IPAQ 211 Stolen - Do I get another?

ms607 · 12-18-08, 09:41 PM

Got my apartment painted and one of the painters lifted my relatively new IPAQ 211. Not much I can do about it -- my word against theirs. Anyway, should I buy another or is there another pocket pc I should be looking at? I don't need a smart phone. I only used the thing for wifi (most important), taking notes with the transcriber and on occasion reading selections from ebooks. I was really getting to like it. But the lack of OS upgrade potential makes me think itouch or something. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

12-18-08, 09:52 PM

I have been happy with my 210 but I agree with you about the lack of OS upgrade option at this point. I do not have a need myself for a smartphone at this point either. Have you looked at the specs for the itouch yet. Will it provide all the needs you got from the ipaq. I have considered the itouch for myself but I do not like the fact that the battery is not user replaceable. I think that is really the only thing turning me off.

You could also wait for the CES show in Vegas to happen in January. If there are any new devices that may fit your needs, this is where they will most likely be unveiled.

FrinkTL · 12-20-08, 08:18 AM

I thought that I'd add my unique perspective to the mix.

Honestly, I've never really understood what the big deal about not having the most recent OS version was all about. For example, are you running Vista on all of your computers at home? Did you run right out the day (or even year) that Vista became available to get your copy and immediately start installing it on your computers? I know that I didn't. Indeed, the only reasaon I even have Vista is because it comes pre-loaded on laptops now. My desktop computers are both still running XP.

The reason? For all of the warm feelings you get from the novelty of having the newest version of software, upgrading can give you a hive-like reaction. Upgrading any system's operating system is usually fraught with inconvenience at best and downright annoyance and data/functionality loss at worst. So I've never understood the masochists - who seem to suffer from forgetting what it was like the last time they did an OS upgrade - who are so eager to torture themselves again.

The most important questions for me are:

Will the OS (as it exists right now) suficient to satisfy my needs?
Will it do what I need it to?
Is it stable?
Will it be supported by Tech Support for at least 5 years? (if I'm buying it new)

If Windows Mobile 6 Classic has positive answers to each of those questions - and for me, at least, it does - than the only question that remains is does the hardware do for you what you need it to (and for me it does)?

All you (ever) really need to do is match the OS and device to your needs and purchase the best match you can find. Oh, and by the way, don't expect to ever find a perfect match; there will always be things you don't like that come along with the things you do like.

12-22-08, 11:04 PM

I considered netbook once, but I realize it can't replace HP211 (can't put in shirt pocket)
damn HP they never provide ROM update!!!

01-04-09, 10:47 AM

i see the 211 for $350 new around store now. not bad.

emeraldgirl08 · 01-04-09, 01:41 PM

I agree with Fink.

Having an new OS reminds me of bragging rights. I have an X30 high and it's soon going to have a new sibling. My reasons for upgrading is there is no software development for the 30.

I'd love it if the X30 could do SDHC!