HP iPAQ 111 Classic Handheld (FA979AA#ABA) (110 Series) | 
| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
List Price: $329.00
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Rating:  93 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: Windows Mobile 5
CPU Speed: 624
System Memory: 256
Memory Type: SDRAM
Native Resolution: 240 x 320
Modem: None
Free Memory Slots: SDIO
Display Size: 3.5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 2.6 x 0.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 111
Model: 111
UPC: 883585321933
EAN: 0883585321933
ASIN: B000VU0CQG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Runs Windows Mobile 6.0 and offers fast 624 MHz processor with 64 MB RAM and 256 MB flash ROM | | • | View and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files with Microsoft Office Mobile; sync email and calendar from desktop with Outlook Mobile | | • | Built-in WiFi to check email at any hotspot | | • | Backed by 1-year warranty | | • | Device measures 2.71 x 0.54 x 4.59 inches (WxHxD) |
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Product Description
Designed to help keep your action-packed life in balance, the HP iPAQ 111 Classic Handheld makes an excellent?and affordable?companion to your cell phone. This slim, stylish organizer also lets you go online with Wi-Fi to stay in touch and keep your calendar, contacts, and tasks up to date. (Optional Internet access required for email, web browsing, and game downloads.) Use Bluetooth to go online and connect to your Internet-enabled mobile phone when Wi-Fi is not available Extend your battery life by checking your wireless connections and turning them off as needed Get peace of mind with the one-year limited warranty from HP Connect Bluetooth peripherals (sold separately) like headphones and keyboards View, share, and manage photos on the bright 3.5 touch screen Play games and download them from the Internet Listen to music and watch videos using Windows Media Player 10 Mobile Mini-USB 2.0 client for sync/data/charge, SDIO with SD high-capacity card slot Audio capability - Integrated microphone, receiver, speaker, 3.5mm 4 pin headphone jack Included accessories - Stylus, AC Adapter with power cord, mini USB synchronization/charge cable, slip case Unit Dimensions 4.59 x 2.71 x 0.54 in
Amazon.com Product Description
The HP iPAQ 111 Classic Handheld helps you keep your life organized on the go with easy access to your calendar, contacts, and tasks. If you have some down time, use the iPAQ to watch videos, listen to music, or play games. At just half an inch thick, the iPAQ will easily travel with you. The iPAQ 111 runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Classic OS and features a bright, crisp, and easy-to-read 3.5-inch, 320 by 240 touchscreen with LED backlight. The iPAQ 111 employs the powerful new Marvell PXA310 624 MHz processor and has 64 MB SDRAM main memory and 256 MB flash ROM, so there is plenty of space for all your applications to run snappily. With Microsoft Office Mobile, you'll be able to work on all your documents and files no matter where you are. Microsoft Office Mobile includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. You can even view PDF documents. Never be late again to your appointments as your calendar and contact info will be handy. With built-in Wi-Fi, you can also check your email at any hotspot to make sure there hasn't been a change of plans. Bluetooth is also supported, allowing you to go online and connect to your Internet-enabled mobile phone if Wi-Fi is unavailable (requires Bluetooth-enabled phones with supporting Internet service plan). Bluetooth accessories such as headphones and keyboards can also be connected for added functionality and ease of use. The HP iPAQ 111 Classic Handheld is backed by a 1-year warranty. What's in the Box
iPAQ classic handheld 100 series, standard battery, stylus, AC adapter with power cord, mini USB synchronization/charge cable, slip case, documentation, and HP iPAQ companion CD.
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 Probably the best ipaq yet December 11, 2007
R. Maybury (SC, USA)
74 out of 77 found this review helpful
I have owned several Pocket PCs, including a few earlier versions of the iPaq. Of the ones I have tried, this is probably the best, though its not a great leap forward. Having WiFi, Bluetooth, SDHC support (previous versions didn't support the new higher capacity cards that this one does - I have an 8Gb SD card in mine), a standard USB connection (previous iPaqs I owned use a proprietary USB connector) a relatively fast processor, the latest version of Windows Mobile all whilst retaining a relatively small form factor is a strong combination. Whilst many will opt for a Pocket PC phone (as my last Windows Mobile device was), having a seperate PDA from your phone has advantages for some e.g. if you are obliged to use a particular mobile phone for work (as I am) then you don't need the phone features on your PDA. With this device I can keep all of my personal contacts seperate from the business contacts on my phone and use the bluetooth feature to get my phone (a Blackberry Pearl) to dial any number I select on my iPaq. I have read other reviews on Amazon and can't say I have experienced any of the problems described. The screen on my iPaq works fine (no odd colours displayed) and windows media player has not yet crashed on my once (and I have listened to quite a lot of music and watched video on it). Overall, not a stunning leap forward but hard to find fault with it.
 Good, but could be better November 13, 2007
J. Cooper
47 out of 52 found this review helpful
I eagerly anticipated the release of the 110 to replace my aging ipaq 4150. It made me appreciate what a great pda that one was.
What I like about the 110-
-Small size. Not quite as small as the 4150, but very close. It's snug but still fits my Sena case.
-Synchronizing with Exchange Server. Email, tasks and calendar sync great.
-Build quality. Feels like a quality product and should be pretty durable.
-BT and Wifi work well.
What I don't like-
-WM6 is buggy and slow. It locks up, runs sluggish and I have to soft reset frequently. My WM2003 pda did not have these issues.
-More memory would have been nice.
-Did not come with a backup program.
I'm glad HP came out with a classic(no phone) PDA. It's a great solution for me. I like this unit but I can get things done faster with my old 4150.
Stay away from this junk January 24, 2008
Pankaj Gupta (New York, NY)
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
Update:
Stay away from this junk. You might want to checkout my detailed review for ipaq 110 (which is same as ipaq 111).
Mine broke after a couple of months. The screen just wont turn on - I have tried soft reset, hard reset, battery out - tried updating the flash. And it stopped all of a sudden, in the middle of listening to some music.
Even while I had it, its low resolution screen was an eye sore. It has one of the lowest resolutions among competing products (compare nokia n810).
This is a perfect example of a low quality product. There is noting hi-tech about it, and it is rightly called 'Classic'.
Second Update: After an undocumented procedure to remove the battery and leave it out for 24 or so hours, it started working again. I have lost all user data at least 3-4 times now. There is no backup solution that should be included given you lose data if battery runs out.
Also, the hardware buttons are not thought through. Any handheld device should have quick buttons for fast zoom in/out and full-screen modes.
The resolution on this device is so low, that you can forget about any tasks that require seeing more than a handful of words on the screen. If you were going to purchase this for browsing, most of the websites do not work. And those that do work, you can only see 1/16th of the page (width of the page) at a time. I also purchased opera mobile for this device but it is even worse (and slower) than internet explorer on it.
The screen on this device is horrible. The resolution is so poor, text size that is readable on your laptop will be unreadable on this pocketpc. Which is very bad because the smaller the device the higher the resolution it should have, just so it can fit more things on screen, and it should have zoom in/out buttons. This device has neither the resolution nor any hardware buttons.
If you want to use this for basic PIM, and some low resolution games, this device might fit the bill. Otherwise I recommend that you take a look at nokia n810 etc. There are other pocket computing devices out there that are much better.
Microsoft has just not done a good job designing a versatile and robust product. This is more like a gimmic. After 6+ years, they could have done much much better. There are no on-the-air updates from microsoft. No free software.
If the user will lose all data when ever the unit runs out of battery, why is there no backup solution provided?
I had a full battery and all of a sudden the screen went black. After hours of search, doing a clean-boot still wont fix it. There were no documented procedures to remove the battery and keep it out for 24 hours. Somehow that fixed it.
Stay away from this device. There is no innovation here, barebone low quality screen. HP should have done better.
Original Review:
IPAQ 111 (same as IPAQ 110) is a good overall pocket pc. There are pluses and minus - I'll try to cover those.
If you are in the market for a handheld computing device, there are a few things you should know.
Multimedia:
You can go for a device that is more geared towards multimedia - better screen resolution, better sound/video quality, better or more accessible multimedia functionality. This device, while it does have windows media player installed and theoretically can play audio and video, I wouldn't buy this device for this purpose. You are much better off buying a good audio/video player.
Internet Browsing:
If your primary aim is to browse internet - this device might fit your requirements. However, note that the screen resolution is QVGA - less than VGA, which can be found on a lot of devices. Nokia N800 might be a nice alternative that you can consider. The screen is bigger, has better resolution etc. However, the internet browsing on this ipaq isn't too bad either. It has built-in internet explorer and you can install other browsers as well (minimo - mozilla software for handheld devices, and opera mobile - both of them work great, although I like Opera more).
Gaming:
This device is perfect for this. There are tons of games available that you can purchase (most of them are pretty cheap), and in general quality of games is good. The screen is pretty alright for gaming and the number of games available out there is nice too. Its great for chess, card games, all sorts of board games, even some more graphically intense games. If you are into those kind of games, this device works just fine.
Software:
Windows Mobile devices are great in this respect. There are tons of software available for purchase. This ipaq comes with Microsoft office, so you can edit excel, word etc. right there. Many people wonder why would anyone want to edit excel on a pocket device. This was actually one of the primary reasons why I bought this device. I maintain some sheets that I use to keep track of certain things, and it's great no having to wait for access to a computer.
Comparison with Linux based Devices (+iPh..) and IPAQ 110:
In general, I was deciding between Nokia N800 and a pocket PC. While I believe N800 would be a great device, and has a better screen than this device, I chose this pocket pc just because there are a lot more software available out there that you can choose from.
Multimedia and Internet:
As I mentioned before, the multimedia capabilities of this device are okay nothing special. And I would rate browsing on this device to be sufficient for rare usage, but I wouldn't browse on it all the time.
Fonts:
One tip for everyone out there using this device is to turn on cleartype. Cleartype is a microsoft technology that uses sub-pixel hinting to make fonts look much better. The effect is really pronounced on this device. Text looks good on this device even when it's really small (upto a certain point though - I wouldn't want to read text smaller than that anyway)
Processing Power:
In terms of processing power, I think this device has ample of processing. Any software designed for mobile devices should perform alright on this device. I have tried a bunch of games and they all work great.
Syncing:
Syncing with Outlook and your computer is a pretty painless task.
All-In-One-Phone vs IPAQ 110:
Recently there seems to be a trend of having one single jack-of-all-trades phone. First thing, a lot of them have tiny screens (compared to this ipaq). Plus would you play for 3 hrs on your phone and then remain without a phone, or would you rather carry a small robust phone and waste the battery on another device.
Data entry/Keyboard:
Microsoft's OS has a really nice software keyboard system. You can actually fire up a software keyboard that actually looks like a real keyboard. I had iphone and I didn't even know how to enter ` in it because the keyboard didn't have that. In IPAQ you can actually even do control-c to copy etc. Then there are 3 different types of handwriting recognition. One of them that I use most frequently (even more than the virtual keyboard) is called letter-recognizer. It lets you enter letters, numbers, symbols etc. and accuracy is excellent. You can just stroke backwards and it erases. Tap it, it enters a '.' - Great software. I would rather use this than have a real hardware keyboard. Works great.
Device Looks/Shape:
Another reason why I bought this device. It looks great. Much better than Nokia N800. The form factor is slim enough to not feel bulky in a pocket. And at the same time, the screen size is good - not too big but not small either.
Buttons: Has 5 buttons + 4 direction and 1 middle button. 3 of them can be mapped to anything (using built in options) including any installed software and few actions etc. You can also define actions/programs to run if you keep holding 2 of these buttons. Directional buttons are great for games. I believe any device needs these buttons because gaming can be very sensitive to speed and hardware buttons are a must.
SD Card Slot:
SD cards are super cheap these days. I bought a 2 GB one for about 15 bucks. Its more than enough for all the applications I would install. I also have a few mp3s stored on it. You can use activesync to explore the mobile device (and hence the SD card) and store what ever you want on it.
Installing Applications:
Installing applications is a snap. Most applications come with a windows PC installer, and active sync automatically installs them on the pocket pc. A lot of websites also allow you to directly install a CAB file to your pocket pc. So even if you are not connected to a computer, you can install stuff on your pocket pc directly from a CAB file.
Google Maps:
Google has a pocketpc maps application that you can download and install. So does yahoo (which has all sorts of stuff - news, mail, weather, sports etc.) and microsoft (windows live). All of them work great.
Internet Connectivity:
It has built in WI-Fi. Configuring WiFi is easy. It can be turned on and off any time from the Today screen itself. Also has built in bluetooth - supposedly bluetooth can be used to connect it to your cellphone and ipaq can then use the internet connection on your cellphone - I haven't tried this feature.
PDF Reading:
You can store and read all the PDF files you want. Adobe also has a pocket pc version of acrobat reader which is free. Works great.
RSS:
There are RSS software you can buy. I am not sure if it comes prebundled with RSS capabilities.
Overall Summary:
I think this IPAQ is a good purchase for anyone interested in any productivity applications, simple games (like card games, board games etc.), reference based applications (books, dictionaries, encyclopedias etc.), medical reference, news/etc. I wouldn't buy it for its multimedia capabilities, and I would definitely not buy a all-in-one phone over this device.
The software selection available is great. I would choose to buy a software worth 20 bucks from a selection of 3000 software applications, instead of getting free software from a total of 100 applications, most of them useless to me or half cooked.
The built-in productivity applications are great.
Cons: The screen resolution is not that great. However, the screen is bright and clear, and microsoft cleartype makes a big difference.
Plus: This has a full operating system backing and tons of developers developing applications for this platform, lots of companies.
Screen is responsive and the stylus is so much better than using fingers.
Great PDA for the price December 8, 2007
F. Lossio (Alma, MI)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
Excellent PDA (or Pocket PC) only one of the few new models that you will see in the market. I use to be a Palm fan but turned to the dark side because there are no new palm PDA models, the Palm TX is 3 year old technology and still sells for the same price. I had this one for over 1 month and is perfect. Connects to the wi-fi internet in cafes fast and easy. I am in the medical field and I store manuals and drug information.
I also bought a 2GB SD expansion card where I store all my family pictures and most of the software downloaded. It even comes with a nice leather slipcase. Never need any reset, so far no regrets!
The only problem was that my desktop has Windows vista and I bought office 07, but it doesnt come with office outlook 07 that you need for the instalation and is about S/90 in amazon. No problems synchronizing with vista. Good luck.
First time PDA user December 4, 2007
J. Siu (San Francisco, CA)
23 out of 29 found this review helpful
I'd like to think I'm quite computer savvy but I had always avoided a PDA because I am not busy enough to need a hand held on the go. My school recommended the Palm TX but I rather buy newer technologies. I knew how palm and windows mobile OS's were very different and they both have their high and lows. Since the Palm is at least a few years old, I went for the HP IPAQ 111 like the previous reviewer did because there was a $60 off from HP's website. I figure this is probably the cheapest usable PDA I could get that was decently loaded on processor speed and ram/rom. I definitely needed wifi and bluetooth on it so it was a good purchase.
Now on to the function of this thing:
When I had nothing installed, it was idling at 50% free ram. Once I put in some background apps such as wisbar advance and pocketplus, the ram went down to 40% available. Before these two apps were installed, the thing was decently fast. Loading programs was not instantaneous but how could I compare this to my core 2 duo 2gb ram thinkpad. After installing these background programs though, it became sort of sluggish. Loading programs or switching between programs lagged quite significantly, and we're talking about few whole seconds here. Maybe it's just me being used to a beefy computer where I do tons of multitasking, this PDA does not really perform the way I want it to.
I guess I'm a media person and would like to watch videos on this PDA(i do have an ipod but not the touch). I really hated this screen for watching videos. I felt like my eyes were going to go blind from the glare/glow effect of this screen. Imagine looking at a laptop or LCD screen at the wrong angle seeing a very bright field... that's how it was when I loaded youtube. It was like that at all angles for me. It bothered my eyes. Not great for media/pictures/videos. But for those who only needs this unit for scheduling, emailing, quick wikipedia look ups... then it's fine.
Of course for my first time PDA, I ran into a big problem. Suddenly, out of no where and with no provocation, my PDA's screen had a particular problem: at certain shades of white, the display would be purple instead. What do I mean by this? Example: there's a waterfall photo in \my pictures\ and when I display it, I can see 3 weird circular rings of purple on the water itself. When I magnify it, the purple would magnify with it. Second example: Plain old desktop(today's screen) The background picture seen above that was provided by HP. You see the word HP on the lower right corner of the PDA screen? Well mine had 2 purple lines flaking the circular HP where the white is bright.
Next step: I called HP support on a saturday night and talked with a tech. I could tell she is not a native english speaker but hey, we're all immigrants to this country one way or another. She was very good. She did not make me jump through the hoops that normal CSRs would. I simply explained my problem, told her i did a SOFT-reset and a HARD-reset(tricky btw.. if anyone wants to know it's 1)hold down START, OK, and voice recorder button at once 2) at the same time as holding those previous buttons, take the stylus and press reset on the side. Hold the reset button for 3 seconds. 3) Let go for reset button first, then let go of the 3 buttons. You should now see the IPAQ HP start up screen with the words "Clean booting..." The problem did not go away.
After the tech figured there's nothing I could do on my end since it's not a software issue, she gave me the option of returning it or exchanging for a new unit. I took the latter choice because I need something to run epocrates on the go.
By the way, I owned this unit for 1 day before the purple lines appeared.
Pros: Fast processor
256mb total memory. 64mb of this is actual ram(ram part should go in cons)
Windows mobile 6
Wifi/bluetooth is strong
Battery life was good. Definitely can go a whole day unless you use wifi and bluetooth often.
Active brightness sensing thing. It basically adjust the internal brightness depending on if you're in a room or out in the sun. You don't need to adjust the brightness control yourself.
HP support was good
Cons: Laggy when it comes to having a few programs running simultaneously
Screen had a glare or a glow that made my eyes strain
Rubber back is easily smudged with sweaty/oily hands!
Speaker is on the back, feels like sound is projecting away from me but if you put it at an angle on a wooden surface, you get better sounds obviously due to acoustics.
Volume Control - I'd like to have dedicated buttons for this.
Overall Impression: Neutral hence the 3 stars. It's not great but it's not bad. I would rather get the IPHONE but none of the softwares I need are available on it.
Update 12/13/07: I have been using my new replacement unit without any trouble now. It's very fast loading softwares. Just make sure you are not multi-tasking on it with more than 4 programs or the ram is going to run out. But again the downside is the glowing of the screen. Otherwise, I'm happy with running epocrates on it.
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