I have had this PDA/phone for a year now. I immediately bought a 2GB SD card and screen protector (even though the included flip-up protector does a good job). I loaded it with TomTom GPS software. I bought it because I needed an organizer, and knew if I bought a separate PDA I would end up rarely looking at it. Because this is my cell phone as well, I am always looking at the "home page" where it lists your next appointments. Let's go over a few areas of this product:
PDA: Easy synchronizing with Outlook. Many different views for the calendar.
Phone: Call quality is good (not as great as my past Nokia phones). I bought the Plantronics Voyager 510 which works very well with the phone.
GPS: The GPS receiver is very accurate. The (not included) TomTom Navigator software is also very good--loaded with Points of Interest and accurate maps.
Overall I am very happy with the phone. I have to note that I did have a major problem 4 months ago--no onboard speaker would work, including the handset and speakerphone. HP repaired it and sent it back within 5 days. Battery life on this phone is not very good (needs to be charged every night). At this point, I cannot recommend buying this phone since the new HP HW6915 contains built-in Wifi which the 6515 does not offer. If you can get a really good deal, however, I would buy the 6515, especially if you don't need Wifi.
Dec 19, 2006
Great battery life, software
If you don't need to listen to a particular song at any particular moment, this MP3 player is a great choice. Battery life is very good, and iTunes software will compress and transfer the songs you want (or AutoFill to really randomize the songs). The compression lets you store many more songs on the iPod without perceptibly changing the sound quality. The newer Shuffles are smaller, but the first generation Shuffle is already pretty tiny (smaller than a pack of gum or a lighter).
May 29, 2008
Amazing PDA with GPS!
I have had this PDA/phone for a year now. I immediately bought a 2GB SD card and screen protector (even though the included flip-up protector does a good job). I loaded it with TomTom GPS software. I bought it because I needed an organizer, and knew if I bought a separate PDA I would end up rarely looking at it. Because this is my cell phone as well, I am always looking at the "home page" where it lists your next appointments. Let's go over a few areas of this product:
PDA: Easy synchronizing with Outlook. Many different views for the calendar.
Phone: Call quality is good (not as great as my past Nokia phones). I bought the Plantronics Voyager 510 which works very well with the phone.
GPS: The GPS receiver is very accurate. The (not included) TomTom Navigator software is also very good--loaded with Points of Interest and accurate maps.
Overall I am very happy with the phone. I have to note that I did have a major problem 4 months ago--no onboard speaker would work, including the handset and speakerphone. HP repaired it and sent it back within 5 days. Battery life on this phone is not very good (needs to be charged every night). At this point, I cannot recommend buying this phone since the new HP HW6915 contains built-in Wifi which the 6515 does not offer. If you can get a really good deal, however, I would buy the 6515, especially if you don't need Wifi.