HP iPAQ RX1955: The 2005 Windows Pocket PC Experience

Revisiting my first PDA that I bought in my college days! Word processing, MP3 and WMV playback, and internet access over wi-fi all in one handheld device, wooow. And hey, it's not a bad gaming device either.

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● Music used in order of appearance:
All Is Good Again 2, Relaxation Station

● Here's a download for the RX1950-series CD:

[LGR]

If anyone needs the RX1950-series software disc, here's an archive for ya:

[vladutcornel]

A Dedicated Solitaire button? Now that's something we need back in our devices. Far more useful than a dedicated Bixby button.

[bayareanewman]

The “WiFi certified b”on the box, is because I certified this device personally working for the WiFi alliance in 2003 at Agilent Technology in Santa Clara!! Good times!!

[RealToWonder]

I was in 4th grade in 2005 and actually won a PDA from a raffle. I used the shit out of that thing. My dad taught me how to do everything for it. I used it mainly for mp3s, games, and e-mailing my parents when I got home from school. My dad also would record little messages on it for me periodically. It was lovely

[doncarlin]

The PDA craze never died out, we simply replaced them with smart phones and tablets.

[atranas]

Today's smartphone should be called pocket PC. Phone is only a minor function nowdays.

[HeffboomKonijn]

Omg I had one of these in high school. got it at comp usa for my bday. Overclocked it (yes you could do this). and ran super nintendo emu on it.

and yes, it ran doom. heck even quake

[HackThePlanetNow]

A 19 year old Clint wearing a Mr Rodgers shirt is all I’ve ever wanted apparently.

[BIGDUCKQUACK]

That feeling/moment when you’ve been watching a YouTuber for years thinking you’ve been subscribed but you never was but indeed do subscribe. Shocked that you realized how you always thought you were subscribed to begin with!!

[keplerk]

1:01 A young man, full of dreams and hopes~

[control_the_pet_population]

I had an older iPAQ, back before the merger and they were still a Compaq product... I didn't want one, somebody acquired my credit card information and ordered like eight of them at $400 each. So I called the bank and said "hold up!!" ... thankfully the bank was pretty cool about the situation and reversed the charges within two weeks or so and everything was fine... Then about a week or so after that, an iPaq 3765 arrives on my doorstep. Apparently the guy that ordered it somehow used my "billing address" for one of the shipments... and I ended up with one of them. I fully intended to call the bank and tell them... but then I got high or drunk or whatever... I was in my mid-20s at the time... and I promptly forgot about it... it sat on the corner of my desk piled under various papers and shit for a good year or so... never even used it. Eventually sold it to a co-worker for $250... So, the moral of the story is that being the victim of identity theft sometimes has a silver lining.

[LKonstantina]

its crazy how advanced technology has become in less than 15 years

[Caarajack]

Looking 13 years back into the past this is a funny little gadget which filled a hole when there wasn’t any midrange device that could fit camera, MP3/media player and phone under the same screen. As LGR stated this was just a stepping stone towards more advanced technology but nevertheless showed how capable mobile devices were at that point.

[PixelSprixie]

Modern smartphone are kinda cool and all but do they have a dedicated Solitaire button? Now we're talking ^_^ I found this nostalgic to watch since I was growing up in the mid 2000s and always wanted a Pocket PC device but was too young to have one. Looking back now, I'm sure this was a lot of fun to tinker around with back then. I love this!

[TG]

Wow, young LGR must have been listening to Staind Break The Cycle too much by the grudge look on his face. LGR nowadays looks happy and wonderful.

[MidgetPower]

C'mon Clint, don't lie to us. We all know you didn't want that leather pouch for that Pocket PC. You wanted it to be *Wood Grain* lol

[uniwasamistake]

That bubble breaker is like my entire childhood memory. All I remember is playing the crap out of my dad's PDA.

[tomsalati]

duke voice :
*"Network: Balls."*

[Myx]

Thank you. I have had a little plastic fake SD card in my cupboard for over a decade. Now I know where it came from - my iPAQ!

[Clayton]

You’ve always been such a stud! It’s crazy how we forget about the phones we’ve had. I remember upgrading to(and LOVING) the Palm Centro! For a pre iPhone world it was amazing! Hope you had a wonderful weekend, handsome!!