It’s been a while since HP launched these handheld PC’s now and I’ve had this one since 2004. During the past few years it’s been collecting dust in a cupboard together with other gadgets that no one uses any more. A while back I brought it out again since it’s handy to take to meetings and other events when you need to make notes etc.

But it didn’t look like this only a couple of weeks ago of course. I doubt that any brand will ever sell their product Steampunked and ready :p

So I decided to make it match my cellphone. The color is the same (haven’t used the copper foil since I realized that it blocked the signal from and to the cellphone), the 4 buttons at the bottom is the same as those I used on the keypad on the cellphone and I’ve used watch faces for the multifunction button in the middle, just as I did on the cellphone as well.
The on/off button is a winder for a wristwatch and the decoration on the cradle is a mix of gears and what holds the springs in pocket watches.
Under the screen there’s a piece of a thin spring attached.

It would have been easy to go wild with the cradle since there’s a lot of space to cover…at least compared to the iPaq itself. But sometimes less is more, as they say.

And I think this is ready. I had to cover the touch screen while I did this since it’s very sensitive and not a place where you want to end up finding paint or glue when you’re done. That screen is rather scratched as it is, but I didn’t make it worse. Besides, since the material in that screen is different from the display on the cellphone, I can’t polish it and get rid of scratches in the same way. So those I’m stuck with, sadly to say.
But I’ll use it for as long as it works

Oh and if you want to see what it looks like in original, there’s a picture here. Surprisingly enough, HP are still selling these.