HP iPAQ 1935 Pocket PC

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Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000B3ATJ
• Item model number: H1935
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,374 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 1, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Powered by Windows Mobile (Microsoft Pocket PC 2003), the iPaq 1935 boasts a dazzling transflective TFT color display with an LED backlight, and flexible expansion options with an SD expansion slot. Ideal for students and professionals, it lets users stay productive with mobile versions of familiar applications like Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel, and gives you entertainment on the go with games, music and video. It also features a removable/rechargeable battery for extended use and an intuitive set of user controls, including logically placed buttons for power, recording, soft reset, four software applications, and navigation. Ergonomic design features include instant-on/off, backlight, a touch-sensitive display for your stylus, and four programmable application launch buttons: Calendar, Contacts, Inbox, and Today. There are also 2 alarm settings and a built-in speaker. It is backed by a worldwide 90 day warranty for parts and labor.

Built-in applications include:

• Calendar
• Contacts
• Tasks
• Voice Recorder
• Notes
• Pocket Word
• Pocket Excel
• Pocket Internet Explorer
• Calculator, Solitaire,
• Inbox
• File Explorer
• Infrared Beaming
• Clock
• Align Screen
• Asset Viewer

What's in the box

• iPaQ 1935
• Stylus
• Removable/Rechargeable 900 mAh Lithium-Ion battery
• AC adapter
• USB cable
• User Manual

Product Description

The thin, light, and affordable HP iPAQ Pocket PC h1935 with integrated Secure Digital (SD) expansion slot has great features and functionality at an incredible value to meet your handheld computing needs. The slim and sleek design fits into almost any pocket or purse and conveniently includes SD slot for flexibility in expansion and storage. Stay productive with the combination of popular applications, features and storage capabilities. View photos and listen to your favorite music when you want. A broad range of features, expansion capabilities, and multimedia make the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h1935 essential for you to be productive at home, at work or on the go.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

104 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Product - Poor Accessories, September 25, 2003

By	Chuck Mills (Linthicum, MD United States) - See all my reviews

Let me start by explaining that I have owned an Ipaq3760 for a few years now and decided to "upgrade" to a newer model but also get something smaller to carry around. After my purchase I was told by a HP sales representative that this is really not really an upgrade and now I agree. If this was someone first purchase of an Ipaq or any PDA then they might not have the same complaints that I have.

The positives first, the size is great, this is a shirt pocket PDA and I am very pleased with the reduction in size from the 3760. The screen is bright and very easy to read. There is no wasted space on the front of the system at all. The function and navigation buttons work well. The stylus' size is perfect and fits very nicely into the unit. Finally, I love the removable battery.

Now the problems;

1. There is no docking cradle available for this model yet. You got to be kidding me. How can you release a product like this that targets small businesses and not have something like that ready! This means my Ipaq lies on my desk instead of being in a position that I can quickly glance at my appointment or see what time it is. I was told by HP that the cradle for the other similar model (H1910) will not work.

2. The USB cable used to synchronize my H1935 with my desktop does not charge the unit. This was not true for the older model Ipaqs. Why would you want to remove functionally like that? You have to plug the wall adapter into the USB cable. This is very messy on the desktop.

3. Why does each model have a different charging/communication port? This means all new cables for serial, cellular phone, car charger connections. Again not problem if you don't already have all these items.

4. Why, why, why couldn't HP have installed a normal audio jack?!? They use a smaller jack. Maybe this is for some future standard, but I not aware of one. You have to keep this 2 inch mini-cable with you to plug into headphones or speakers.

5. Last complaint, everyone that I know that has a PDA and wants to "beam" something to another PDA, points the top of their PDA to the top of the other. This new 1935 has the IR port on the side. Is this a new standard? Maybe I need to look other new PDAs to see how their IR ports are positioned. It just seems odd to me.

That's my experience with this new Ipaq. I really do like this new model and I'm going to keep it despite some of the aggravating quirks it has and lack of accessories. I will get use to quirks and wait for the docking cradle. I use my PDA for contacts and keeping track of my appointments, but also use it with my cell phone for e-mail and monitoring the company's network. I was looking for something that is easier to carry around and this works perfect for that.

63 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect..., November 4, 2003

By	Steven Dennis (Reston, VA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I've had the chance to try out HP's attempt at a consumer-friendly Pocket PC, and they have a winner. Nearly as small and just as light as a Palm V, HP has packed a top-notch screen and almost all of the functionality you could possibly want into a handsome 4 oz. piece of electronics.

Some thoughts:

* The battery doesn't last as long as Palm's, and you'll probably want to charge it at least every other day, every day if you use it extensively. You can get an extra battery, since the HP's is removable -- a real advantage in the long run, since you won't have to send the unit in for servicing a la the Palm and most other PDA models.

* You want MP3s, you got 'em. Add a 256MB SD card, and you're off and running. The unit does contain an annoying headphone adapter jack, but such are the tradeoffs of small size PDAs (Palm has a similar issue on the similarly priced Tungsten E.) It's not an iPod, but it'll do.

* You can also display small videos and pics, of course, but who really needs/wants to do this on a regular basis? I suppose if you are one of those annoying people who want to show everybody your latest baby photos, this will be just the ticket.

* There is no wireless functionality out of the box. You can add it later, but if you really are looking for Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, you probably want a PDA with those features built in. That'll cost you, of course.

* Is there such a thing as too small? The buttons on this Pocket PC take a bit getting used to compared to the large and in charge buttons on the older, bloated iPaqs of yesteryear.

* Why so chintzy on the warranty? 90 days?! Take it from me, PDAs break. Their screens can crack, units freeze up, buttons stick -- basically, bad stuff happens. Seems like HP is trying to force folks to upgrade to the extended warranty. That is unacceptable support from one of the world's largest companies, and costs this otherwise excellent unit a star. (Palm offers 1 year, and I personally had near-instant turnaround on a Palm Vx repair)...

60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compared to Toshiba e355, October 29, 2003

By	"holmesfamily" (New Windsor, NY United States) - See all my reviews

I recently decided to upgrade from a Jornada 680 HPC (very old version of WinCE) because mine is breaking down and HP no longer supports this old platform (although I love the form factor with keyboard). Anyway, I decided to go for the H1935 but after few days switched to the Toshiba e355. I thought it would be useful to note down a brief comparison to help others who are considering the two. I really liked the iPAQ but the Toshiba has a number of things that are better for me:

HP iPAQ H1935

* Quite a bit smaller and lighter than Toshiba (too small for me)and hence buttons not good for big fingers!
* Has a removable battery so you can keep a spare
* More software on CD (e.g. Adobe)
* Small power cable makes it easy to carry around and usb cradle comes with another "head" so you can charge it at the same time using only one cable.
* No cradle (I like to have my PDA upright on the desk)
* Stylus awkward to extract
* Headphone socket is smaller than usual requiring an adapter(included)
* Only 3 mth warranty

TOSHIBA e355
* Larger and heavier - fits in my hand better
* Comes with cradle which fits it really snuggly so it won't fall out even if held upside down. On the other hand it's heavy for traveling you may want a separate cable.
* Power cable is like a laptop's (bad for domestic but good for international travel as you only need to purchase the power end of the country visiting and it will work)
* No external battery
* Side scroll button is very handy
* Central toggle button much easier to use
* Home button has a feature not in iPAQ which accesses 4 tabs on screen for easy organization of apps. One tab lists running apps so you can easily close down running applications (in Pocket PCs the x only minimizes programs - they are still running in the background taking up memory. Programs tab includes app backup that backs up to SD
* Uses regular headphone socket size
* Faster processor
* 1 year warranty
* Cheaper