The iPaq 110 is HP’s latest handheld device. It’s sleek, slender, easy on the touch and packs enough gadget power with its 624 MHz processor, wi-fi and Bluetooth capability.
I already have an HP handheld PDA, a GPS version and I was interested to see how this new model would compare. You can either get away with a PDA or you can’t. And the status quo seems to be that people either use them for everything under the sun or leave them on the shelf to gather dust.
The 110 is based off a classic HP design – thin and lightweight. You can literally put it in your pocket and forget about it until you need to use it. It’s big enough to not lose and it’s small enough to not be a burden.
The iPaq is designed to be simple to use, on the bottom it has a single mini-USB plug for both charging and synchronising with other devices. The SD memory card slot is on the left side; power, recorder, and reset buttons are on the right with a 3.5mm headphone jack up top.
The iPaq110 is rather innocuous in design, and as mentioned, the simplicity of it should appeal to a wider audience. It feels comfortable in hand, and the buttons on the façade are all useful. This iPAQ runs the standard package of Windows Mobile 6 Classic.
The iPAQ 110 has tremendous multimedia performance. You can reasonably expect to throw extremely high-quality desktop videos at it and have them play without a second thought. The new design also means substantial power savings on the part of the processor meaning substantial cuts on one of the more power-intensive parts of the device, and less reason than ever before to avoid using a fast processor.
The 3.5 inch display is relatively large, and makes all the difference between comfortable viewing and squinting at your screen. It also has the ability to adjust its backlight according to ambient light. The fact that you do not really notice this feature is proof that it works and works well.
The iPaq 110 has a full size SDHC slot, giving it a considerable advantage over most other devices in this age of microSD.
There’s nothing lacking in the connectivity department. This iPAQ features 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, along with Bluetooth 2.0/EDR.
Between the further battery life improvements in Windows Mobile 6, and the power saving properties of the new processor, battery life on the iPAQ 110 is good. You can get up to four hours of performance while going full tilt – movies, music and word-processing. This drops to about 3 hours 30 minutes when enabling wi-fi and Bluetooth.
All in all, I must say, I enjoyed using this gadget tremendously and it offered more than my own model. If you do not have never had a PDA and intend on getting one, then the iPaq 110 is the machine for you. It’s easy to use, not over complicated and carries all the basic features one would expect on a handheld device with a few extra sweeteners.