iPaq rx3115 in stock at Circuit City

[tsahnocub]

Hey, just wanted to let you guys know, at least the Colorado Circuit City stores have gotten in some of the iPaq rx3115s. We're still waiting on the 3415s and the 3715s, I haven't seen them show up in our warehouses inventory yet, and actually recently got marked as out of program, so I don't know what's up with that yet. Still no indication at all that we're going to carry the hx4705s.

I'm not quite sure what the feature differences are between the 3115 and the other two models, they haven't put ours up on display yet, so I haven't gotten to toy with it. I'll post more about it when I'm able to.

I'd never even heard of a 3115 as a coming model either, so this one seems to be kind of from left field here.....

Anyone else know more about them?

[superdork]

The rx3115 is a cheap version with Wifi, no camera, and a slower processor. It's in between the rz1715 and the rx3715.
See this page for info.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpdirect/shopping/scripts/product_detail/product_detail_view.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1464310583.1094927776@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadcmhlmigejcfngcfkmdflldfgf.0&landing=handhelds&category=handhelds&subcat1=digital_entertainment&product_code=FA362A%23ABA&catLevel=3

You would be much much better served by getting a Dell X30 than this. It has a processor that's twice the speed with wifi, bt, etc. Oh, and it's cheaper too.

[kmchong]

I had been the frequent user for Ipaq since it first launched the H3630, but lately really has not has much innovation in PDA, be it palm or pocketpc. It does not seem to capture the glory of first ipaq which impress most of the users with 4096 color and its light weight (compare to those time frame handhelds). Just too little innovation to impress me. The only thing might interests me might be the VGA screen. I used the E805 for both WM2k3 FE with VGA hack and WM2k3 SE and the feeling is really good. Just that i wish to have a 5" screen but slightly lighter version of the Toshiba... But seem like all the pending release VGA PPC are in the "fat" family. Not to forget that, all of those VGA still not available but remain on webs review or preview...Let's come back to the rx3100... I almost forgot its existence even at front of me.

I must admit that the rx3100 is light. lighter than i had thought due to its fat thickness. I do not seem to feel its weight on my hand. So it would be good for users as i used to have internet surfing, reading etc on bed moments before my eyes closed.Over time, i find my palm feel tiredness within minutes of holding the PDA especially with my another hand on stylus tapping the screen. The hand holding the pda will feel tiredness and need to switch to another. On the other hand, the right palm with stylus always have joint fatigues... I always complaint of the non ergonomic design of PDA. But most of it really contributed by the PDA weight. So i believed the rx3100 eventhought with its fatness, i guess i can surt net longer with it due to its light weight. Holding on the the ipaq give me good gribing and do not feel its squarish. I like the feel of the grib. The previous sleeve version ipaq always feel too slippery and the H19xx/H41xx are too awkward to hold with thumb grib and operate single handed.
The WM2k3 SE boot up seem to be long...it took ~30s to reach the blue welcome screen. Be careful when you try to calibrate your screen with sylus. The first two click will be sluggish (i believed the loading still in progress) but if you waited for a while before begin the calibration, it went on smoothly. At least i observed this on E405, E805, X30 and rz3100, so it must not be coincident. Resetting the ipaq also took another ~30s! hey MS what is the matter? i expect the PDA to be ready within 10s... It really seem that the software is dragging the hardware...
The brightness of this ipaq seem to be a little too bright to me. It gives me unpleasant eyes viewing after some extended staring onto it. I believed I must be remembering the VGA screen, so i am fairly disappointed with the screen. It just normal ppc screen with the 240x320. nothing special! something good is the less yellow tinted at the angle althought there is still some if you view from bottom. But funny enough is the yellow tint is far less exist if you view from top! so i am always wonder why the screen cannot be rotate at 180 deg to make the yellow tint only viewable at the top angle. I do not think the users will view from atop compare to something from bottom... so am i wrong or the designer did not aware about this??

The program response seem a bit sluggish as i expect it should response slightly better than all previous model. I just cannot agree to the facts that newer hardwares is more sluggish than ex-obsoluted model. The feel of speed and the program response is comparable to E405 at 300MHz but definately slower than 400Mhz ipaq. Even if i compare to my clie TH55, the slow response seem ages althought the clie just operate at 123MHz or slower. I also dislike the new button arrangement that mapped to entertainment, pic, wireless etc. it seems to me that it becomes a entertainment organizer rather than real organizer usages. Well, this might be individual preferences. Also the 5way d-pad is tiny. The program loading upon pressing the buttons seem to be ages again as it start loading the software... another minus! If you want the ipaq to be your one handed organizer, forget it as it take two hand to do this for simple organizer viewing. But i guess the mapping can be changed but i do not bother as it failed to impress me with the button arrangement
Another drawback is the usable memory just merely ~44mb as there is already ~4mb used as installed software(i am sure it can be deleted) and another 10mb is always used by windows. Trust me you will need to always spare ~15mb for other program loading if you plan to have multitasking. It leaves only ~30mb for storage and in nowaday, this is really nonsense. Not to forget is the almost non existence ~3mb filestore...hey ipod already in 40GB, if you call this mobile media, get more memory for me!

I would not touch on battery life etc as i believed some other will definately cover this. Another discourage to me is the USB syn cable... why always the OEM cannot provide the USB syncharge rather than another slot for the charger....

Overall, the ipaq had failed to impress me anyhow and i re-pack it to its original box within just 1 days of trial. Nothing really appealing... I will stick with my H4155 and clie TH55. Sorry HP, but the product is on the way back.

Better try the rz3715 and skip the rx3100. you would not be missing anything but also again there is nothing much impressive on rz3715 except with slightly increased memory, battery, thickness and weight... also not to forget slightly increase in price tag at 449!!!
E805 and 4155 still the better choice!

[mdlsimpson]

HP will not be releasing the 3415 for the US market... they are running short on camera modules and the 3115 is really the 3415 minus the camera... if you look on the back of the unit, you will see where the camera should be... there is a plastic plug in its place...

The 3715 will have a 400mhz Samsung processor and more usable
RAM along with the 1.2/1.3 Megapixel camera..

I have played with the 3115 and really like the screen, but it is very slow compared to my 1945 in real world usage... benchmarks may prove otherwise, but relative speed is measured by the user experience... and I want a quick responsive PDA and I hope the 3715 can provide it, if not, I hope the 4700 will fill the bill, but I can get a 624mhz dell x30 for $269 with wifi and bluetooth do I really need a VGA Screen?

Food for thought..... :?:

[apmiller]

Yes I have experienced some slow periods, more than I ever did on my 1945, but overall I think it is great. Wish I would have read the post about the Dell though before I bought mine, I would have at least checked it out. This is my forth iPAQ and forth PDA. Each one has been quality. this one has a few issues (occassional sluggishness, programs freeze sometimes) but I figure that is b/c this is a new model. HP will have patches and a new ROM soon I am sure (I bought mine the night BEFORE CompUSA was putting them out). I would recommend it to others.

[lottathought]

This would be an outstanding time to ask this question.
I have the 2215.
I considered upgrading to the new version of Ipaq (comparable to 2215).
I like the VGA but the 300MHZ processor has me concerned.

Would it really be worth it to upgrade?
If so, why do you think so?

Thanks

[x999x]

This would be an outstanding time to ask this question.
I have the 2215.
I considered upgrading to the new version of Ipaq (comparable to 2215).
I like the VGA but the 300MHZ processor has me concerned.

Would it really be worth it to upgrade?
If so, why do you think so?

Thanks

The device is sexy if you have a matching sony ericsson, and the OS athough bloated, does look and function a little more streamlined, however if your device's speed is of relative importance to you, the rx3115 is a hard sell.

While I can sing it's praises for working beautifully as a universal remote control, and streaming loads of content over wifi with minimal battery drain, processing speed is just an important factor to me, so much so that I was forced to return my rx3115.

In a nutshell, my 1945 does everything better in comparison except for,

1- Wifi
2- Battery Life
3- Universal Remote (1945's IR isn't friendly)

If speed isn't a problem for you, and you like the idea of a matching phone and pda, then the rx3115 is stable machine by all means, it's just not fast.