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HP rx5720 rx5925 Travel Companion Review

Oct 11, 2006 gps navigation, reviews

auto-translated: HP is now focused on products dedicated to GPS navigation. After having marketed the iPAQ hw6515 and hw6915 Mobile Messenger with integrated with GPS chips, they are from now on two new PDA GPS systems (not a phone!) with Windows Mobile. HP presents the iPAQ rx5720 and rx5935 Travel Companion.

Forming part of the new range of Pocket PC iPAQ series rx5000 “Travel Companion ” of HP, the rx5720/rx5935 wish to be different from the traditional PDA of the mark via the addition of a chip GPS, a use of the device in landscape mode, and the inclusion of new programs for travellers (weather forecasting, international clock, conversion of currencies, guide international telephone codes) and finally and especially of a quantity of flash memory of 1 or 2 GB following the models.

Indeed, the rx5720/rx5935, built by Taiwanese HTC, have a touch screen QVGA of size 3.5 inches, 64MB of SDRAM, of relatively compact size of 7.6 X 1.6 X 12 cm for a weight of 149 grams, the whole in more than one connector industry Bluetooth 2.0 (with support of the stereo helmets Bluetooth), of a receiver GPS SiRFStar III GSC3F, of a port for memory board SD/IO, of a processor Samsung SC3442 given rhythm with 400Mhz and of a removable battery refillable Lithium Ion of a capacity record of 1700 mAh making it possible to have 5 an announced hour endurance of use GPS.

Equipped with D-Pad of 9 directions associated with two buttons dedicated to the operating system with Microsoft, Pocket PC rx5720/rx5935 of HP use a system Windows Mobile 5 in version AKU 2.6 and are delivered out of standard with the software of navigation assitée by GPS TomTom Navigator 6 associated numerical charts Tele Atlas and a support of fixing of the suction cup type for cars.

Concerning the technical and software differences to note between the rx5720 and rx5935 of HP, the first integrates a quantity of 1 GB of ROM flash memory in more of the pre charts installed of Metropolitan France while second with 2 GB of ROM flash memory is equipped, of a chip GPS Wifi 802.11b/g and charts of pre Western Europe installed. Pocket PC HP iPAQ rx5720 and rx5935 Travel Companion will be available to the sale at semi November for a price of respectively 399 Euros including all taxes and 499 Euros including all taxes.

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