11-14-2002, 07:14 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Will You Buy the HP 5450?
A simple survey question to satisfy my curiosity. I'm putting $600 to $700 as the price range because I'm sure there will be rebates and deals to bring it within that price range.
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11-14-2002, 07:59 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 155
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I have been waiting/researching/reading for almost 2 years about which PPC I am going to purchase.
The new 5400 series will be that purchase.... 
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11-14-2002, 08:06 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 193
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When is there a phone
When is a high end phone device coming out. We still have 206 mhz phones i have been waiting for a 400 mhz phone for a long time now. Is HP going to release a high end phone? I mean the 5450 sounds great all this wireless connectivity but no phone connectivity. I will pay $750 to get a pocekt pc cell phone with the capabilities of the 5450.... Or take off the biometrics (which finger print scanners are easy to fake) and the digital camera and i would get a high end pocekt pc phone for maybe as little at $600. So does anyone know when a device like this is coming and who it is coming from?
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11-14-2002, 08:09 PM
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Editorial Contributor
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Nah, it's not the price. Just looks to much like an iPAQ. Still satisfied by my Jornada. :wink:
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11-14-2002, 08:16 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I voted no, because of no CF slot, but I'd probably change my mind if either Sprint or Verizon would offer a bluetooth phone....in my lifetime.
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11-14-2002, 08:17 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Disconnected
I voted no, because of no CF slot, but I'd probably change my mind if either Sprint or Verizon would offer a bluetooth phone....in my lifetime.
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Well, if the iPaq 5000 series 1xRTT ever comes out, that would be a Bluetooth phone, right? Or is it only slated to be data?
But in general - yeah, I know what you mean - I'm using a T68 here in NYC not because T-Mobile's network is superior, but because the T68 has Bluetooth.
--bdj
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11-14-2002, 08:27 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 693
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Pay for the facilities? Yes. But it looks awful, so I am unlikely to buy it!
Were I to buy something now, I would buy the Toshiba e740 with Wi-Fi - I don't need BT anyway. I have slowly started to convince myself that my 568 must be retired real soon now.
Jorgen
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11-14-2002, 08:29 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 252
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Maybe. TBH I don't have a problem with the price and I have been waiting for a combined WIFI and BT device.
But I do have a problem with the 5450 running on PPC2k2.
I replaced stolen 3660 with another just prior to the 3870 coming out. I already had the 3870 on order. The dogs breakfast that the upgrade to the 3660 put me off but not as much as Compaq's arrogant attitude to the upgrade.
I would really like to wait for the next release of the PPC OS prior to the upgrade but does anybody have a scooby when that will be?
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11-14-2002, 08:33 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 300
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The way the question of the survey is posed will not really give us objective results. You can�t really mesh the high and low priced devices into one category. If money was of no object, then there wouldn�t be a reason for this poll in the first place, IMO. Some people will vote �No� simply because they never planned to (or just can�t) spend that much money on a PocketPC, period. I am in the group of those who can�t spend that much on a PocketPC right now for obvious reasons (invested way too much into my current iPaq and it would cost me a lot to upgrade). The survey should ask a question more like �Are you willing to spend $600-700 on the new iPaq provided you planned to spend that much money on a PocketPC anyways?� Or �Is it worth spending that much money for the new iPaq provided you have that money and have no qualms about spending it?�
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11-14-2002, 08:50 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 382
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covering my bases
The primary reason I voted no is because I'm super happy with my Jornada 568, and I don't see the next HP devices being more of an improvement than this device. Once I begin to see greater performance gains with XScale and the Pocket PC, a new operating system, and more ubiquitous GPRS/CDMA coverage in my area then I will probably jump the instant it hits the shelf.
That said I really like the new iPaq, and that's quite the statement for me. I've hated the form factor for years, but this latest iteration is coming closer to something I could live with. I think the $700 price point will stand up, espcially noting all the features.
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