Hewlett Packard Jornada 430 Palm-Size PC

by HP

Product Details

Product Manual [1.00mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00002SSV0
• Item model number: F1796A#aba
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,311 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Customer Reviews

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56 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Lot of Bang for the Buck, December 27, 1999

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Seattle Sucker (Bellevue WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard Jornada 430 Palm-Size PC (Office Product)

I have a Palm V and got tired of squinting at the screen. While its form-factor is very nice, its total lack of multimedia makes me think it is far too expensive for what you get. On the other hand my HP Jornada has a wealth of multimedia features: MP3 player, image processor etc. I only wish HP would figure a way to add streaming video to the product. All in all the HP+CE combo are hard to beat for standard apps (contacts, expenses etc.) with a lot of room for future expansion.

102 of 116 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The HP Jornada 430se changed the way we do work., November 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hewlett Packard Jornada 430 Palm-Size PC (Office Product)

We had a little bit of cash left over and decided to buy the whole software development team PDAs. I decided that because of Microsoft's history of providing support to older Operating Systems (upgrades to WindowsCE had already been offered) that we would go with a WinCE-based product.

With a 240x320 pixel 16 bit color display, 16 MBytes of memory and stereo headphone jack backed-up by a quality MP3 decoder, the Jornada 430se was our new toy!

We stopped carrying paper. No one is late to meetings. No one scrambles for print-outs. No one says "I don't have a copy of that memo in front of me." Tasks/calendars/contact/email are in color, straight from Windows Outlook to your Personal PC. The Jornada's buttons and scroll wheel allow one handed operation, the voice recognition software allows one button operation.

Two bad sides: 1) People used to Palm pilots think it is a little bulky and decry its use of Windows. In my opinion, they are whiners.

2) The HP Jornada 430se runs my life. Now I forget nothing and this bums me out. The Jornada keeps metrics of my uncompleted tasks and I now realize how truly unproductive I am.

99 of 113 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars bought it, played with it, but Im sending it back., November 22, 1999

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ODB (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard Jornada 430 Palm-Size PC (Office Product)

3 years ago I was willing to abandon my Mac and get a PC, which proved to be a much more powerful tool. Upon thinking about this, I questioned my allegiance to my palm V and ordered the HP 430se, lured especially by the MP3 player and color screen. What I got was a device that was bigger, much slower, a pain in the a** to navigate through, and the screen froze within minutes after taking it out of the box, and several times therafter. WinCE definately ain't there yet. I rather stick to my palm V and buy a separate mp3/voicerecorder, than deal with a slow, clumpy version of windows in my pocket.

note: give msoft a year- Im sure they'll soon find a way to copy the palms speed and ease of use, while adding the advantage of seamless windows/wireless-internet connectivity.