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Summary: Worth the money!
Review: *Completely compatible and pre-loaded with Outlook, Excel, Word, and Windows explorer.
*Plays MP3's
*Has a built in disc slot
*Tons of memory
*beautiful screen
*Fantastic case
*What else you do want?
*It's Perfect!
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Summary: Pleasing all the way
Review: After agonizing for over two months (mainly over the price), I finally bought the new iPaq. In fact, the reason I finally bought it is I walked into the local CompUSA and checked it out alongside the HP offering, and even though the Jornada was smaller, the 3835 was definitely more stylish -- and the screen was the real beauty that helped me make up my mind.I owned a Casio EM-500 before, and the new iPaq is a giant leap forward in terms of screen quality, processing speed (my, everything now opens instantly, and playing WMA files no longer slows down other activities), as well as styling. The new Pocket PC OS is more stable and speedier, and I like the XP-like interface. Otherwise, it's familiar to this Pocket PC old hand. In short, the iPaq lives up to its reputation as being a cool and powerful PDA. Anyone interested in a Pocket PC should give this unit a serious look.
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Summary: Pricey, but...
Review: After having been a dedicated palm user for the last 5 years it finally became time for me to get a new PDA. After shopping around a fair amount I finally decided on the iPaq 3835. I've had it for just over a month now and I have to say I'm quite impressed. Not only is the software far better than the standard Palm applications, the speed and memory storage simply blow away the last Palm I owned (a Palm V.) More significant than the better applications on the iPaq is its user input capabilities. Not only does the iPaq support a keyboard and a Palm-style graffiti interface, it also supports true handwriting input (script or block letters). Plus seeing the input drawn on the screen (rather than on an 'input area' off screen like the Palm uses) makes it that much easier. Add in the 'auto word completion' feature of the iPaq and input becomes a breeze. The downside? These features come at a price. Both literally, as the unit is roughly twice as expensive as a Palm, and in terms of the unit's size. It's roughly twice as heavy & thick as a Palm. Still, after weighing (no pun intended) the benefits of each I chose the iPaq and I'm far happier with it than I ever was with my palm.
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Summary: Excellent Unit all around
Review: After returning the disapointing Jornada 568, I decided to stick with the iPAQ line after owning the 3630 since October 2000. I'm so glad I made that choice. The screen is brilliant (Could use some contrast controls especially in viewing pictures, but I'm sure that will be worked on) and extremely clear and DUSTLESS. The Jornada was heavily polluted with dust particles and was plagued with an uneven backlight. The iPAQ light is uniformly lit all around. The sound quality is crisp and clear and has replaced my RioVolt SP250 as my music device. The bass controls work well. Games are fun to play on the unit, and the unit comes with a hefty 64MB of RAM. Overall, I would definately go with this device, Compaq has thought of everything this time, up to the improved included carrying case (which is an awesome cover pack this time around.)
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Summary: Great Product, but wish it had CF slot.
Review: After seriously considering the Toshiba e740, I decided on the iPAQ 3835 because of the iPAQS proven track record and for a larger choice of 3rd party add-ons. I have had it for a month and so far no problems! I wish it had built-in 802.11b and CF slot, but I decided I would rather have a robust Pocket PC (as opposed to what I have seen in some of the e740 reviews). I also recently purchased the Pocket CoPilot 3.0 Jacket Edition and am shocked at the abundance of functionality and preciseness of this technology. Incidentally, here is no Jacket Edition available for the Toshiba!
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Summary: Excellent new Design and Pocket PC 2002 is superb
Review: Coming up from a previous version of the iPaq, this one is ever so slightly larger (can still use the old wallet if upgrading).
The best features of the iPaq 3835 are it's new crystal clear display (the 65,000 colours helps a lot in this department) and Microsofts Pocket PC 2002 is such a step up from the previous Windows CE operating system.
As ever connecting to a PC and syncronizing files is extremely easy with the supplied software and hardware (cradle has an option of USB or seriel although USB is far quicker). The supplied software includes a full version of Outlook 2002 for the PC.
The iPaq also comes with a natty little hinged case to protect it.
Bad points about it are there are very few peripherals on the market for the 3800 series at present and also there is no software currently available to take account of the new 65K colours. These no doubt will come soon.
I had looked at buying the new Jornada before getting this one but am very glad I waited on the iPaq. Overall excellent design and quality. Highly Recommended.
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Summary: Too unreliable !
Review: Don't buy this unit ! or any other 3800 series iPAQ's for that matter, they all have the same problem with the backlight often not coming on. I was told by technical support at Compaq, that the engineers are working on the problem, it is common to all 3800 Series iPAQ's, and that they have not come up with a solution as of 5/20/02. As a temporary solution I was told to reset the unit twice whenever the backlight doesn't come on. Unfortunately sometime that doesn't even solve the problem. Imagine buying a new TV, and turning it on, and not knowing whether or not you were going to see a picture after turning it on ? ? ? This kind of engineering bug is just unacceptable. I'm sorry, but I can't understand how this product got on the market in the first place ! I've opted for a refund...
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Summary: FORMER PALM, NOW IPAQ USER
Review: For the last 3 years, I used my Palm V and loved it. Eventually running out of memory, I decided to upgrade. At first I looked at the Palm m515, but I was introduced to the Pocket PC by a colleague. I immediately fell in love with the Compaq iPAQ. I ended up with the iPAQ 3835 as it had all the features I wanted for the right price. The display is unmatched by Palm for color and clarity. The windows based OS is very easy to navigate through. Although the battery needs charging more regular than my Palm, I have not found any inconvience with this. I highly recommend this product.
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Summary: There is none better
Review: GREAT battery life, lots of storage space (between the 64 MB of storage/memory and the Ipaq file storage of 6 MB) and an included slot for a SD Card (which will be the first thing I get for it). Cradle is awesome, syncs perfectly with everything in my outlook. THE BEST PDA on the market. LOVE IT!!!
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Summary: Great product
Review: Have had it for a couple of weeks. Very happy. Works great and very easy to use. The 64 Meg of memory makes a real difference. Nice bright screen. Would recommend without hesitation.
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