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| Hewlett-Packard iPAQ 310 Bluetooth 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: CE
List Price: $449.00
Buy New: $217.98
You Save: $231.02 (51%)
New (15) Used (4) from $200.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 2793
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 800 x 480
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 3.4 x 4.3 x 0.7
MPN: 310
Model: 310
UPC: 883585309559
EAN: 0883585309559
ASIN: B000VRYLU2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hewlett Packard GPS Navigator April 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
excellent product ..excellent price..would recommend to anyone who was looking to purchase a quality GPS system at an excellent price.
 HP should stick to printers! April 12, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I should have believed the other poor reviews that the IPAQ 310 has gotten ,but I have been a loyal HP user for years and thought I would give it the benifit of the doubt,But I was wrong.Out of the box this was a very cool unit and seemed to work ok.but it all went south as soon as I installed the updates from HP via the connection manager.now it wont start up and gives error messages. after several attempts to reset it I called HP support and hit a dead end when the rep said this was a problem that couldnt be resolved without replacing it.But I am in the process of sending it back to seller for a refund.I dont want to do a trial and error of hoping I get a good unit and that its going to go south after a simple update with no fix other than to replace it.I love my HP printer but I wont be buying anymore HP electronic gizmos until they improve hardware and ability to resolve issues from my desk!!!!!
 not good April 7, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought it 4 months ago, if you want a travel comapanion make sure you choose something w internet conection; the games are cool for 10 min. mp3 player ok, navigation system pretty bad , freezes practicaly every single day! and you will have not option but to reset it, which takes 6 to 8 min to complete while you are getting lost. After all is just a GPS, paying more than $200 is a robbery. I paid over $400.:(
This is no Nuvi! April 4, 2008
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
I'm amazed at all the positive reviews for this lackluster device. I purchased it because of the 12 million POIs which theoretically are great but hard to access. I was also looking forward to the "brilliant" display which for me was underwhelming. The negatives of this device FAR outweighed the meager positives.
The form factor is nowhere near as elegant as the Nuvi - sorry, but it's true, all statements to the contrary notwithstanding. The suction device and attachment mechanism are so clumsy and poorly executed that alone would have kept me from keeping this clunker. The USB cable attaches directly to the device rather than being integrated into the suction cup holder as is the case with the Nuvi. So, instead of simply pushing a button and neatly removing the device you have to wrestle with the awkward release mechanism and then remove the USB cable from the device itself. HP should be ashamed of themselves.
And don't get me going on navigating through the menus. It is just downright awful. The Nuvi is simplicity itself. This device is just clumsy and very poorly designed. Yeah, yeah, you CAN eventually do what you want but frankly it is simply not worth the effort. The software designer who came up with this should be fired. It reminds me of the poorly executed MS PocketPC Mobile 6 compared to the Nuvi's iphone like simplicity and elegance.
Hard to believe that a company such as HP would allow this out the door. Do yourself a favor: buy a Nuvi or a TomTom for that matter. Both are considerably better thought out. Even at $200 this device just doesn't deliver. The negative reviews here are spot on. Read them carefully before you purchase this dog.
Simply the best at the moment April 1, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Wow factor galore. This unit rocks. Hardware par excellence and decent accompanying software.
This unit is not for the beginner, but will be oh so pleasing for the initiated. The one prerequisite is that the manual should be read and studied cover to cover to extract full value from this unit and to reduce the incline of the learning curve. The unit is usable straight out of the box, but the gems are uncovered when the functions are fully understood.
I have the iPaq to go with my TomTom and I am very pleased with it. I agree with some of the criticisms of the unit, as it does have some software flaws, but most can be easily remedied.
HP had cut out the Pedestrian mode and carpool lane functions, but I have found simple hacks (code modifications using Winword or Notepad) on-line to restore them and they work. Same for overspeed warnings.
I have added Windows Total Commander CE (CECMD) and used this to add TCPMP (media player) in the Games Folder, all of which are freeware. So the unit is very modifiable for those so inclined.
The 2 glaring flaws that are not fully user addressable are the on/off button logic and the low volume of the TTS. The unit can be turned on much too easily and this could drain the battery inadvertently. The volume can be improved a bit with a software hack, but the better solution lay with HP upgrading the voice quality to the higher frequencies used by the likes of TomTom. I also read that there is a buffering issue with the TTS voices that can also be addressed by HP in a firmware update.
On another point, the early production models with model number FB86.... were flawed and withdrawn. They were replaced by the much better FA97.... series which had way less issues. HP did a software upgrade in Dec. that helped a bit as well.
Here is my list of recommendations to HP to make this unit an absolute slam dunk winner:
1) Fix the on/off logic
2) Make other maps available on SD cards (Coming in a few weeks, I am told)
3) Make TMC traffic available in the US
4) Restore original iGo functionality like PED routing, Carpool lane routing, etc.
5)Increase TTS volume/quality
6)Make the factory default Restore pack available (so modders can fix any screw-ups and thus HP can lower their cust service costs. (actually, now that I have discovered how to enter Engineering mode, I can do a restore to factory default myself, but it is a risky procedure).
Please note.... before this, I had never used Windows CE, so I am no expert, yet I was able with tips on line to do all that. I am no computer expert, but I can potter around.
I had never used iGo navigation software before, and the iPaq runs a modified version of iGo2008 which is NOT YET commercially available.
I find the array of options staggering on this machine. It basically can do just about ANYTHING the competitors can. I can only think of 3 useful functions missing that other available offerings can do at present, Reality View, Lane assistant and Selective (named road) route exclusion. The HP does routes exclusion by distance only. Every other cutting edge function exists like, Where am I? ..a la Garmin, Screen lock, disable snap-to-road, 3D mapping (buildings), contour mapping, tracklog, GPS accuracy readout, user changable battery, 3rd party application loading in the Games folder, 2 games provided in the stock unit, elevation readout, destination side of road indication on map, auto time zone switch, GPS AUTONOMY (extremely fast fix), 40 channel/2 million effective GPS correlators!!!, satellite graphics screen, auto day/night switching, etc, etc etc.
This unit has it all, and can still be improved. SCARY!
To cancel route, depress the scroll wheel on the right side of the unit and that will bring up the option in a small window. The scroll wheel is a hidden functionality in itself.
Great info can be found on the forum at [...]
General info:
The Ipaq 310 new firmware update for North America should be on the server to download this week, the versions for Europe early next week. Both via content manager tool that you download from [...]
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