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HP iPAQ 2210 Pocket PC Review
Author: Daniel Topler
Date Posted: August 30th, 2003
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Bottom Line: The HP iPAQ 2210 is small, well designed and shiny! On top of that it packs in a big load of features, and yet HP still manages to make it priced so that an average business user, or even your average Joe can go pick one up at their local CompUSA, read all about it in our official review....
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Features
The HP iPaq 2210 has a plethora of features onboard. We’ll go through the list.
First off, the 2210 features the 400MHz Intel XScale CPU, which is one fast sucker. Imagine, 400MHz in this little unit. Just a few years ago, it was hard to imagine 400MHz in a desktop. Now look at this technology… it’s really incredible.
The 2210 has 64MB of memory, and 57.11MB of it is available to the user. I already have the entire unit filled with MP3’s! The 64MB is standard in PDA’s now, and its suitable for pretty much everyone.
But if you need more space, the 2210 offers two, count ‘em two, expansion slots, one a Compact Flash (Type I and Type II) slot, as well as a SM/MMC slot, so you’ll be ready for any upgrades needed.
The 2210 is wireless (802.11) ready, just pop in your Compact Flash wireless card, and you’re ready to go. It would have been nice to see built-in wireless, but what can you expect from a $400 unit? But it does have Bluetooth 1.1, which is very nice. Technology is starting to see more and more devices that support Bluetooth, and while it’s not yet a standard in PDA’s, newer models usually have Bluetooth.
As I said previously, the 2210 has a 3.5" TFT LCD display that is just stunning. It has 64,000 colors, is a 16-bit screen, and has a 240x320 resolution. Beautiful…
Obviously, the 2210 has a microphone, a speaker, as well as MP3 playback (through the included Windows Media Player 9). MP3 playback is awesome, and I’m using the unit as my music player while my Rio Riot is in for service. Quality is great, and it’s very easy to use. Just pop in a big Compact Flash card and you can fit quite a few tunes on your PDA!
Just announced a few weeks ago was the Microsoft Pocket PC 2003 Operating System, and with surprise, the 2210 has the 2003 version installed! I couldn’t find any significant difference between 2002 and 2003 though. I’ll explain the differences later in this review.
You can use the iPaq 2210 as your TV remote control, too! I tested it with my Sony 32" TV, my Motorola/Comcast Digital Cable box, as well as my Denon receiver, all worked great! It did not, however, support my Lite-On LVR-1001 DVD player, but this is understandable. While it is a great concept, and it does work great, it’s just a pain to have to take out the stylus every time you want to change the channel. I’d stick with the regular remote control for now.
The 2210 also has its fair share of software included, but I’ll explain that later.
Windows Pocket PC 2003
I’ve been using the iPaq 2210 for the past two weeks, and when comparing to the 2002 version of the Windows Pocket PC operating system, I can’t see a significant difference between the two. But, just for all you people that are curious, I’ll go through the main differences.
The Today screen (much like the Desktop in Windows) looks almost exactly the same as the 2002 predecessor, with the exception of one minor addition. It’s the small Connectivity Icon, right next to the volume control button. Basically, when you click it, it shows you the connection to the internet you’re using, as well as a button to set up the internet if not already done.
The 2003 version also has a much better IE. It can now show much more advanced things on websites, unlike the previous versions.
Windows Media Player 9 is included, which looks different then the previous WMP 8, but if offers basically the same features. Added though, is a personal volume control for Windows Media Player, so you can mute the audio/video, for example, but still have system sounds on.
Finally, Microsoft added a Pictures viewer, which lets you easily look at all your pictures on the device.
Those are really the only differences between the 2002 and 2003…stupid isn’t it? Makes me think about why Microsoft released Windows ME, same situation, right?
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