HP iPAQ Data Messenger - user opinions and reviews

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Design
7.6
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-09-28 16:55 from m}$YYou can go to Setting page --> Phone Seting --> Band Control then select the Region (Asia,Euro, American...) then select the Band (UMTS/3G or GSM?EDGE).

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  • 2009-10-30 06:01
  • ULMq
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Hello how can i disable the roaming function.I`m living in Sweden and this phone constantly switch betven gsm and 3g. This drains my battery. I have also the english rom on it.

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  • 2009-09-28 16:55
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> In reply to barker @ 2009-09-11 17:09 from UGmhDude, seriously, do you really own this HP phone? Or you just look at its appearance and read through its specs?

I bet that if you own it for 3 days, you will feel all the pains that causes... and you just do not want to see it any longer

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  • 2009-09-17 19:20
  • vNys
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truly amazing. so far the best smartphones ever launched this year.

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  • 2009-09-11 17:09
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> In reply to George @ 2009-08-29 08:11 from 38PCwhere did u find this phone 200e??

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  • 2009-09-07 14:29
  • m%4m
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Ipaq DM's camera flash is RIDICULOUS! You turn the flash on, it keeps illuminating like a torch... until you press the camera button. Ironically, the flash turns off immediately!!! It totally freaks me out! What's the point having such an useless flash?

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  • 2009-09-06 13:14
  • vNbT
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I bought and used this phone for 3 days, and sold it away afterwards. If you are about to buy this phone, then my advice is that you should not be buying it. Google experts' and users' comments, you will see countless comments on its problem. Well, it is goodlooking and seems to be really nice to have one. But my own experience may stop you from wasting your money. QWERTY keyboard of this model is absolutely a joke! The wavy arrangement simply does not work as it should. Believe me, it's the worst QWERTY keyboard I've seen, and it made me miss my old Blackberry 8800 a lot. Its battery dies extremely fast, if you are doing your stuff on this phone (music, web surf or even view sms) it drains off in a couple of hours. The screen is relatively low resolution, and touchscreen is kind of insensitive that makes you have to often tab more than once to get it working. Bottom line, do NOT buy this phone!

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  • 2009-09-05 22:35
  • vNbT
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gsmarena has the price category quite wrong. this phone only costs about 200EUR.

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  • 2009-08-29 08:11
  • 38PC
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its made by HTC... HTC is their contract manufacturer..

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  • 2009-08-09 19:41
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> In reply to mynrose @ 2009-07-15 15:59 from uNVAYes mynrose , The phone is available in Bangladesh... Its FREE.. I just lost my phone in Bangladesh. Search it around the Railway station and if your lucky u would get ur dream phone...

Wish u all the success and all the best!!!

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  • 2009-08-09 09:17
  • ML$C
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Beautiful phone wish HP could donate one to me cause i have just purchased HP ProBook 4710s Notebook PC and that phone would look nice together with my notebook, thanks.

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  • 2009-08-05 13:45
  • N9ke
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Can anyone inform me the phone is available in Bangladesh ? If yes, how many price this device ?

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  • 2009-07-15 15:59
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> In reply to disserman @ 2009-05-16 12:07 from m2h@Why do u say its a piece of crp?

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  • 2009-07-06 23:01
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> In reply to umm @ 2009-05-11 02:25 from qKK3think that's bcause it's a German device

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  • 2009-05-25 20:32
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HP makes a great phones. Which are great usually after ~3rd service pack. Wait a year of two, then probably iPAQ DM will became a good phone. Now it's a piece of crap.

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  • 2009-05-16 12:07
  • m2h@
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My company put 8 of these and everyone hates them, they are cumbersome, poor performance, often miss incoming calls because the screen/buttons dont respond quick enough. If this was to work as it was meant to then it would be a great phone, but the performance and stability, (often locks up, switches off etc) just makes it unusable, it's got so bad that I have just bought an old Blackberry off ebay to put the SIM into until Vodafone will swap them out.

All 8 of the users in our compnay feel the same and have either swapped the SIM's back to there old phones or bought cheap replacement basic phones so that at least they can make and receive phone calls. Not much to ask for a mobile phone but one the IPAQ seems incapable of acheiving.

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  • 2009-05-12 18:17
  • nERP
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why are the y and z buttons switched around? is it really like that in real life, or is the picture just a spoof?

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  • 2009-05-11 02:25
  • qKK3
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> In reply to Jay @ 2009-03-07 11:41 from q2PDhi i am just about to purchase this phone but after your comments i am defo going to get one now thanks

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  • 2009-04-30 20:49
  • nEvI
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So far I really love my hp ipaq data messenger. All of my assumptions before I got it have been turned upside down.

the hardware is nicer than I expected. I've watched video and seen pictures but in real life it really is a handsome design. It is thick but still sleek. Also the screen is much better than I expected for a qvga screen. It does feel kind of plasticy and the back cover is squeaky.

windows mobile 6.1 professional is a bit spartan though. All the menu's are cumbersome and could use a fresh look. Otherwise it works. 3G isn't really as fast as I expected but I'm not suer if the phone just isn't quite optimized for the US or what.

Anyway it is awsome.

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  • 2009-03-07 11:41
  • q2PD
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HP hardware is quite durable. My HW6955 is outstanding, in spite its spartan interface, this all-in-one device served me faithfully for more than 3 years without a single glitch. Hope this new models from HP continue this heritage.

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  • 2009-02-28 06:22
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