WiFi IPAQ 4155

Recently I bought an IPAQ 4155 and have putting it through the paces. The main thing I was looking for was a form factor that was similar to the IPAQ 1910 I’d been using (i.e., very small and lightweight), but with built-in WiFi, a 400 Xscale processor, and a standard synch connector (HP used a non-standard synch interface in the 1910 so it wasn’t compatible with other IPAQ peripherals such as external keyboards).

There’s a small, but annoying problem with the diffuser in the unit I received and I’ll have to ship it back to HP at some point for repair (the last couple row of pixels on the bottom of the screen are darker than they should be).

I had little problem moving all of my data from my 1910 to the new unit, got an external keyboard which works great as well, and have generally enjoyed the upgrade.

Except for the WiFi, that is. Bottom line — it’s amazing just how poor the bundled utilities for configuring and managing WiFi connections are. It’s not complicated enough that I can’t manage to connect, disconnect and reconnect to networks as I move from place to place, but there’s no way I could give my wife one of these and have her accomplish the same thing.

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