I remembered when I first got my iPaq h5455, I was really
excited. It is the most powerful Pocket PC at that time. Great features on
communications, security and entertainment. It has a built-in 802.11b wi-fi ,
bluetooth, biometric fingerprint reader and an SD memory slot, making it the
number one choice in the PDA arena at that time.
The h5455 is the first iPaq to include a built-in 802.11g
WiFi. There are times when the WiFi is hard to setup if your access point is
secured. I had a chance to experiment and try to connect it to two routers,
Netgear and Linksys. One thing that caught me is it works fine with all linksys
routers from wireless b to g. I have use it with Linksys WRT54G and the older
Linksys wireless b router. (not sure about the model). With the netgear, you
have to disable the security to make it work. Maybe I’m missed something. Not
quite sure.
The bluetooth works perfect. Although I have not tried to
connect it other device except to our socket scan bar code scanner. Didn’t have
any problem whatsoever.
It comes with the remote control application Nevo. You can
use it as a universal remote control. I configured it to work on my Toshiba TV,
Sony Wega, Panasonic TV and Sony DVD player and it work great .
iPaq h5455 Specification
- 400MHz PXA250 XScale Processor
- 16-bit 3.8" Transflective Color Display
- Pocket PC 2002 - PPC2003 Upgradable
- Onboard Bluetooth & 802.11b Wi-Fi
- Removable Li-Polymer Battery
- Weight: 7.26oz; 3.3 x 0.63 x 5.43"
- Secure Digital Slot w/ SDIO Support
- Biometric Fingerprint Scanner
The h5455
has a long list of features that made it the most advanced iPaq and no.1 pda of
choice when it was release. It was discontinued when the h5555 was release.
