Dell Axim X50v

[stadsport]

Yeah, Dell is pretty terrible in terms of support. Luckily places like Aximsite are big enough that it's not such an issue.

[+.Aaron Subscriber¹]

Great review. I used to own one of these and sold it (broke). Very nice.

[instant.human]

nice review, great gadget!

the internet looks great on your screenshot, id really like to have one. vga on a ppc is amazing.

btw, i was quite into thad pda stuff some years ago, but it seems like i missed one development:

graphics cards in PDAs?! WOOOT!

;) :)

[InternalStorm]

Why would you even want 2005? They've been all sorts of complaints from people that "upgraded" their 2003/2003 SE PPC's to it, other than persistent storage and WMP 10, I don't see any benefits to 2005. Besides the X30 is an old device anyway, Dell isn't going to bother selling an upgrade for it.

I still use a Dell X5, and the only upgrade for it was from 2002->2003, but that was worth it (and because of screw ups at their end, it was free). That device could support 2003 SE, but it's old too, doesn't affect the usability of it; it takes notes, has a calandar, and supports 99% of PPC software.

There is Windows Media 10 ROM update for the X30's and it is under Windows Mobile 2003... so the only real benefit is having Powerpoint program and a more streamlined interface as well as the persistent storage. Other than that they are no different.

The X30 is definately not an OLD device. The X50's weren't out for very long before the X51's came out with Windows Mobile 5. The X30's have the EXACT SAME processors as the X50/51's, same amount of RAM/ROM etc. there is NO difference between them other than the design, the VGA model in the X50/51 lineup, and the CF card slot. Otherwise, the X30's are the exact same in terms of capability. They could have at least offered a payed upgrade like they did for the X50's... it isn't THAT hard to customize it for the X30 model and then charge for it.

graphics cards in PDAs?! WOOOT!

More like 'chip' not a 'card' but ya :p the only drawback is that there are only a few games out there designed to take advantage of the Intel graphics accelerator. Luckily there is hacked support with some programs like the emulator Morph Gear in the picture. Very impressive for the games that are coded for PPC though and use the accelerator! Great graphics for such a small device.

Wow you listen to music at FULL VOLUME (Btw loudness != sound quality) your ears are pretty much screwed!! (Get some nice earbuds like Shure E2c, reviewed http://aphnetworks.com/node/847 )what I mean by quality is the SNR, treble, midrange, bass, crispness, how "clean" the sound is, how the bass has "bounce" but hard and solid, the crispness of the treble and stuff

Good reviews you got but, I think he meant he listened to music at full volume with the in built speakers of the PPC, not through headphones ;) that's why he said people were wondering where the music was coming from around him, because the speakers were in his pocket.

Edited February 5, 2006 by Internal Storm

[trek]

Good reviews you got but, I think he meant he listened to music at full volume with the in built speakers of the PPC, not through headphones ;) that's why he said people were wondering where the music was coming from around him, because the speakers were in his pocket.

I thought that originally as well, however if I understand this paragraph correctly, he listens to both the headphones and speaker loudly.

I listen to music extremely loudly. Full blast, most of the time. On my CDMP3 player, many songs would crackle (like "hey dj" by C90 Double Figures, which is probably the loudest song in my library) at full volume. None of that on the Axim. Finally, it seems like there are some very faint sounds, extremely high or low frequencies that aren't present when played on my CDMP3 player, but are crystal clear on the Axim. I noticed this very clearly on Track 5 from the Extreme-G 2 Soundtrack.

It's true this could be partially credited towards my CDMP3 player, but I've always been satisfied with the quality of its playback, and it seems to me that the Axim's sound quality is much better.

[instant.human]

More like 'chip' not a 'card' but ya :p the only drawback is that there are only a few games out there designed to take advantage of the Intel graphics accelerator. Luckily there is hacked support with some programs like the emulator Morph Gear in the picture. Very impressive for the games that are coded for PPC though and use the accelerator! Great graphics for such a small device.

of course its just a chip. some arctic cool would be nice anyways. ;) hahaha. no, not funny. sorry.