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If you want an excellent book to get you up and running with your Pocket PC, this is it. It covers everything from getting started, to using Pocket Outlook, to recommended software, to security and many other areas as well. Because the Pocket PC operating system is common to many PDAs, the fact that the HP brand is used as the model plays almost no bearing on the usefulness of the content. I have an iPaq and practically all the information was as applicable to it, as to the HP. Great starter book for Pocker PC users.

This is a useful book for any first time pocket pc user, like me. The level is just right, neither too technical nor too simple, and after going through it I feel like an expert user. What more could you ask? If you are thinking of buying this book, you should know that the illustrations and examples mainly reference the HP Jornada, there is definately an HP focus. However, even though I'm an iPAQ user, the HP focus took very little away from my experience with this book. The author is very careful to point out differences between HP and other platforms.

I purchased this book after being disappointed by the documentation that came with the HP iPAQ. I have finished the book in about 45 minutes and did not learn anything other than I could write over my notes in Transcriber without having to wait. It did not make me a PowerUser and able to do everything with my iPAQ. It seemed more like a manual for a Jornada that was formed into a book than anything.
Might be good for basic novices.