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Whether for business, for pleasure, or a little of both, the HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion helps you make the most of your travels whether they take you around town or around the world. The premier GPS navigation system guides you to virtually anywhere with ease. Everything is pre-installed and ready to use. Just turn it on and go. The thin, stylish design fits simply in the car and is easy to take with you wherever you travel. Plus, your HP iPAQ Travel Companion is full-function Windows Mobile 5.0 handheld. 
The HP iPAQ Travel Companion is a full-function Windows Mobile 5.0 handheld with built-in GPS. View larger. | 
Check out some of the iPAQ's key features. View larger. | 
Check out some of the iPAQ's key interface features. View larger. | Take your office with you and stay connected with integrated 802.11b/g wireless LAN and Bluetooth wireless technologies to the people and information that is important to you. When you want to relax you can listen to your favorite music, view your photos and videos, surf the web, or play games. Navigate, stay connected, and be entertained wherever you travel with the HP iPAQ Travel Companion. The HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion helps you make the most of travels ranging from walks around the block to jaunts around the world. This thin, stylish GPS navigation system guides you virtually anywhere with ease. Navigate
- Be guided virtually anywhere with the rx5915's premier GPS navigation system and maps1 (no SD cards or activation required), follow voice-guided navigation and on-screen prompts
- Plug and play: the installed GPS navigation software and maps allow you to get going fast; no SD cards or activation required!
- Navigate fast with the HP Quick Launch feature, and convenient buttons
- Simplify your trips by accessing weather, current times, currencies, measurement conversions, and a packing organizer
- Includes the TomTom Navigator 6 navigation software and complete maps of United States and Canada pre-installed (Feature available in North America).
Stay connected
- Ensure a strong connection without flip-up or external antennas with the integrated SiRFstarIII GPS receiver
- Take your office with you: stay connected via the latest Windows Mobile 5.0,802.11b/g wireless2 LAN, and Bluetooth
- Connect to a variety of Bluetooth-enabled devices, including Internet-enabled Bluetooth phones
- Keep it with you in your pocket, purse, or car; it's super compact
Be entertained
- Relax: listen to your favorite music, view photos and videos, surf the Web, play games
- See everything clearly on the large, antiglare, touchscreen
- View and share photos and create slide shows with HP Photosmart Mobile
- Play games including Solitaire and Bubble Breaker
What's in the box?
HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion, Lithium-ion 1700 mAh removable battery, AC adapter, Mini-USB, Synchronization/charge cable, Car charger, Car holder, Windshield mount,Slip case, Documentation kit
 Customer Reviews 
Skype does work and very well!
Rating: 4
Hi I bought the Ipaq Rx5915 about six months ago and I must say I find it excellent. The GPS can be a bit slow to get going but rarely lets me down. The TOMTOM maps are not great for rural areas especially when your from Ireland but generally they get you from town to town.
The previous reviewer found he could not put Skype on his IPAQ. I had the same problems and the way around it is.....go to www.skype.com and go to downloads for Windows Mobile. You will be given two options of downloads for the your Pocket PC, close the second option which is a .CAB file and is for advanced users. Download this to you IPAQ open it and there you have it. Not advanced at all! Sound is good and chat works too.
The worldmate traveller is great for getting weather conditions in different cities and you can set up about 5 different time zones.
I must say though since I discovered that Skype works I have it with me at all times.
Someone said there are updates to improve the GPS locating its postion but I have been unable to find them.
Enjoy!
HP iPAQ rx5915 To Skype OR NOT to Skype across EU?
Rating: 4
Well, I bought this after much review and rumination over past experiences.
FIRST NEED: Navigation which WORKS and is P.O.R.T.A.B.L.E!!!
I tried the installed TomTom just this past weekend in my car; and in MY HP unit, which I purchased in December 2007, it not only WORKED but it saved me a great deal of money both in GAS & Time. I set-up the four locations I wanted to visit and EYE-balled their locations from above and was thus able to verify by BIRDS-eye-VIEW the BEST way to connect the DOTS...And the TomTom worked w/o any problem what-so-ever! Wow! Yes I could have stopped and purchased a MAP or gotten one free from AAA...But and since this FEATURE was #1 in my book of requirements, it was neat to Braille it and to discover HOW IT WORKS for myself! Which is what I always do before I read the manual? Very intuitive! Hopefully TomTom will work when I am biking across the USA (The Southern Tier) (2008); then thru Auckland (2009) and then across Ireland (2010).
I reconfigured the car window connector to fit on my cross country bike since I will NOT be using my car on any of these trips; and the GPS satellites spotted me like a hawk...Hopefully, it will continue to do so for the next three years or more. I really hate it when something you really NEED and love is stolen OR dies...THOSE are the ONLY two ways I and anything I buy part company.
SECOND NEXT: Internet connection to my e-mails while in my beach hammock.
After trying out the HP methodology I discovered that once again GEEKS do NOT always get it right after the first couple of tries and when under the GUN to FINISH the software so we can get the product out the door! So, moving away from HP software loaded, I downloaded a nifty MUST HAVE App called: Yahoo to GO! Why? Because connecting thru HP's portal, the information I was receiving when connected to Yahoo didn't agree with the FACT that I was viewing it through a PDA and NOT a PC portal. This little nifty software package offered FREE thru Yahoo needs to be downloaded to the DEVICE...Why? When you desire to get rid of its footprint from your system, you can simply click on it thru a dropdown menu and ask the PDA system to delete everything about it from the system. If you store it in the OTHER place you will take time to DELETE it, let alone FIND it ALL.
So, we have the 2-items I wanted...Need I HOPE for more? Yep! Yep! Yep! That's what Ducky said!
NEXT item NEEDED: A Basically FREE WORLD phone!
Here we come to a bit of embarrassment on the part of HP or perhaps SKYPE...I've gotten nothing but DEAD ENDS with HP...they are as BAD as ORACLE Corporation. But let's NOT get off on THAT sidebar! Since the device I read about on [...] was the OLDER version of this iPAQ (hx2495) and they both had Windows Mobile 5.0, I presumed that Skype would WORK. NOT!
So, hopefully in the next 30-days and iff Skype returns my e-mail request we may have found a workaround for this temporary glitch. My PDA gives me an ERROR message in that it states that: "The App I am downloading is NOT PocketPC (MS) approved." Which according to Skype...it is. So, without ANY HELP what-so-ever from HP I am waiting Skype's reply.
Oh; and I should say that MSN also had a little DOWNLOAD that allows their servers to also detect that I was being connected through a PDA and NOT a PC and also treated me with R.E.S.P.E.C.T! (Great SONG and it's on my MicroSD chip along with 758 of my all-time GREATEST HITS!)
SDHC is another subject that could concern me in the future with respect to this PDA, but for now, I am rating this 5-STAR and for me the future is 4-years out.
Final NEEDS? THERE IS SO MUCH MORE HERE AND THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCOVER WHILE ON MY UPCOMING BIKE TRIPS.
Very good value for money
Rating: 5
This is essentially a GPS with really good and fully functional PDA features. First off the navigation came ready to use out of the box. Directions are accurate and I have used it in 5 states. The volume is pretty loud and really helpful. Car mount is really a breeze to set up. Only thing missing is text to speech but after using it, I believe it is really not a big deal considering the big arrow which shows which road to turn into. Cold start does take a long time even after having downloaded the patches but is really not a hindrance. Friend of mine has a Garmin Nuvi unit which also almost takes the same amount of time. Could have had bluetooth feature for talking which I think would have been really helpful.
I bought the unit for my wife and she liked the PDA features as it readily synced with her outlook and in a matter of seconds copied her calender onto the unit.The wireless internet is functional and unlike some of other reviews, mine works perfect and signal strength remains very strong. I have never had an issue with it ever after using it for 2 months now. Have not loaded any music since I have an iPod which works for me. I think it is a good buy.
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