HP iPAQ HX4705 Pocket PC

Manufacturer:	Hewlett Packard
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HP iPAQ HX4705 Pocket PC

Average rating: Stars

Take Heed of the Touch Pad Comments by Other Reviewers

Please do not miss the superb review provided by JD Woody, it provides a much better description and is considerably more useful than HP's description of its own product.

Also take special heed to all of the complaints by other reviewers about the touch pad feature. Unfortunately I chose to ignore them - everyone who isn't familiar with touch pads complains about them, it seems. I prefer a touch pad to a mouse any day, and the touch pad was the main reason I purchased this item, and was I ever disappointed - it's totally worthless. As a matter of fact it's intrusive, as it frequently opens/closes applications unintentionally when I brush by it with my thumb. I wish it could be disabled, but it can only be toggled between cursor mode and the NavPoint mode, which is even worse. I have had to settle for desensitizing the cursor & NavPoint settings as much as the software will permit and then handling the unit like it is a firearm.

I almost sent the unit back until I discovered that it has a handwriting recognition feature that actually works - the Block Recognizer. The others that are included aren't too shabby either, but the Block Recognizer manages to recognize my horrible handwriting 98% of the time.

Because of the Block Recognizer and the many other useful features the iPAQ 4705 provides, I've decided to keep the unit.

Hopefully HP will provide a software update for disabling the touch pad in the near future. Or dare I wish for an update to make the touch pad actually useful.

HP iPAQ HX4705 Pocket PC - Hewlett Packard

hz4700 gets da thumbs up from me

i bought the ipaq in april and i am totally satisfied (first 1), although there r jus 2 minor issues it might only be with mine for the first 1 which is the annoying screen alignment!!!!!!!!!!! takes forever sometimes i have to reset the ipaq and to realign --". and the other thing is that the new os is coming out for the ipaq 5.0 or somtin (im new wit da os stuff for ppc) its seams a whole lot better but dont stress you hp or dell users hp and dell are both going to sell the new os but only for selected ppcs the hp hx4700 is one so dont freak out...

by the way can any one tell me if i can use the 5gig cards???

Hewlett Packard - HP iPAQ HX4705 Pocket PC

Great, except...

Overall, I'm very pleased with it, but there is a problem.

HP just published an update on their web site, that limits the volume applied to the internal speaker. Apparently, the internal amplifier is too powerful for the speaker, and without artificially limiting the audio level, the speaker will be damaged.

Mine failed this way, and now it will be two weeks being repaired by HP, assuming that they don't decide to charge me a minimum fee of $85, and there's also the shipping.

So, my nice Ipaq will be out of service for a while.
And I was thinking about having that ram upgrade installed, which would have left me with no warantee..

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