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Today I went out after work (told wife I had to work!) to check out the PocketPC's at a big local retail shop. I wanted to test out the OS and see for myself where the PocketPC has gone from my last experience.
Wow! When I saw those Toshiba E400's and HP 1900 and 4100 series, I couldn't believe the size. Thinner than my Tungsten|E and lighter and running Windows! I can't believe it still.
I fell in love with the HP4150, wireless and all, but the price $599 CDN was too much considering the Dell sells for $422 CDN fully loaded with a new cpu and OS.
But the look and feel was amazing of the HP4150. The size and all the technology packed in there. I lucked out with a very good store rep that showed me alot and even surfed PIE wirelessly in the store. 400MHz was fast on this device, everything loaded very similar to the desktop IE. He showed me MSN Messenger and of course the OS envirnoment.
There was a customer walking by and he moved from Toronto and was explaining all the hotspots in Vancouver catching up to Toronto. He showed his HP1945 right out of his pocket and told me he loved it and would never go back to Palm. We both surfed on the HP4150 in the store and were both amazed. I made new ppc friends!
So now I'm stuck. I love the look of the HP but the X30 is cheaper, newer and faster. Many don't like the look of the Dell, but I can't experience it since I need to buy online first. I'm going to read all the specs b/w both of them tonight and make a decision.
My question is:
For X30 users and HP4150 users, which device should I get? What are the differences that you love about your device? Will HP offer a free upgrade to 2003SE for this model or would I be lost already buying old technology?
I'm new to this community, so I'm not sure if new OS versions are so different that current hardware gets fazed out quickly. Palm's seem to go on forever since they rarely change their OS. Thanks guys.
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