HP Jornada 720 - Handheld - H/PC 2000 - 6.5" color ( 640 x 240 ) - black

by HP

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• ASIN: B00066GU0M
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,870 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 3, 2005

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for on the go People, October 14, 2008

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M. McLean (Reading, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Jornada 720 - Handheld - H/PC 2000 - 6.5" color ( 640 x 240 ) - black (Personal Computers)

General Overview: The Jornada is a great tool for those who want to type on the go. You can purcahse a PCMCIA card to give access to the Internet. The look of the Jornada is terrible, but can be fixed.

Pros: This device can be syncronized with your computer so if you need to tranfer files to and fro you can. It also has pocket versions of Microsoft Office. The audio on the device is surprisingly good, and you can play mp3s, wavs, and wmas. (Maybe more, but I have not checked) It is light, being about the weight of your remote control and fits in the palm of your hand.

Cons: The look of the Jornada is very old, and XP and Vista users will find it hard to adjust. (Lukily there is a fix). Also the rpograms you can upload on this are minimal, so dont expect to be running much else than what is put on it. (Though there is a PLUS! packaage that included paint, spell checker, and more) Finally the battery life lasts about 5 hours if you want to just plain even look at te screen without it being dark.

Fixes: As I said, the look is rather distasteful. The desktop can be changed easily, but that still makes Icons and the Taskbar look ancient. Look for a pogram called Gigabar that donwloads directly to your Jornada. Youll want the 1.59 version, than download any skin for it. Read the gigbar readme file which will give you directions to how to install the new skin. The site is here: http://www.hpcfactor.com/downloads/

In essence, you'll mainly use this device for typing and using PDA type things. Internet is useful, but you need t pay extra. There cheap now, and if you travel a lot and like to type, get this. Thank you and good luck!