I will admit that the price I paid was more than $100.00 less than any other posting for the same item I have seen. I felt duped however when I received it with known problems. This should have been disclosed.

I bought the 2495 in Oct 2006, it would not sync. It never has. I bought the stores service agreement incase of problems. WELL, until your warrenty runs out it's useless. Finally with some flashlight looking we found the connections in the bottom of the unit that allow it to connect for sycn were unattached and bent over. I went online twice for help from Hp. They kept saying to redo the ram. YIKES. Finally we sent it to one of Hp's many contracted service centers. They want $250 to repair it. Said the damage isn't their fault. Tell me who's it is, if it has never worked? After moving up the ladder three times and getting the same we won't repair it. It is now being sent back without any service. Hp provides NOTHING. I would avoid this pocket Pc at all costs. It's just not worth it.

Well, I take that back. This product was able to store the owner information I put in and display it on a screen with a nice, white background. This made it especially useful as a flashlight when I had to examine something under my desk. And I suppose a token paperweight analogy might fit here too, but I really don't want to downplay that flashlight feature. It really does work (over short distances).

Sure, it's true that the wi-fi, blue-tooth, and activesync features all failed to function, but why dwell on the negative?

But seriously, I'm glad I bought from a reputable seller. They refunded my money the same day they received the unit back.