11-13-2003, 08:00 PM
|
|
Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
|
|
PDAGold Reviews the HP iPAQ h4150
"When I recently reviewed HP iPAQ h5550 (not translated yet, sorry), I remarked that it was a pity for such a great power to be placed in an extremely large case. Well, it's the end of the year 2003 and past are the times when pocket computers weighed 200 grams on average... It did not take very long before I obtained a brand new model with the same parameters as h5550 but the size of h1940. Its name is HP iPAQ h4150 and it is already being sold in many countries worldwide. Can't believe? Well, read on I'd like to thank HP for providing the device for review purposes before an official launch of the product."
The iPAQ 4150 is an awesome device, no doubt about it - I've been using one for about a week now, and I'm more of a WiFi junkie than ever before. 
|
| |
|
|
|
11-13-2003, 08:56 PM
|
|
Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,041
|
|
Sure it's a great device... But they left out an important fact: 128MB!
I run TransACT with a fairly large database... A chunk of my memory is gone when I load the app.
I use TextMaker alot and when loaded with T/A, most of memory is gone.
I'm tired of installing apps onto my SD card and they run slower when I do.
128MB is a real godsend and expect most buisness class users to expect it as well.
|
| |
|
|
|
11-13-2003, 09:20 PM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 74
|
|
IR on bottom?!
Why is the IR port on the bottom of the device? I think this benefits people who want to use an IR keyboard, but now using the device as a universal remote could be interesting... I guess one would have to hold the device so the IR signal bounces off one's beer belly... I mean table muscles... and hit the TV, VCR, or whatever.
That seems like an awfully inconvenient location to me.
__________________
Newton MP2k --> iPAQ 2215 --> xv6700 --> xv6900
|
| |
|
|
|
11-13-2003, 09:51 PM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 95
|
|
Re: IR on bottom?!
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by lkawamot
Why is the IR port on the bottom of the device? I think this benefits people who want to use an IR keyboard, but now using the device as a universal remote could be interesting... I guess one would have to hold the device so the IR signal bounces off one's beer belly... I mean table muscles... and hit the TV, VCR, or whatever.
|
What is even worse is that the IR port is at the diagonal corner. I am afraid that I would scratch it more easily, especially when trying to cradle the device during a sync. But good point on the IR remote, I wonder what Nevo's reaction is to this...
Suhit
|
| |
|
|
|
11-13-2003, 11:30 PM
|
|
Neophyte
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 8
|
|
Yellow screen keeps bothering me!
I just got a 4150 yesterday after selling my 2215. I just can't get use to the yellow screen! You have to look at it from a certain angle for the screen to look white. Tilt it one degree and it's an ugly yellow! Even worse is that you have to hold it below eye level to get the right angle. I would have thought HP would have changed the screen on the higher end model. I guess not...I might have to go back to a 4150 if I don't get used to the screen soon. What do other 4150 owners think about the yellow tint of the screen?
|
| |
|
|
|
11-14-2003, 12:33 AM
|
|
Neophyte
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1
|
|
Re: Yellow screen keeps bothering me!
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mbai2
I just got a 4150 yesterday after selling my 2215. I just can't get use to the yellow screen! You have to look at it from a certain angle for the screen to look white. Tilt it one degree and it's an ugly yellow! Even worse is that you have to hold it below eye level to get the right angle. I would have thought HP would have changed the screen on the higher end model. I guess not...I might have to go back to a 4150 if I don't get used to the screen soon. What do other 4150 owners think about the yellow tint of the screen?
|
I couldn't handle the yellow tinted screen, I took mine back. After getting used to the 2215 screen, the 4150's was a step back
|
| |
|
|
|
11-14-2003, 01:18 AM
|
|
Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 545
|
|
Nice but
A sleeveless 5555 is not much larger then the 4150 in my book. Also, the sleeves and added battery power of the CF+ sleeve and other sleeves let you do things with the 5555 like add a GPRS card and other items. My hope is that HP keeps producing upgrades that continue to have the ability to use these sleeves. Also, and I am sure I am not the only one, when is anyone going to add a realy microphone input to a pocket pc? I have a load of projects I would love to use a ppc for but it needs the ability to plug into a normal input.. Of course I am a power user....for those who want something like a 5555 this 4150 fits the bill. I personally am looking at buying a 43xx series for my wife as she loves jawbreaker and hates handwriting recognition!
|
| |
|
|
|
11-14-2003, 03:39 AM
|
|
Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 312
|
|
You guys need to get over the "yellow screen" issue. Geez! You have to tilt the screen to even see the yellow. I don't know about you guys, but I tend to look at my screen dead-on - no yellow there!
The 4150 is BY FAR the best pda I have ever owned.
__________________
PDA Lineage:HS Visor->Visor Prism->Casio EM-500->Casio E-200->HP Jornada 568->Ipaq 1910->IPAQ 4150->IPAQ 2750 with Motorola RAZR V3->Imate K-JAM->Treo 750->HTC Touch Cruise
|
| |
|
|
|
11-14-2003, 04:24 AM
|
|
Magi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,124
|
|
Hey it's all in your point of view.....it's a shame though, HP claimed that they'd fixed the issue in this series. Liars!
|
| |
|
|
|
11-14-2003, 04:56 AM
|
|
Editorial Contributor
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 5,411
|
|
I'm with jngold_me. Even more so, I gotta say, what yellow? I'm sitting here looking at a 2215 and a 4150 next to each other and the 4150 looks brighter and has deeper colors as far as I'm concerned. The only time I even get a hint of yellow (on the white areas) is viewing from the bottom at a very steep angle. I had to turn it every which unusual angle to even find it.
__________________
Sometimes you are the anteater, sometimes you are the ant.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
