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| HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion | 
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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: CE
List Price: $599.00
Buy New: $322.51
You Save: $276.49 (46%)
New (20) Used (9) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  154 reviews
Sales Rank: 4457
Platform: Windows
Color: GRAY
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
CPU Speed: 400
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Native Resolution: 240 x 320
Modem: None
Free Memory Slots: SD slot
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 5 x 3 x 1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: FA811AA#ABA
Model: FA811AA#ABA
UPC: 882780587649
EAN: 0882780587649
ASIN: B000JET9EA
Release Date: November 13, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 OK January 7, 2008
I'm using for almost 8 months. Touch screen sometimes does not work well. It is annoying. Other than that, can't complain. One advantage of it is that the GPS navi works even inside.
 Been working great. January 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had the 5915 for a little over a week. Over all, I love this product.
Off hand I would say that those that have had a bad experience, have perhaps gotten a bad unit(which I suppose isn't a good sign for quality control, but...).
As far as the hardware goes, this unit has performed flawlessly. I connect to my wireless network and it never loses the signal or connection. I check my mail all over the house, even while the router is in the basement, and I'm on the second story(so two floors up from the router).
Note that I did immediately download and install the firmware and map updates from HP.
The Windows Mobile 5.0 is just like Window Mobile 5.0 on any other machine, so I can't put any issues WM 5 might have on this unit. It runs quite fast for me, but I can't compare the speed to other machines as I haven't tried the other machines. My previous PDA was a HP Jornada 568, so it's quite a bit older.
So the GPS and machine is great as far as reliability and general working. I have only reset the machine about two times, and that was for minor things. It never locked up or anything like that.
The only issue I have had are with POIs. First, Tom Tom does not have quite a few POIs that are in our area that have been here for at least 3 years. Secondly, some POIs I tried to find in our extended area(even though I knew where they were), did not get you very close to your destination. For example, at one point I'm driving down a major road and it tells me I have arrived at my destination. I was right next to a very large shopping center, near the mall, where the POI is located, but it could take you quite a while to drive around the shopping center trying to find your actual destination. And it also didn't tell me which side of the road I should be looking at.
I almost gave the unit 4 stars due to that and a couple of other small issues with Tom Tom, then realized that issues with Tom Tom are not the fault of the 5915.
I'm in a good position to review the Tom Tom software to the Garmin Street Pilot. We also got a Garmin c550 for my wife's vehicle, and here's how we compare the two.
First, the Garmin is ultra easy to use. Open the box, and off you go. The menus couldn't be any easier. Accuracy is perfect and it does have text to speech, so speaks the street names. Tom Tom does not, but it's not as bad as it sounds. It still guides you very well.
The Tom Tom is also pretty easy to use, and you can also use it out of the box, but does have quite a few more options, that could confuse some people. The screen is a little easier to see on the Garmin in bright light, and it changes to night mode automatically.
Overall, the Garmin is probably just a little better in terms of a straight GPS unit. However, the 5915 works very well as a GPS and fits my needs more. I really wanted to have the wi-fi and blue tooth ability, not to mention upgrade my old PDA, so this has been perfect for me.
One thing I thought was pretty chintzy on HP's part is that the USB cords are proprietary. You cannot use your other mini USB's to charge or operate this unit. So now I have to have yet another cord in my car to charge this. Would have been nice if it used the same cord as my phone(also mini USB) to charge.
I'll update later if something changes.
Great GPS, almost great pocket PC January 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I ordered this product because of having both a navigation system & what I thought would be a more functional browser/pda assistant than could get on my Blackberry. The GPS function works great; I didn't notice much difference on the satellite synch times after I downloaded the firmware update.
I haven't tried the other other MS Mobile office programs yet, but I hope they are better than the Mobile Internet Explorer.
I found the Internet Explorer on the Pocket PC side to be fairly weak however. For the web sites that I use for my work, Internet Explorer couldn't display much of the content. I was about to give up on this device, until after some investigation, I found a third party browser for the Windows Mobile, called Opera, that provided a much more functionality in viewing different websites, as well as being faster. I would give it 5 stars if I didn't have to get a 3rd party browser.
Battery life so far is average if you leave on the WiFi & bluetooth. I could not find a way to turn off the GPS.
I wish there was also a friction dash mount; the product comes with a plastic disc that is adhesive on the back to stick on the dash, and then the suction cup is attached to the disc.
GPS and PDA- HP RX5915 December 29, 2007
HP rx5915
GPS + PDA = GREAT!
As an all in one device, I have found this to be good for my needs.
Although there might be better GPS devices out there, this one provides the extras that accompanies a PDA. The Tom Tom Software is good, since I haven't used any other software I can't rate it any other way.
I spent a lot of time with hands on and reviews of GPS devices and I ended up with this one. Nuff Said.
HP Ipaq rx5915 December 26, 2007
I used this device more than one month. I can say I glad to have it.
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