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  • Free iPaq? Compaq plays giveaway game

    Compaq Computer is getting aggressive in the giveaway game. The PC maker has launched a new promotion: Buy an Evo notebook, an Evo desktop or an Armada notebook and get a Compaq iPaq 3650 handheld for free.

  • Compaq pushes wireless with Australian iPAQ launch

    Compaq's new iPAQ Pocket PCs and supporting peripherals made their Australian debut at a company roadshow in Melbourne last night.

  • Sonic the Hedgehog burrows into iPaq

    The company signs a deal that will get its games onto Compaq Computer's iPaq, marking the first time Sega characters will appear on a handheld computer.

  • Handheld vendors look ahead

    Hewlett-Packard and Compaq's merger plans raise questions about which firm's handheld range will survive in the long term, but both are likely to continue for the present.

  • Compaq may return to colour-only handhelds

    As Compaq Computer considers moving to colour screens only for its iPaq handhelds, prices for its black-and-white line have reached new lows.

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  • Vertical PDAs: On the road again

    The choice of operating system for a personal digital assisant (PDA) is effectively down to two" Palm OS or Pocket PC"but the variety of choices for the handheld itself is very impressive. We test three of the best, and see what's coming up soon.

  • Turn your PDA into a network analysis tool

    PDAs can be expensive, but because they're so flexible, you can recoup your investment by using them for network administration tasks. See how you can use a PDA such as the Compaq iPAQ as a portable network analysis tool.

  • 802.11 options: Supporting wireless users

    Whether you want to go wireless with four or five PCs in a small office or you need walk-around connectivity for a thousand corporate users, vendors offer a number of options that can provide the proper access.

  • HP and Compaq: An insider's advice

    Advisor John Morris believes the forthcoming HP-Compaq merger heralds substantial benefits for both company's customers if things are handled right.

  • Can IT save Easter?

    Australia's Easter Bilby faces a logistical nightmare ever year as it sets out to make its chocolate deliveries. ZDNet Australia asked a number of systems integrators how they would solve the Easter Bilby's computational conundrums.

Reviews (70)

  • Compaq pushes wireless with Australian iPAQ launch

    Compaq's new iPAQ Pocket PCs and supporting peripherals made their Australian debut at a company roadshow in Melbourne last night.

  • Why Compaq's iPaq won't dominate new Pocket PCs

    Come Thursday in the US, a slew of new PDAs based on Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 will be unveiled--and they'll be nipping at the iPaq's heels with zeal as the playing field gets leveled. Here's why I think iPaq's position at the top of the Pocket PC heap is going to be a thing of the past.

  • Compaq PDA paqs a punch

    Compaq's iPaq H3870 offers Bluetooth built in to a PDA. Is Bluetooth enough of an incentive to upgrade?

  • Sonic the Hedgehog burrows into iPaq

    The company signs a deal that will get its games onto Compaq Computer's iPaq, marking the first time Sega characters will appear on a handheld computer.

  • Handheld vendors look ahead

    Hewlett-Packard and Compaq's merger plans raise questions about which firm's handheld range will survive in the long term, but both are likely to continue for the present.

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