HP iPAQ 310 GPS (4.3", Bluetooth) Price Drop to $199.99 at Amazon

With the poor reviews and significant price drop, its makes you wonder just how poor this unit performs. (IMHO)

Thanks for the heads up. I just applied for price adjustment.

rigor said: If it had WIFI i'd be on it like stink; the last gen ipaq travel assistant had it. bad choice to remove it.yeah, too bad. do you know if you can tether to a wm5/6 device's internet over the bluetooth?

rigor said:
very powerful cpu; very nice screen; crappy driving app (easy to change); sd slot; hackable.

Any links for hacking?

Yes, deal dead

h8py said: rigor said:
very powerful cpu; very nice screen; crappy driving app (easy to change); sd slot; hackable.


Any links for hacking?

Well, just for curiosity, I ordered one through OP's link and it is 199.99. So it is back in stock I guess?
Again, more information about hacking it?

rigor said: its got a 600mhz dual-core sirf cpu with winCE 5.0 so you could run navigon,destinator,tomtom6,etc on it.

Everybody keeps saying you can run tomtom on it. The question is: how?

Hacks here:
Site one
Site two

If you use another navigation software will it still recognize the poi that are already on the device?

PNP said: Need to do some more research before deciding for certain, but I went ahead and jumped to get in on the price. With slow-boat shipping I'll have time to decide whether or not to refuse the package.
I read a bit on gpspassion and it looks like this is a great deal. Hopefully some hacks or upgrades will inspire me to keep.
While the description doesn't say, this unit has 12 million poi.

Thanks for increasing prices for everyone by using the shipping service to window shop! Decide if you want it BEFORE it ships, not during.

tooloud said: Thanks for increasing prices for everyone by using the shipping service to window shop! Decide if you want it BEFORE it ships, not during.

This is fatwallet... most people probably have it shipped free. I certainly doubt that the purchase of my 1 unit will significantly increase anyone's (much less "everyone"'s) price.

Do you have anything useful to add?

daylapaul said: The specs say this unit is both 4.3" wide with a 4.3" widescreen. Which is it? Is the width 4.3", the diagonal 4.3" or both?
Geometry

PNP said: tooloud said: Thanks for increasing prices for everyone by using the shipping service to window shop! Decide if you want it BEFORE it ships, not during.

This is fatwallet... most people probably have it shipped free.

...which has nothing to do with the point, unless you think the shipping services work for Amazon for free.

I certainly doubt that the purchase of my 1 unit will significantly increase anyone's (much less "everyone"'s) price.

Oh, I'm sorry--I didn't realize that you were special and it won't affect prices as long as YOU are the only one that's allowed to shop like this. Beautiful logic...

tooloud said: Oh, I'm sorry--I didn't realize that you were special and it won't affect prices as long as YOU are the only one that's allowed to shop like this. Beautiful logic...

This is a Friday sale... after today the price will go back up not withstanding anything me or anyone else does today. After much contemplation, however, I now realize that because I wasn't 100% certain that I would keep this gps before I bought it (which is perfectly natural) that I may have deprived 1 poor soul of being able to purchase at this price (only if I decide to return it though)... that one person that really really wanted it but it went out of stock 2 seconds too early. In that case, I'll just keep telling myself that it was you so that I don't feel that bad and I won't lose any sleep.

btw... since this price ends today anyway, by your logic I will be doing others a favor if I return it next week. Amazon will have "excessive" stock on hand and will probably put them on sale again.

and also... I decided that just because of your bitching I'll just keep the damn thing. Does that make you feel so much better about yourself?

VBMcGB said: Uh...yeah....

I think we need to remind ourselves that it is inappropriate to comment on other users. It's, like, not conducive to communal life, man. It's time to focus our talk on the thing were supposed to be talking about rather than on the people talking about the thing we're supposed to be talking about. If we could do that, that'd be totally cool. Otherwise, I'm not going to be able to stay a happy-mellow mod.

Thanks.

Thank You!

Would this work with a 16GB or 8GB SDHC card? I would want to use this as a PDA when out of the car and dock it in while driving... with that screen it should be great for reading or watching video while not being used as GPS...

Can I somehow use the Internet with the Bluetooth PAN in the house? To use this device during workout to reach content from my home network/server...

Can somebody tell me why did I even buy this thing?

Z.

If i could through win xp on it and hook up a bluetooth keyboard i'd buy it in a flash. I still have an old Axim sitting in the drawer. This thing does have the same resolution as the Asus Eee, which says a lot for a 4.3 inch screen.

Thanks op.

Going to give this unit a try.

And hopefully it works better than the stupid mobile cross pda that has been sitting in the closet for the past year. (I am sure anything works better that POS)