Re: h6315 - Very Disappointed

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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:56:34 +0200

As I said, I am quite sure this is and/or will be a great device in terms of
quality.

I just wish HP would have assigned to it a faster processor, and surely more
memory. That would make it perfect.

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Helio Diamant - MS/MVP Mobile Devices
http://www.pocketpcfreak.com
"jsl" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Guess I should add my two cents.  I got mine on the first official day
> (8/26) and couldn't be happier.  I had a glitch with getting the GPRS to
> work, but customer service got it going (they had to change the server I
was
> using).  And I agree that there have been some glitches.  Overall, though,
> mine works awesome, and I'm pleased that I now only carry around one
device
> for everything (that's not exactly true, I do also have a bluetooth
headset
> that I use with the PPC, so I guess that's the second device).
>
> I have had no trouble with any software I installed (MS Voice command,
> Intelligolf, a couple others) and it's only locked up once since I've had
> it.
>
> Jim
>
> "Agent_C" <Agent-C-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:20df5aaa.0408270545.53430876@posting.google.com...
> > This is my 4th iPAQ and by far the most problematic. I was really
> > excited about the prospect of combining my phone and PDA together and
> > got the first h6315 for sale at the Madison Avenue T-Mobile yesterday
> > morning. I had no idea what I was in for.
> >
> > Defects is order of magnitude:
> >
> > * Constant Lockups - Seems every time you change a parameter, the unit
> > locks-up and requires a soft reset. Lockups occurred randomly, all the
> > time.
> >
> > * 3rd Party applications won't install and/or run -- Resco Audio
> > Recorder would install but not run. One of the complementary apps on
> > the CD (forgot the name) actually obliterated the thing altogether. It
> > installed half way and then locked-up completely. It wouldn't recover
> > with a soft reset, so I was forced to do a hard reset. This happened
> > to me twice last night.
> >
> > * Slow performance -- This is not entirely unexpected, as I was aware
> > of the units 167 MHz processor. I had no idea however, how maidenly
> > slow this unit would actually run. Very frustrating; and forget about
> > anything like GPS.
> >
> > * Doesn't clearly distinguish between WiFi and GPRS connections --
> > Supposedly the highly touted Connection Manager handles this
> > seamlessly, but it doesn't. It kept on wanting to go out to the
> > Internet via GPRS while I had it set to 802.11 on my home network. AIM
> > would not connect at all. It just returned a message saying
> > "Connection Error".
> >
> > * Don't Identify 802.11 wireless access points accurately, or
> > consistently. Sometimes it would find my home network, sometimes it
> > wouldn't. (BTW, not having any of these network problems with ANY of
> > my other devices; an iPAQ 4350, a desktop and a laptop)
> >
> > * Slow 802.11 throughput.
> >
> > * Buggy firmware -- Every once and a while a message would pop up
> > saying 'No SIM card installed" and it would lock-up momentarily. This
> > message is entirely erroneous and the phone worked just fine
> > afterward. I made sure the SIM was seated firmly, but it made no
> > difference.
> >
> > * If you dial directly from Outlook Contacts, after the call ends, a
> > message box containing the T-Mobile logo pops-up saying "Message
> > Static". Once again, the unit locks up and required a soft reset.
> >
> > Needless to say, this thing going back to T-Mobile first thing Monday
> > morning.
> >
> > A_C
>
>

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