HP's New iPAQ hx2755 Reviewed 101
Brandon Miniman submitted a story that discusses the whole iPAQ line of handhelds and specifically looks at the newly released iPAQ hx2755 Pocket
PC. This one is unique in that it has a biometric fingerprint reader.
Is there any standarised protocol? (Score:1)
Re:Is there any standarised protocol? (Score:1)
NIST SP 500-245 [nist.gov]
Re:Is there any standarised protocol? (Score:1)
The fingerprint reader in the ipaq seems to be capacitive (as opposed to an optical reader, which would take more place) which are not so good, and have a limited life expectancy.
All serious biometric devices use optical readers, but those tend to be bulkier and more expensive.
Re:Is there any standarised protocol? (Score:3, Informative)
(PCMag news article http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C31950%2C
Re:Is there any standarised protocol? (Score:2)
Jalil Vaidya
Not new (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Not new (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Not new (Score:2)
My question is- is slashdot getting paid for this, this is the second review in under two weeks for this particular IPAQ and I didn't learn a
Slashvertising? (Score:4, Interesting)
Ok, without having read the FA, I'll make a prediction about this article:
1) The article reads like a press release from H-P.
2) The submitter is just pushing traffic to his own site in the hopes he can cash in on some advertising revenue.
Am I correct or am I correct?
Re:Slashvertising? (Score:4, Interesting)
2) correct, it seems.
Re:Slashvertising? (Score:2)
2) correct, it seems.
Since his server was slashdotted before there were even five comments posted, it would seem this strategy was ill-advised.
Re:Slashvertising? (Score:2)
I read it as a subscriber before it went public- my guess is his overuse of graphics and horrendous ammounts of banner and sidebox advertising got to him. The rest of the site was simple enough- but if I was ever going to do this, I'd want the entry page to be under 100k, tops, with no banner advertising.
Re:Slashvertising? (Score:2)
p
Re:Slashvertising? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:NOTE (Score:2)
Pluses for me over a laptop:
PIM information is more available (I've yet to see a laptop that wakes up 15 minutes before an appointment, or one that you'd WANT to carry with you everywhere you go).
Small keyboard (yep, I've got the microthumbboar
Re:My question... (Score:2)
The average human wastes about 6-8 months of their life on the toilet; I prefer to use that time reading, answering e-mail, or browsing. That portion of my body is rather automatic- it doesn't take a lot of brain power to take a shit, so I need some form of entertainment. Why not use the time wisely? Of course, it's more convient at home, where I've got the WiFi network to keep me connected.
Re:My question... (Score:2)
That's the best reply ever.
And I also use my PDA as my laptop; my HP zd7000 is just wayyy to damn big to carry around
Unique fingerprint reader? (Score:1)
"Like the HP iPAQ h5450 and h5550, the hx2755 has an integrated biometric fingerprint reader"
My 5455 has a great fingerprint reader, had it foe a while...
-MrLogic
Re:Unique fingerprint reader? (Score:2)
It really makes people wonder at my work when they asked for the 5555 and the box they got said 5550. That goes for most models of iPAQs.
Re:Unique fingerprint reader? (Score:2)
Re:Unique fingerprint reader? (Score:2)
Methinks it was the other way around... I owned a h1915, which I got through Best Buy. Then again, HP may have started punting that numbering scheme around then as well.
hosted on the iPAQ (Score:2, Funny)
Re:hosted on the iPAQ (Score:2)
Halitosis (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Make IPaq BIOS Open Source! (Score:1)
I doubt source will be released since it uses Microsoft Pocket PC.
Re:Make IPaq BIOS Open Source! (Score:2)
Muddy PDA world (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Muddy PDA world (Score:2)
Re:Muddy PDA world (Score:2)
My P900 (Score:2)
Oh, and its a phone.
Sam
Re:My P900 (Score:2)
Re:Muddy PDA world (Score:2)
Having to carry around 2 bulky devices instead of 1? OTOH, I wonder if Wi-Fi will eventually make carrying a cell phone around the city superfluous.
Re:Muddy PDA world (Score:2)
You're also ignoring the fact that a lot of the time, what you (or at least I) talk about on your cell phone is what's on your PDA. People call me to schedule me for freelance work, and my schedule is, of course, on my PDA. If the PDA was my cell phone, well, that would suck immensel
Re:Muddy PDA world (Score:1)
Re:Muddy PDA world (Score:1)
Will there be (Score:1)
Re:Will there be (Score:1)
Re:Will there be (Score:2)
Dear Problems With Fingerprints (Score:5, Interesting)
There's much debate about whether fingerprints are the primary keys to human identity. Law enforcement has based over 100 years of work on the premise that no two humans, anywhere, ever, have the same fingerprints. Some people say this is hogwash. Let's leave out, for now, the fact that it's not possible to verify this claim at all: there's no way to test all living people and compare their prints. This is troubling, but a bit of a red herring. More troubling is the way fingerprinting is practiced. There's a case in Philly right now where a federal judge has prohibited [philly.com] the prosecution from testifying that two fingerprints "match" -- and Tom Ridge wants fingerprints added to U.S. passports. From this article [scafo.org]:
The answers, respectively, are "no," "no one knows," and "no."
Letter
Re:Dear Problems With Fingerprints (Score:1, Redundant)
Thank you for reminding me of a huge issue regarding fingerprints. You are correct and you bring up very valid points. Well done.
This is useful (Score:1)
None of the other new features were attractive enough to get my attention.
Re:This is useful (Score:2)
I'm a luddite (Score:4, Insightful)
And I still use a $0.89 Mead Composition book (UPC #043100090236) for my daily to-do and I keep it tucked inside a small calendar to track my "appointments". Why? Because it's just easier for me to grab a pencil and scratch an entry down. I was never able to get the entry down quickly with a PDA (despite using Rosetta, Graphiti, Jot and Transcriber). It's just not fast enough for me. As a plus I also get to use some of my nice fountain pens, they are a joy to write with. The calendar folds out to the size of a comp book when open (9.75"x15") and gives me an easy view of my month or my week. Flipping forward and back is a cinch and takes no time at all. I always hated hunting for appointments and tasks on a PDA because I could only efficiently see one day at a time no matter what the platform (though the Newton did it best, but was the largest unit).
If I drop it on the way to a meeting it doesn't break, and I don't have to worry about batteries running down at the worst possible moment. Plus the comp books are literally $0.89 and the Calendar was about $11.99 and is refillable.
Sure, I can't play super break out or solitare or freecell, but I don't care. At work I'm there to work and when I'm someplace waiting I'm usually reading a paper or adding notes and "todo's" in my book. Or I just put the damn thing down and enjoy the environment I'm in. I don't miss the games.
I've converted...back to paper for good I think. I'm not planning on rushing out and upgrading with the next generation of PDAs (unless Apple does another one). I'll save that money and buy another Pelican or Parker or Delta fountain pen instead.
Re:I'm a luddite (Score:2)
Re:I'm a luddite (Score:2)
In defense of the PDA, I will mention full text search, alarms, backup, e-books.
However, despite this, despite being a PDA fanatic myself, I must admit that I have, in a secret drawer, a beautiful notebook and fountain pen, that every so often I take out and look at regretfully.
Re:I'm a luddite (Score:1)
I keep thinking about trying the lastest PDA, but I just don't think I'd use it past the first couple of months and given the price I could buy myself any number of nice foutain or rollerball pens (liquid ink is SO
I'll bite (Score:2, Interesting)
You can't do an automatic search-and-replace on a notepad.
You can't write in various computer languages and then have the notepad render or compile the language to its target format(s). Think web design, for example.
You can't passphrase-protect your notepad.
The notepad has zero levels of undo.
The question is not whether a PDA is useful, but whether the uses it has are ones you want when y
Re:I'm a luddite (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:I'm a luddite (Score:2)
I don't have the fold out calendar, I still use the computer for most appointments, but that's about it.
My wife had a Clie for a while, the flip-n-twist model with the keyboard. She loved it. She upgr
Re:I'm a luddite (Score:1)
+5, Insightful?
Maybe +5, Ignorant.
Who tries to replace a pad of paper with a $500 PC.
If that's all you wanted then it was dumb to try it in the first place. Nevermind 16 times as you claim.
"It isn't just a tip calculator!" - Jerry Seinfeld
Here is my question about biometric fingerprinting (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Here is my question about biometric fingerprint (Score:2)
Re:Here is my question about biometric fingerprint (Score:1)
Re:Here is my question about biometric fingerprint (Score:1)
Pocket PC's are dead (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Pocket PC's are dead (Score:2)
Re:Pocket PC's are dead (Score:2, Interesting)
I have a Kyocera 7135 with Palm OS. Sometimes it crashes when the phone rings, you go to answer it and see "seg fault" and the thing frozen up.
The battery life is absolute shit. I'll charge it all day at my office, leave today about 6PM, and the battery will be nearly dead by the time I get in tomorrow at 9(ish).
For the first couple of days I had fun playing with it. But realistically, it's not useful for anything. I write notes and schedule on paper
Re:Pocket PC's are dead (Score:1)
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
and can be attributed to Henny Youngman. Please dont pass off others work as your own
Re:Pocket PC's are dead (Score:1)
Re:Pocket PC's are dead (Score:3, Insightful)
Do you see the basic fallacy in these remarks? The part that makes the phone smart is the PDA capabilities, and whatever report you cited specifically mentioned PocketPCs, so there is no death for PocketPC as a platform.
Also, how much longer before the thumbprint reader is included on smartphones to
Pocket PC capabilities... (Score:2)
The report mentioned "Pocket PC Capabilities", which I take as code for "Blackbery and Treo rich devices".
I do know that around my workplace, Blackberries are almost standard now.
$500 (Score:2, Funny)
In the age of the budget PC (Score:3, Insightful)
It's either clean out my wallet... or get a dinky cheap PDA.
At least with cell phones the price may be super inflated... but at least they get subsidized with a plan.
Perhaps it's time for 802.11b hotspot providers to subsidize PDA's? Get a plan for 2 years, and get a cheaper PDA?
Most likely would get geeky PDA's in more consumer hands... more customers.
Re:In the age of the budget PC (Score:3, Funny)
Fuck you and your "free mac mini" offer.
Re:In the age of the budget PC (Score:2)
So it does work.
You ended up being the looser on that deal.
If you really want to know the details, they are here [slashdot.org].
IMHO "Software Licensing" is more of a "scheme"
Re:In the age of the budget PC (Score:1)
Fuck you and your "free bullshit" marketing scams.
Re:In the age of the budget PC (Score:2)
Security, eh? (Score:1)
Re:Security, eh? (Score:1)
And to those complaining about leaving prints on the screen... the scanner isn't on the screen. It's the white bar below the 4-way "joystick".
-MrLogic
Re:Security, eh? (Score:1)
Anyone else read: (Score:1)
Won't always work though (Score:2)
But in any case in my last pda evaluation I once again ran up against an annoyance factor that doesn't go away. I do not like Windows for PDAs, in any shape or form. I like Palm OS much more. But Palm make it hugely difficult to change the battery, even though the basic battery i
Re:Won't always work though (Score:2)
You're not wrong. A friend of mine is a carpenter, and was an early adopter of the HP5545- never did get the damned fingerprint reader to read his heavily scared thumb the same way twice. I finally advised him that if he wanted to use security, to use the numeric PIN method i
Treo 650 has swappable battery (Score:2)
Re:Won't always work though (Score:2)
I run Familiar linux on my h3800, with the Opie [handhelds.org] environment. It combines everything I liked about PocketPC (the PIM apps, mainly) with everything I liked about PalmOS (interface & stability) with a healthy toss in from Linux (GPL'ed software in droves). It has it's own quirks, but if you have an officially supported PDA, release 0.8 oughta "just work". And, it's binary compatible with Debian on ARM and the Sharp Zaurus. Sure, the screen is small, but with a folding keyboard it's enough to do almost
Everything should go on the phone.. BUT (Score:2)
I actually have a friend that carries 2 phones, one is the latest and greatest palm based one and the other is a regular phone and he switches the smart chip between both.
I personally want a phone that just works and has a long battery life. No color displays, no pictures, just signal strength, clarity, battery life and portability.
Once we make progress and we can store contacts, appointments and sync by just being close to our bluetooth PC then we'll be read
iPAQ - TRUSTED COMPUTING! (Score:2)
and ProtectTools is HP's codename for Trusted Computing compliance. [google.com]
-