Hewlett Packard Jornada 520 Handheld Reviews

Hewlett Packard Jornada 520 Handheld

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  • Good upgrade from the PalmOS platform

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jun 21, 2001
    Pros: Low price, good screen, CF slot
    Cons: Low RAM, 256-color display, Slow serial connection

    Summary: I didn't want to jump into the PocketPC platform head first by shelling out $400+ for a PDA. So, when the Jornada 525 went on sale for $280 I started to research this machine. What I found was a good machine for daily PDA usage that has enough extras ... read more

  • Review on HP Jornada 525 Pocket PC

    Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
    Aug 7, 2010
    Pros: Word, omni solve, voice recording, notes, calendar, contacts.
    Cons: Not enough memory (it's OK with the memory it has), no built-in WIFI.

    Summary: I like this PDA. It has features that I like: Pocket Word (which has font changes, bold, underline, etc., almost exactly like Microsoft Word, except for the fact that you're using a touch screen keyboard, and not a plastic keyboard, and, it doen't have ... read more

  • Why would you NOT start with a 520/525?

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Dec 29, 2003
    Pros: Low price. Cheap entry in Windows PDA. Word, Excel and can even get Adobe Acrobat!
    Cons: Serial connection. Low memory. No sync cradle. Low res display.

    Summary: I have waited while all my other technical friends were getting Palms and using them to store all there data (on maybe 8 megs). I saw no reason to go from a pen and paper to a PDA with such limitations (memory,no color or too expensive). Then I ... read more

  • Careful

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Aug 19, 2003
    Pros: Great features
    Cons: Bad battery

    Summary: This product's battery canNOT be replaced and it does not have a back up battery. The factory replac ... read more

  • Overall Very Nice

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Aug 18, 2002
    Pros: Good sound,Very nice color,Seemingly fast speed,Large selection of apps.
    Cons: Not usb compatable

    Summary: The Jornada 520 is a very afforable easy to use color pda that wont break your check book. Some software preinstalled on it is Microsoft word, Exel, Windows media player. This allows you to listen to your mp3's with fine quality and watch movies. The ... read more

  • The convence of a desktop, in your pocket

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 14, 2002
    Pros: afforable, Internal battery, CF slot software......
    Cons: 16mb internal memory, 265 color, somewhat slow processor

    Summary: I am a high school and a complete computer nerd. Its official, and the HP Jornada 520 is the counerstone to me nerdlike qualities. First off my opinion of my PDA (personal data assistiant) is that it is a nessissity. I honestly dont know how I got ... read more

  • Why buy a Ford Contour when you can buy a Mercedes for the same price?

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 5, 2002
    Pros: great screen, nice accessories, GREAT price
    Cons: no stylus holder, only 256 colors, SLOW serial!

    Summary: First of all, let me clarify a few things. The specs listed here are incorrect. Backlight: YES; Platform: WINDOWS CE - Two very important mistakes. I love this machine. Compared to all other Windows CE devices with color screens, this is ... read more

  • 525c good deal but there are much better

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 2, 2002
    Pros: price, multimedia capabilties and expandability
    Cons: serial connection only, small amount of rom, reliability

    Summary: I work at Best Buy and sell PDA's every day, when these went on sale for 150$ i snatched one up. It was a great deal because they are no longer being manufactured, clearing them out to make room for the 560 series. I took it home and played around ... read more

  • Cheap entry to the world of PocketPC's

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Sep 9, 2001
    Pros: Color Screen, Great Low Price, HP Durability
    Cons: Slower Processor, only 256 colors, serial-only, not USB

    Summary: I have long wanted to replace my old touch-screen Sharp Wizard, but have shyed away from buying a Palm, because the I wanted a color unit, and the only Palm and Handspring models were pricey. I really wanted a PocketPC, but the price was too ... read more

  • Learning to love the HP Jornada 520/525

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    May 29, 2001
    Pros: Affordable, Colorful and Versatile.
    Cons: Some standard features missing.

    Summary: Having researched my new PDA purchase only as far as Palms and Handsprings were concerned, I was pleasantly surprised to find a whole new world of PDAs out there when I went to the store to make my purchase. Contrary to all my research, I decided to try ... read more

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  • Great Price with good quality

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Oct 22, 2003
    Pros: PRICE, style, cf expansion
    Cons: only 256 color, very little onboard memory

    Summary: I purchased this Pocket PC for use in school and for entertainment. The 256 color screen was a definate improvement from the monochrome screen of my old hpc, but not as good as the 4,000 and 64,000 colored screens for obvious reasons. The onboard memory i

  • the HP jornada 520 is...

    Not rated yet by the Epinions community
    Feb 11, 2003

    Summary: the HP jornada 520 is a very convient tool that is easy to use. IT is light and comes very handy to

  • This is a great pda...

    Not rated yet by the Epinions community
    Jul 23, 2002

    Summary: This is a great pda at a reasonable price. It came with MS Outlook and is easy to transfer informati

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What's in the box: Jornada 520, Carrying pouch, Stylus, AC Adapter, Serial cable, UserÆs Guide, HP documentation pack, Microsoft ActiveSync CD-ROM
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