I have been wanting to do a quick review about the above two gadgets. Being an HP iPaq rw6828 owner myself, makes me more want to share about significant benefits and shortfalls of the products. On the surface, it looks as if HP iPaq as a strong contender as compared to Dopod 838Pro due to HP’s stronger brand name. But please don’t be fooled as they are both made by the same manufacture in Taiwan i.e. HTC. Having had the pleasure of having the phone as my company for almost a year, at this stage I just wish that I could have bought Dopod 838Pro instead, which is better and extra stylish.

HP iPaq RW6828

HP iPaq RW6828 PDA Phone

First off, is the 2.0 megapixel camera. Man, it takes ages for the phone to process the image i.e. more than 2 minutes to be exact before you can take the next image. I mean who would want to wait that long? Although I am pretty happy with the business productivity functionalities, but I would really appreciate a good image capture tool. Second, is the earphone jack. It’s broken twice in less than 8 months. Third, to listen to FM stereo you have to have earphone on. Fourth, poor stereo speaker quality. You can hardly hear a thing. Besides all of these bad points, I only have the best to say towards people at HP Customer Services. Their treatment of my device and me when I went over to their tower in Damansara Heights was superb on both occassions when my device was out of order. Feature-wise, all of the major connectivity options are present, including Tri-band (900/1800/1900MHz) GSM, GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth 1.2, Infrared and 802.11b WiFi. Push-email is also available, putting it in direct competition with the BlackBerry. The iPAQ rw6828 is actually a rebranded version of the O2 Xda Atom with a couple of difference such as the protective cover.

Dopod 838Pro Review

DOPOD 838PRO MOBILE PHONE

Meanwhile, Dopod 838 Pro has shone like a star, although I have never had this monster in my possession for long, but I’ve had the privilege to test it out a while back. Sleek looking, it has 3G. Well of course it’s priced slightly higher than HP, but camera-wise it’s more powerful. It has zoom/focus function and also push email just like HP iPaq. Price difference just about RM400. I would go for this device anytime. Problems? According to my friend who has been using this device..NONE!

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