Monday, April 8, 2002
PC and CF Card Expansion Pack Plus Review
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 05:51 PM
http://www.pocketpcpassion.com/iPAQ/PCexpansionPackPlus/PCEPP_Intro.htm
Dale Coffing over at Pocket PC Passion has had the new Compaq sleeves for a while it would seem, because he's already posted a detailed review of both new sleeves and the battery charger. This part of the review surprised me:
"You don't want the external battery getting low. If this happens you will receive the following Extended Battery Fault warning and the expansion pack will be powered off. I can understand this happening on the PC Card version but it also happens on the CompactFlash expansion pack which really shouldn't rely on the extended battery for operation. This is a flaw in my opinion and should be resolved. The Pocket PC will see the following screen when the battery gets critically low."
I wonder if you can use the sleeve if you take the battery off? If not, this has to be one of the worst things Compaq could do to cripple the product - if you have a fully-charged iPAQ, but a dead battery in your CF card sleeve, you can't use the CF card sleeve! Not good at all. I've requested a review unit from Compaq, so perhaps if the winds of fate smile upon me, I'll get one and find out for myself.
Dale Coffing over at Pocket PC Passion has had the new Compaq sleeves for a while it would seem, because he's already posted a detailed review of both new sleeves and the battery charger. This part of the review surprised me:
"You don't want the external battery getting low. If this happens you will receive the following Extended Battery Fault warning and the expansion pack will be powered off. I can understand this happening on the PC Card version but it also happens on the CompactFlash expansion pack which really shouldn't rely on the extended battery for operation. This is a flaw in my opinion and should be resolved. The Pocket PC will see the following screen when the battery gets critically low."
I wonder if you can use the sleeve if you take the battery off? If not, this has to be one of the worst things Compaq could do to cripple the product - if you have a fully-charged iPAQ, but a dead battery in your CF card sleeve, you can't use the CF card sleeve! Not good at all. I've requested a review unit from Compaq, so perhaps if the winds of fate smile upon me, I'll get one and find out for myself.
