Pocket Hero: HP iPaq H22 10 Evaluation ()

IT 168 function Many consumers complain that the early iPaq series products did not provide expansion slots for CF cards and SD cards like Toshiba or Casio handheld computers. Hewlett-Packard Company followed the consumer's advice and launched this H22 10 with a price of 399 dollars. This H22 10 offers dual expansion slots. H22 10 is not as small as H 1940 or as versatile as H 1940, but it is the smallest and simplest product in the palm computer with dual expansion slots on the market at present. Coupled with powerful performance and excellent design, this H22 10 is very attractive. The most unique thing is that HP also provides buyers with a variety of options, adding more memory or combined memory and a CF card to the machine.

Design:

Hewlett-Packard said that this H22 10 design was developed by Dell's Axim X5, but it was by no means illegal plagiarism. The biggest reason is that both HP and Dell enjoy the patent of using non-slip black rubber design on the side of the fuselage (to prevent the machine from slipping out of your hand). In any case, HP clearly surpasses Dell in the design of H22 10. H22 10 is not as small as H 1940, but it is not very big. It weighs 5. 1 ounce (4.2 ounces for H 1940), is 4.5 inches long, 3 inches wide and 0.6 inches thick.

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In fact, it is very light compared with the original iPaq series, and the original iPaq series does not have any expansion slots for inserting CF cards or other PC cards. At the top of the machine is the power button, and there is a light-emitting diode behind the power button. The power is turned on/off by its color change. At the top, you can also find two slots, one for inserting CF(Type I or Type II) cards and the other for inserting SD, MMC or SDIO cards. Adding a future SDIO WLAN 802. 1 1b component will cost about 175 USD.

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H22 10 has two very unique designs. One is the navigation key, which feels like a joystick and is much better than the usual four-direction key design. The other is that there are no keys specially designed for recording. Instead, you can implement this function through internal Notes software.

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However, this is not a pity for most users, because this recording key is of little use on most handheld computers. HP comes with H22 10 bracket and canvas protective bag, but you will spend more than H 1940 100 USD. In addition, H22 10 also has a standard earphone jack, so you can use any earphone without buying a special adapter.

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Features:

Except for the addition of a CF card slot H22 10 and H 1940. They all provide 32M ROM and 64M RAM (56M available) for the new Pocket PC 2003 operating system, and they all have Bluetooth systems. There is also a top slot, 65000 color TFT display. The latest iPaq series uses detachable batteries, so you can easily replace them with spare batteries.

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If there is any difference, H22 10 uses Intel's 400MHz PXA255 processor, and H 1940 uses Samsung's 266MHz processor. However, this H22 10, like H 1940, is not compatible with the expansion interfaces and accessories of old iPaq products. Although the new Pocket PC 2003 operating system has more built-in application software than Pocket PC 2002, you can't expect to find more industry software than Nevo remote control system. What you get is some common complete Microsoft application packages. Including Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and other pocket versions. There are only a few other softwares, such as iPaq's file backup software diagnostic toolkit for you to test and adjust your machine, and a software for business communication between Pocket PC and palm. There is also HP's picture browser, but Pocket PC 2003 has built-in this function. The rest are all games.

Performance:

H22 10 adopts Intel's 400MHz PXA255 processor. This fast processor is widely used in Pocket PC, but Samsung's 266MHz processor is not used, although some people think that its speed and performance are better than Intel's 400MHz PXA255 processor. When playing games and videos, we didn't feel the speed difference between H22 10 and H 1940. After upgrading to Windows Media 9.0, the sound quality is as good as we expected. It is also worth noting that we can adjust the levels of bass and treble through the iPaq audio control panel. The bright and clear display screen of H22 10 left a deep impression on us. Compared with Toshiba's e330 and e335, it is the best on the market at present. Indoor, its white background is only slightly gray. It's the same outside. We use this display screen to read the text clearly in strong sunlight without any problems. The endurance performance is also excellent. Playing MP3 under 50% backlight can last for 4 hours and 24 minutes. Although it is not as good as 6 hours and 22 minutes of Dell Axim X5, it is much better than 3 hours and 46 minutes of H 1940. Under the condition of high power consumption test and backlight standard setting, MPEG- 1 movie is played with PocketTV, and H22 10 lasts for 3 hours and 7 minutes, which is longer than H 1940 15 minutes.

Conclusion:

Advantages: simple appearance; Provide double expansion slots; Sharp display; Provide Bluetooth function; Use detachable batteries; Double home theater remote control device.

Disadvantages: not as small as H 1940.