If you have ever bought any technological gadget, then you know how quickly they can become obsolete. Technology moves at an increasingly rapid pace. A brand new computer built in 2007 is considered obsolete or slow by January of 2008. It is this rapid advancement in technology that keeps us on our toes and keeps us reaching for the next best gadget to buy. One of the most popular technological gadgets of our time has been the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC.

One great example of technology moving forward is the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC 3835.

The 3835 had the fastest StrongARM processor at 206 MHz and featured an expansion slot for additional capabilities to add software and hardware. It was a great palm pocket pc to own and use, but along came Hewlett-Packard's buy out of Compaq and suddenly a new world of possibilities opened up. The 3900 series models featured a faster XScale processor and offered more available features and programming.

The biggest turn for Compaq/HP has come in the way of the pocket pc Smartphone.

As you know, technology never stops improving. Competitors force companies to come up with faster, better models as a way to keep pace with the demands of consumers who want bigger memory, faster processing speeds and slimmer designs. The Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC 3835 had to give way to the new 3900 series. Even that series is now becoming obsolete as Hewlett Packard continues to develop new technology.

It contains pc software similar to that found in desktop and laptop computers, but in versions of Pocket Outlook, Word and Excel. The 64 MB of RAM and 32 MB ROM was quite impressive to say the least and the 240 x 320 color screen beat out its competitor, the Palm, any day of the week.

It was a great palm pocket pc to own and use, but along came Hewlett-Packard's buy out of Compaq and suddenly a new world of possibilities opened up. The 3900 series models featured a faster XScale processor and offered more available features and programming.