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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Plays movies, Office docs, MP3, plus great GPS w/touchscreen 7/15/2007 I've now used my RX5915 Travel Companion over 40 hours, including a drive from Dallas, TX to Cincinnati, OH and back, as well as another trip in Newark, NJ. My last experience in a GPS system are the laptop based CoPilot 2000 and TravRoute's Door to Door GPS and Streets and Trips 2006 and 2007 (as well as Hertz and Avis systems). I've logged well over 100 hours of use time with those systems, so I think I have some great comparisons for you. I'm one of those anal researchers for all things and the fact that I bought this one, means, you should too. ;-) I wanted a multi-function device, but didn't want a bulky smartphone (Treo, IPhone, Blackberry, Blackjack, Motorola Q) *AND* I didn't want to PAY for GPS which is a "free" service provided by our own tax dollars. (Ie. I didn't want to pay for TeleNav or the other cellular provided GPS systems at $10 a month! - GPS signals are free, people...) I make lots of cross country road trips and I used to carry a laptop, a cigarette power inverter, a 3 way cigarette lighter Y-adapter and my CoPilot, Door to Door, or Streets and Trips software over the last 8 years - I wish the HP iPaq rx5915 Travel Companion existed a long time ago. So far every list that I thought the laptop based GPS systems beat the rx5915 were my own ignorance and after using this for many business trips thus far, I love this device. In Streets and Trips - you could choose a hotel and get the phone number and call them and make a reservation or see if there's vacancies (this has come up a few times). In the rx5915, you definitely get Points of Interest (POI) but the phone number to the hotel (or restaurant, etc) does not appear until you choose to Browse Maps - Find POI. I'm not expecting it to act identical to all other GPS systems, but at least it has the same features, just in a different, not as intuitive place. (We had to use this at Yosemite National Park, while searching for an inexpensive hotel with vacancies, what a blessing it is to call in advance while you drive and you keep your passenger busy) One of my complaints with Streets and Trips was that if a street was immediately after your next turn, a lot of times, you'd drive past the next turn, by the time you got to hear the instruction (that scenario will make sense if you've used a lot of GPS systems) The Tom Tom Navigator 6 software in the rx5915 is awesome in that it tells you at least 2 instructions if they are relatively close to one another, "In half a mile, turn left and then keep in the right lane." Or it will tell you "In one quarter mile, turn left, and then immediately turn right" Streets and Trips and other GPS systems would say "In half a mile, turn left" and after you turn left, you may miss the next turn while it then tells you "Turn right" since the next turn may be half a second after you just turned left - thus you have to turnaround with the "competitor" systems. Also, many roads have multiple names and may gently fork left and right - the Tom Tom will tell you to "stay right" or "stay left" while other GPS systems may just say, stay on I-20 for the next 180 miles. Tom Tom helps keep you alert for those mysterious road name changes and forks in the road. Also, say you are going 80mph in the left lane, Tom Tom will tell you to get in the right lane when you have 2 miles to go as opposed to telling you to take the next exit and having to cross 3 lanes of traffic to get there to make your exit as I've experienced with other GPS systems (slight exaggeration, but you get the idea) One complaint is the whole Finding a GPS Satellite thing - in Dallas, TX I have no issues, but in cloudy days in Cincinnati and then in New Jersey, it can take as long as 3 minutes to even find a signal. I definitely did not experience the 45 minutes other people reported, but it was a little disappointing. I usually kill that time by turning it on whenever I am getting ready in the hotel or leaving the office and by the time I get to the car - it found a satellite. Also, I never leave it plugged in the car - if I did, the satellites would always be ready, it's the whole power off thing that takes it awhile. (Yes, I have the GPS update and maps update from hp.com - which was easy to do after I did a soft reset, but I was initially frustrated because I could not get the maps on since the app was already running. I went to Hp.com Live Chat support and he said that a soft reset would allow me to get the maps on - and this was all free support and took less than 5 minutes to find an agent with a heartbeat) Also, the suction cup mount is excellent and I use it on the flip down door in the center console of my Honda CRV and it's a perfect fit. You can put an adhesive disc for the suction cup anywhere and you can then choose when you want to "suction cup" your GPS in or if you want to take it down and hide it, I think the windshield is too far away for me to suction it to there. So GPS is just HALF of it. The other half is the fact this is a POCKET PC. This means you can use it for any of the hundreds of Windows Mobile 5 games out there and I WATCH MY TV SHOWS on this that I download off the web. Whether you're waiting at the car dealership, doctor, dentist, airport, travelling solo - you can watch a saved DVD movie or tv show with 4+ hour battery life. This is actually the biggest factor in buying this - it basically replaced those functions of my heavy laptop. BEWARE - the Windows Media Player doesn't play AVI and WMV can be jittery, however there is a freeware app called TCPMP that plays AVI and WMV without jitter and you can easily watch full length movies! It gets better, this has bluetooth (and regular headphone jack) so you can wirelessly watch your movie and listen with headphones without disturbing anyone. What about storage? Well it's basically infinite - it has a SD memory card slot. I purchased a 2gb because that's the only official literature I could find, but I have read only ONE review where someone put in a 4gb SD card - but who cares, before my trip I can get all the movies or tv shows and mps on a couple of 2gb SD cards that I know will work. Okay, so you used GPS, you watched your movies, listened to your MPS, now get back to work - well again this is a POCKET PC - so I practiced my Powerpoint slides since it runs Microsoft Office! (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) Excel on this is useless, but ok for looking something up, since you only see 3 columns and a few rows, but yes...it works fine to view almost any spreadsheet I've needed. Word works fine and the window-wrap of text makes it easy to read, but I love this for my Powerpoint slides - practice your slides anywhere, without having to lug your laptop. I haven't used it, but you can download Mobile book software and basically use it for reading an electronic version of a book, but I would rather just listen to it - which you can with TCPMP or Windows Media Player. It keeps track of where you left off, which is very nice. Wow, what a device, but I haven't mentioned WI-FI access through your existing cell phone data plan or a Wireless hotspot (like inside of Starbucks) you can surf the Internet or use Live Search Mobile and find movie listings and phone numbers, etc, or read MSN Mobile for news. I have my Home Wireless profile stored on it so I can take it while getting ready for bed and check email, Instant Message, etc. or check tomorrow morning's weather. It has a universal design mini-USB charging and connection adapter, so none of this proprietary connectors - I use the same one for my phone for my rx5915. I got this device because I wanted all those things, BUT I didn't need it everyday (ie, a smartphone) - I wanted a small, tiny phone that I use frequently through out the day, but then, a nice pocket PC device for when I know I'll need it and not have to deal with a laptop. In summary, I am very happy with my purchase, which costs about the price as GPS only systems (Garmin, even the Tom Tom 910), and it does so much. I had some initial frustrations trying to get an update on it, but HP.com live chat support helped me, and I thought it couldn't play any action movies until I found TCPMP that handles movie playing better than the built in Windows Media Player. Since I live in Dallas, my satellite signals are fast, but I understand some locations are not that great in locking into a satellite. Turning this on in advance while travelling (walking out to the car) takes care of the satellite finding for me (which so far has never exceeded 3 minutes) So that said, yes, it does everything I need it to do and much much more! Thank You. Was this review helpful?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion with GPS 7/13/2007 I found this to be a very, very worthwhile product. The only problem I have is that I cannot download Windows Explorer 2003 because it is no longer available and my 2000 version is too old. Thus, I am not able to syncronize my calendar as I wanted. All the other aspects are wonderful. Thank You. Was this review helpful?
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: The good and bad 7/9/2007 I have had the product for about a week now. I have had some issues with it however have been working with it the best I can. It is a GPS, PDA and does have internet access. I also am able to use it with my cell phone via bluetooth for internet access. As most of you who have used the Pocket PC with browsers know, it is not ideal given that the screen is small and that processor is not quite as strong. I did add Opera, which is better than the pre-installed Explorer. I had been using the Garmin 3600, which does have slightly better interface and maps. In my location, the maps have not been accurate. I have not tried it in the bigger cities, however it has my address in the wrong location and a few streets off by about a block. The Pocket PC portion of it works well. I had been using the Palm OS prior to this, so Windows is a pleasant change. It does have quite a bit more potential although I'm sure each person has his or her own preference. I have disabled all the other buttons because as another reviewer mentioned, it does turn on quit easily if the other buttons are able to start it up, however since turning the other buttons off, it has good battery life. It does have a little quirk where you actually have to hit the power button twice to turn it on. I also keep the Wifi and Bluetooth off unless I need to use it. I have been able to put a few programs on it to allow it display AVI (not perfect) and it comes with a program to display pictures, easily accessible with the 2 GB SD card I have in it. The stylus is also a bit hard to take out. I am lefthanded, therefore it is appropriately located for me. I also spent about an hour with HP support to help me link it via bluetooth with Windows Vista only to find that he came back to say "I just talked with my superior and there is no way to link to Vista with bluetooth at this time." Overall, I would like to say that it is perfect however it's not. It has quite a bit of potential if some of the minor problems could be fixed, ie GPS not quite up to Garmin standards, power button issues and no bluetooth with Vista at this time. Thank You. Was this review helpful?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Don't think you're buying a GPS... 7/7/2007 I was really excited to get this device. As part of my work, I travel all over the 5 borroughs of New York City (and then some), and so having a small, portable map that would automatically show me where I was and how to get where I was going was going to be great. Plus, the PocketPC capability was a big help to track my work, keep me occupied on the train, and just make my life a little better. I never got a GPS fix with this device. EVER. I had it out under a clear sky for 45+ minutes, and I never got connected to ONE sattelite. I went on to the HP website's chat service, and they said it could take upwards of 20 minutes to connect, which makes it jsut about useless. And this was after I installed the firmware update. I guess the PocketPC capabilities were fine, which is why I gave it 2 stars rather than 1. If you want an oddly shaped PocketPC with buttons in strange places (that you can accidently touch, turn on the GPS and torch your battery) go for it, but don't expect it to place you on a map. Duke York Thank You. Was this review helpful?
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful: HP will not honor warranty 7/2/2007 After careful review, I purchased the rx5915 Travel Companion 2 months ago. I was initially very pleased with the product. During a road trip, I turned the unit on, and found that the display no longer worked. I called HP and arranged for a return for warranty repair. HP called several days later and informed me that the display was broken, and that the repair would not be covered by the warranty. I told them that the unit had never been abused or dropped, and was simply used as a portable GPS, as sold. Basically I got nowhere, and was forced to pay $230 to have the unit repaired. To further add insult, they informed me that to simply return the unit unrepaired would cost $50! Needless to say, HP is now off my list, and I would strongly advise against buying a product like this from them since they are obviously not standing behind it. I have never had such poor warranty service. Thank You. Was this review helpful?
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