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Looking to fill the niche between a notebook and a palmtop? The Jornada 680 offers the features of a PC with pocket-size convenience. Loaded with software for personal information management and featuring a complete keyboard for touch typing, this sleek hand-held PC makes a great traveling companion. The Jornada 680 connects to your PC through a docking cradle via the PC's 9-pin serial port. Setup consists of following the Quick Start instruction sheet, attaching the battery, and connecting the... read more PC World Magazine, Harry McCracken, June 1999
"Handheld" PCs? Most of the latest Windows CE devices so marketed are more like a handful-and-a-half. Sharp's Mobilon Pro and its rivals approach the size and weight of subnotebooks. One handheld PC that lives up to the name is Hewlett-Packard's Jornada 680. Though a tight squeeze for most pockets at 7.4 by 3.7 by 1.3 inches, the 1.1-pound Jornada is compact enough to carry almost anywhere in a briefcase or shoulder bag. With a usable if not quite ergonomic keyboard, the Jornada is a legitimate... read more Product Description
HP announces the new HP Jornada 680 Handheld PC, a Windows CE color handheld PC to answer all your mobile computing needs. read more From the Manufacturer
The HP Jornada 680 is designed for mobile business professionals who use Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 and Office software. These professionals are away from their desks 25 percent of the time or more, and thus require a highly portable PC companion that doesn't compromise on power or usability. read more
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Great for some tasks-- but back it all up!
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An electronics fan
from Santa Clara, CA
January 5, 2000
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When I first bought it, I thought it was fantastic. Most of the components were intutive-- tasks, contacts, calendar, etc. I was salivating at the prospect of mantaining my portfolio, ideas, managing my schedules only through my PDA, not lugging my laptop to meetings, and the rest. This dream lasted a week. First, the pocket excel format could not be opened by the excel I had on my desktop. Second, dont ever suspend your device with Word running a large document. When you restart it does a "cold boot" and woosh! all your data is gone! Third, good luck if your company uses Meeting Maker and you try to get it synchronized with schedule+ and then the PDA. Fourth, if your Word document is heavily formatted good luck transferring them back and forth. Fifth, same goes for powerpoint. In short, if you want to do basic word, excel, powerpoint + standard PDA stuff, this will work-- and backup the stuff often. Otherwise get a light laptop. I just returned my Jornada today. :(
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Great!
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An electronics fan
from Washington, D.C.
January 5, 2000
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Having sworn that I have lugged my heavy notebook with all the fixins' along on a trip for the last time I was delighted with my new HP Jornada 680. Coupled with Expensable 98 and some game software I had all the tools that I needed to keep in touch via e-mail, write notes and memos, keep track of my expenses and a do just about everything for which I used the notebook. My hands are rather large yet with a little practice I have just about mastered the tiny keyboard. I don't presently need to use battery-consuming flash cards so the standard battery worked just fine for me. Probably one of the smartest purchases that I have made in several years!
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Great Companion for everybody
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An electronics fan
from USA
December 23, 1999
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This is my first PDA and I love it, it's just great, nice keyboard, great Software included, it's an awesome tool, You can surf the web or check your email everywhere at a very good speed, and you can have all your information at the palm of your hand. Highly Recommended, you'll be amzed of all you can do with this thing
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A wonderfull Product
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Leonel Melendez
from Colima Mexico
November 25, 1999
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I bought my Jornada about 4 months ago,and I think its the best windows ce machine on the market.Its advertized that you can install java from the CD that comes with it,but when I tryed to intall it,there wasnt any Java in the CD,I have been trying to find out if I can get it from Hewlett Packard,but nobody knows a thing about Java for Windows CE. The other thing is that the price is very high,Amazon has the best price for the Jornada,about $150.00 less,of what I payd.
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