I bought 2 h2215's last night at Frys in Palo Alto. There were three on the shelf, and now there is probably only the one left. It was $399, and it's damn lightweight! I'll have to compar it to my colleagues' 1910 when I get to the office. Lightweight, built in BT, 2 slots....yum....can't wait to play with it....hope it's not a busy day at the office today! Will report more later here.
Go visit Brighthand.com. There's already a 10+ page discussions on this. At least I confirmed that at Fry's Campbell, CA store. Wanted to take some pics but just didn't have time. There're bunch of pics on that Brighthand thread you can enjoy...
This unit is so small and light weight compared to anything else with both CF and SD slots on the market.
- Could be even better with a metal case rather than plastic. (The battery cover seems to be metal, though.)
- No recording button. No Scroll button.
- But very good 5-way action button. Performance is better than the Axim X5 (as expected, though, with PXA255 processor).
- Too bad the side grips are plastic, not rubber.
- Speaker on the back but quite effective even when sitting on a PDA holder in the car for GPS navigation. Sound quality is better than the one on the Axim X5 with no obvious noise at loud settings.
- If only the CF cover is like the one on the Toshiba e550G. It's a removable, like the one on the Axim and the Toshibae700 series.
- Screen is bright and rich in color.
- Some iPaq 3600/3800 series accessories seem to be working fine with it. (USB charge cable/Cigarette lighter charger ...) I'd think folding keyboards also work with the 2200s.
It'd be inetersting to see what Gateway comes out with. Also coming are Dell Axim X3/X7?
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Portus,
Your comments are just about dead on, except that the side grips are rubber, not plastic. I've had very mixed results with the 5-way button so far...tend to get a lot of errant left or right presses when I try to navigate just up or down.
More later.....been a busy day today at the office, damnit!
Picked up mine during lunch at Fry's, Fountain Valley. There are at least 6 more left on the shelves. I guess I'm no longer a retro-jornada, time to change my icon. :wink:
What I liked is that while I was syncing via bluetooth, I went to PIE and was able to surf on the 2215 over the bluetooth (my PC was connected to a LAN) and I never once even touched the connection settings. I don't think PPC2002 was smart enough to figure that out...then again maybe PPC2003 just changed to defaults to be "connect to Internet" instead of that silly "connect to Work"
Since I can't post pics here, I'm posting some over at Brighthand.
h2215 out in stores!
Linear Mode
