Is it just the Ipaq 5xxx series?

[rooks308]

I just went to Best buy yesterday to peek around on the Ipaq 5550 as opposed to my 5450 and I was quite glad I did not upgrade. It is just as slow if not more so than the one I alreay have. At first I though.. Nah there must just be some apps in the backround. Then I cleared the memory and Poof still slow as a dog. I finally got the Best buy guy to let me reset it and still slow as hell. Are all the flagship models slow like this :?: The 1945 and the 2215 are blazing. Why is the OS[on this model] so slow. [NOTE: not talking about program performance - actual OS speed]

The programs work fine but it annoys the hell out of me to wait for the start menu to load, even if it is only 1 or 2 seconds, :evil: and another couple for the control panel. The best buy guy said that it wasn't just the display and that a lot of people were kinda pissed that they were so sluggish. Especially when people pay that much!!

[Cornish]

I am a little bit confused. I know I am new to the world of PPC but my new h5550 is very fast, in fact I was surprised how fast it is.

This could be because I am new but I love the H5550 and am very pleased with the speed. I hope I am not the only one that feels like this.
Sorry to hear that you didnt like the new Ipaq.

[szamot]

RegKing2003 nicely fixes the menu animation garbage as well as host of other annyoing things, add to it Pocket Plus 1.3 and finally I can say that my 2K3 54xx is as sweet as it can be, hell even alarms work again, what more could a guy ask for.

[wizardmaster2k]

1,000,000 dollars

[Pocket PC Dubai]

The following review clearly shows the differences in speed and performance.

http://www.pdajunkie.net/index.html?pdajunkie_net_e755vsh5555.htm&2

http://www.pdajunkie.net/IMAGES/IPAQ_5555/e755vsh5555-1.jpg

[rooks308]

If you re-read my post you notice that I am not talking about app performance and such. Benchmarks are nice ways to say "mine is faster than yours" but unfortunately real world performance like [tap start... wait...tap settings... wait.....] I agree that it is faster than the previous models in many things but the actual interface is very sluggish when compared to say an Ipaq 39xx or a 22xx, heck even when compared to a 19xx. I don't know why but every singe 5xxx I have used is sluggish like this. Again, Movies [great], Music [Great], NOT talking about Appz and such. Actual UI speed is what I am unhappy about.

[gunner6666]

maybe the sloe one's are defective, cause mines fast!

[szamot]

get rid of menu animation and the useless sounds like screen taps - that should help you a bit.

[petvas]

I own an H5555 for a month now and believe that it is very fast. I used to own an H3970 (upgraded to WM2003) and it was very fast too. I couldn't see any difference in terms of speed and/or responsiveness...
There are some times when the 5555 gets a little slow, but that happens rarely. All in all, I would say that it is a very fast Pocket PC, but the speed improvement comes solely from the Operating System and not from HP...