Hewlett Packard Jornada 690 Handheld PC

by HP

Product Details

Product Manual [4.54mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 3.7 x 1.3 inches ; 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 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: B00003JAU8
• Item model number: F1813a
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,235 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Right Choice, May 7, 2000

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Robert Sears (Scottsdale, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard Jornada 690 Handheld PC (Office Product)

I spent several weeks looking at the assortment of PDA's presently on the market. A number of excellent "palmtops" are available, some outstanding for what they do, but they just didn't have the "stuff" I wanted. Furthermore, I'm a longtime keyboard person, and wasn't particularly excited by all the stylus models.

The Jornada 690 is as close to the right choice as I've been able to find for that combination of features, software, usability and portability I've been seeking. The keyboard is cramped and takes some getting used to, but with practice it's usable. The stylus, functioning as a mouse is basically intuitive, and the sketching utility is handy for my particular line of work.

The startup was flawless, and it linked up with my desktop immediately, requiring only a couple of adjustments to have them conversing comfortably. I've had no lockups nor crashes in CE or any of the apps. So far it has run reliably, and is exactly what I had hoped, a laptop I can carry around in my hand, for me the right choice. I give it 5 stars and hope H-P and MS will continue to support it.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tiny wonder, July 1, 2000

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Amit Nalla (carbondale, il United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard Jornada 690 Handheld PC (Office Product)

This is a cool device for people who are mostly on the move and feel that laptops are bulky. Size vise its perfect, about two credit cards lengthwise, it neatly fits into your hand. It comes equipped with the MS office suite(cut down versions ofcourse), but one thing that is not mentioned is that we can use power point in this just to view already made slides but, we can not make a slide show. It connects pretty easily to the net. I found that it works better with 56k connections than with 28k connections. I had lot of problems connecting it to a 28k connection. Also, there are not many windows ce applications freely available on the net(compared to the palm platform), which sort of limits you to the software it comes with. The touch sensitive screen is pretty neat as well. The voice recording feature is a really cool feature which lets you record wave files and send them as email as attachments later on. All in all this is a nice handheld and beats all others in the market.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty neat product, April 21, 2000

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Sathia (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard Jornada 690 Handheld PC (Office Product)

I like my Jornada very much. It crashed on me once, but after I disabled the infamous "auto-power on" feature it went away. It is very convenient to be able to do almost everything you do with your desktop, while you are on the move.