HP iPAQ RX3115 Pocket PC

I preordered this pocket pc about 2 weeks ago and recieved it las week, and I am in love with it. I control my tv, dvd, audio reciever, and my HP zd7000 laptop with it, and can also chat in msn and surf the web (in landscape mode, it is MUCH better for web surfing) from my bed using wifi, and I can also connect it with my t-610 using blue tooth.The features on this PPC are great, and everything you need comes included. It is one of the smallest Pocket PCs, and is also vey light, and it looks very sleek and modern.I recommend this to everyone who has the need for an entertainment PDA or for a business PDA .Excellent Product, thoroughly recommended.

I bought this to replace a Palm Tungsten I used for business contacts and scheduling. The IPAQ worked great - all the multimedia stuff works as advertised - Windows software is a little klutzy but you get used to it. Just when I was beginning to really like it and trust it (about two months) everything on the memory card disappeared. Checked everything out and the memory card is ok - the IPAQ just can't read it. I googled it and the problem is widespread. The device is in a drawer until I can get up the will to throw a nearly three hundred dollar device in the trash. I went back to the Palm. It ain't all that cute but I trust it with my data.

I saw the features in the rx3100 series iPaq and was really impressed so I bought it, but it was impossible to use! I was "trading up" from my Handspring Prism that had gotten me through the past three years. I was expecting the same reliability from a Windows CE pocket pc, but for the 25 days I was trying out this device, it required two soft and one hard resets from regular use, did not play a single piece of music, and did not connect to any of the numerous WiFi networks I am around. I even set up a wireless access point from my computer, but still nothing except a frozen Pocket PC. The preloaded applications and Windows CE environment caused some pretty poor performance and during the 25 days I was tring to "move in" to this Pocket PC, I kept going back to my trusty Palm OS handheld. I'm quite technically saavy and can figure out most of my devices, but even after reading both included manuals, websites, and help files, could not get any of the features advertised to work properly. Also, unless you want to USE all features, this device is useless as it requires full use for any functions to work properly, like always being around a WiFi connection and using music purchasing websites.On the up-side, the display was beautiful and the remote control feature was very powerful and flexible. Out of the box it's a great little computer, and granted if I had about a year to troubleshoot it, upgrade the RAM, and change the OS, it's a good product, but for my money, I'm sticking to the Palm OS, it's a lot more reliable and delivers everything it promises.-Jeremy

The Cassiopeia E-125 Pocket PC 2000 died 2 weeks ago and I picked up this entry level rx model to replace it. So how does it compare?Construction: small, light, and cheaply built. The Casio was a bit of a brick in your hand but it was solid metal cover and great construction. The HP unit is small and light by comparison but of cheap plastic construction. There is no door covering on either the SD slot or the USB slot like on the Casio. HP what were you thinking. Pocket PC --- pocket lint. Why no covers? Pocket PC -- nice touch if a pocket clip were part of the case, which it ain't. Buttons are extremely small. Use care to remove PC from case otherwise you will hit the audio recorder button.Display: The Casio has no equal. The HP display is adequate. It is extremely thin and you can see waviness of the surface. It actually flexs slightly with hard pen taps. It suffers from the usual HP yellow fade at oblique viewing angles. The Casio display was solid like writing on plate glass and I think it had better contrast and color saturation. The HP display is about 1/16 inch smaller in each dimension.Memory: HP advertises 55 Mb available user storage. Out of the box it showed 47 Mb available. Are they including the 4Mb of flash ROM in their number? I dunno. Bundled software appears to be installed (in ROM?) but does not appear in installed program list (Add/Remove Programs).Software: I found the bundled software to be useless. There are freeware that provide better functionality. The installation disk popped up an error message immediately and skipped over the installation of Active Sync and Outlook 2002. HP tech support had no clue. Fortunately, I already had Active Sync installed from my Casio (you can download it from the MS site if you have to) and I don't use Outlook on my desktop. I didn't need the install disk.Wifi: I like it. I found the setup to be nonintuitive (the help file on the install disc is a 95% repetition of the small booklet guide) yet it worked flawlessly using the hotspot at my local public library. Haven't tackled home networking yet.Speed: No barnburner here at 300MHz, but adequate. Seems about 50% faster on apps than my 150 MHz Casio.OS: Windows Mobile 2003 SE offers messaging/internet but nothing else new over Windows CE 2000. Same old brain dead File Explorer, etc. But I will not rant, this is a review of the rx3115.Overall: A good value in today's pocket pc market. HP had an opportunity to make an improvement over their current line but it seems this line is for the streaming media folks (the media manual is about 3 times the size of the basic users guide, that should tell you something). Cheaply built, I hope it lasts as long as my Casio (don't even think of dropping it). The current price ($30 less than I paid one week ago) together with the free offer of 128 Mb SD card is very attractive.Hope this review helps.