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HP Jornada 620

Description: Win CE 2.11, large 640x240 TFT screen.

Newest Review: ... of toppling over when you have the screen folded back. The reason for having a machine like this is to carry round your ... more

... calendar, inbox and tasks round with you, and you can also keep slimmed down versions of spreadsheets and word processor documents with the neat Microsoft pocket applications, Word and Excel. In theory you also get Powerpoint and Access, but with Powerpoint you can only run presentations rather than composing them and Access can only be used for fairly simplistic flat databases, rather than the relational ones with loads of tables linked together, so there are definitely limitations. ...more

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HP Jornada 620: Now past its best (732 words)
by dave27 - written on 08/03/04 (Very useful, 364 readings)
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The HP Jornada is one smart bit of kit - a PDA or palm top, I guess, you'd call it. I've been using one for about three or four years now, through my job. Most people I know who have opted for handheld or palm tops have opted for iPaqs, and they certainly are nice swish little beasties and eminently cooler than the Jornada series which look quite bulky and old fashioned these days. However, I need to have a machine with a keyboard for my particular uses because I've struggled to come to terms with handwriting recognition and never really quite made it. That said, there is really no other ...

Excellent Colour Handheld at an amazing price! (237 words)
by fattw@ - written on 14/08/02 (Useful, 584 readings)
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I bought my 620 3 months ago on an ebay auction for £62, yes Sixty Two Great British Pounds Sterling!!!! This great deal (not stolen) came with docking cradle, charger, modem card, modem cable and sync cable! I bought this clever little PDA to help me transport work to and from University when I start my course in September (just waiting for A-level results now so fingers crossed :-) ) Anyway, having not needing to use it "properly" for work purposes I've had a chance to PLAY around with the thing. Since buying my bargain from Ebay I've added the following software; - MP3 Player - Selection of MP3s (stored on a compact flash card - also ...

HP Jornada 620: Perfect WinCE Handheld for starters (90 words)
by F. Hartmann - written on 24/01/01 (Useful, 487 readings)
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The Jornada 620 has all the features of it's 'big' brothers, the 680/690. This one is second hand with the WinCe Pro upgrade ($200,- for upgrade alone) The advantage of the second hand is that you can have all the extra third party SW to go with it, like routeplanner (ofcourse original SW, no copies). Standard word, excell, Outlook, powerpoint (viewer), record, tasks, contacts, calc, inbox, fax, etc. Extra's: GraphIt, HP Viewer, Acrobat 4.0, Truesync CE (2.0), Channels, Plus! pack, 12 games, etc. The 620 is on auction, or contact me: f.hartmann@wxs.nl ...

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