Well finally it's here, the first company off the mark is Hewlett-Packard and I've managed to get hold of an early review sample of its 720, the latest addition to the Jornada range...I switched on the 720 expecting the sorts of radical changes seen in Pocket PC (reviewed issue 68, p172), but I was disappointed...The taskbar still occupies far too much screen real estate...
Finally a version of Windows CE that works...compete machine that does not require extensive accessories to be a laptop replacement....Keyboard is tight
Expensive
New ARM processor, some software will not work properly...They have since followed on with a long series of improvements in hardware and software including the new Pocket PC?s and the latest handheld the Jornada720...The...
The 728 replaced the 720 in 2002 and is the same as the 720 except that it has 64 megs of RAM while the 720 has 32...If you're a fan of that model, you'll probably be quite pleased with the 720...The unit is slim, highly portable and rich with features...
Too bad HP discontinued the model - perhaps because it is an effective substitute for other overpriced products such as clunky laptops and even clunkier windows XP - but it is still available here and there...I recommend HPC?s to all those in education, wanting a device many times smaller and lighter than a laptop...The product is discontinued...
use it for 99% of my word processing and spreadsheet tasks when away from home...it boots up and hibernates automatically eliminating need to boot up and shut down...but if -- like me -- you do mostly word-processing work, definitely worth considering...
Wonderful battery life; large software library; runs Linux So-so screen; a bit skimpy on RAM; tinkering required to get the most out of it After three years of looking for one of these, finally got mine three days ago...If you just need to able to plug in a USB flashdrive, I'd recommend getting a CompactFlash card and one of those really small readers, so you can take the card from the slot, plug it...
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