Dell Axim X50v

As an owner of a Ipaq 3835 for the past 4 years, I knew the a new Pocket PC would be used. I carry my Ipaq 3835 with me daily, using the free service Avantgo to gather news, weather and entertainment, and outlook to organize my contacts, my calendar, (and I use the reminder function often), Excel for spreadsheets I use at least weekly, MS Pocket streets and a cheap GPS to let me know where I am, and where I'm going. I depend on the Pocket PC to manage my life, and entertain it also. My wife took a job in management, so I suggested we get her started with a similar device to mine. I found a great deal on a Dell Axim x50v, so I picked it up for her. The axim has a fast processor (624 mHz), built in bluetooth and wifi, as well as slots for SD and Compact Flash. I was able to hook up easily to my home intranet, added music to one card to give her a MP3 player, Loaded tons of pictures, and provided her with the tools she'd need to be an effective manager. She uses the device, and seems happy with what it provide her. I was so impressed with the Dell Axim, I purchased a second unit for myself. I bought an inexpensive BT GPS, added some Pocket PC Topo software, and when I go hiking, I now know the terrain before me, as well as where my car is. I sold the Ipaq to a friend, and am now getting him hooked also. I am an avid Pocket Pc user and would recomend one to anyone.

Dell's X50v is right at the top of the list of all-time-best Pocket PCs. This is the 2nd one I've bought (I have one, and I got one for my wife) and it works great. Good for the person needing a PDA to keep track of contacts and appointments, but plenty of horsepower for the power-user like me who uses remote desktop to control PC's from anywhere, watch full-length movies, plan trips and routes places, and occasionally take notes.

CF and SD slots makes it capable of reading most major device memory cards (so you can look at those pictures from your digital camera without having to upload them to your computer). Since you can run both at the same time, you can easily copy from one to the other, bridging the gap between not having the right card reader for your friend's camera or mp3 player, etc. The SD slot will take up to the 2Gb standard memory cards (High capacity SD not supported), and so far, I have not found a limit to the size that the CF slot will take - I use a 4Gb currently, but I tested it with a friend's 8Gb and it worked with no trouble. Thinking about a 4 or 8Gb Ipod Nano? Forget that Itunes-only, one-file-format-only, unupgradeable piece of junk and get an X50v instead. There is no limit to the types of media files you can read - there are so many free media player programs, and codecs available, that no matter your file type (mp3, wma, mp4, mov, avi, mpg, etc...), this unit will play them.

With the 640x480 screen, videos are much sharper, and the dedicated 16Mb graphics accelerator certainly helps with that too. Any 3.7-inch screens on these Ipods? I don't think so. 640x480 is 4 times the resolution of the standard 320x240 on most pocket PCs and smartphones. This means everything is clearer and sharper, and when running remote desktop or trying ot view web pages, you have a bunch more space to render things.

Built in WIFI and BlueTooth? Awesome!!! My BlueTooth cell phone talks to this unit for dail-up internet access when I'm not near WIFI, and talks to my bluetooth keyboard when I'm typing some seriously long documents.

There are also so many accessories and add-ons you can get too. The vga cable is an absolute must if you're putting video on here. Just plug into a regular monitor or newer TV with VGA in, and you're watching movies on a full screen!

How about being able to swap the battery when it gets low instead of having to plug it in? The cradle for this will charge the unit AND AN EXTRA BATTERY TOO!!!

Batteries? How about an extended battery instead of the standard one? Sure, they're less than $20 shipped from many sellers on EBay.

Imagine this: Little Johnny just did something hilariously funny in the back yard, and you managed to catch it on video with your digital camera. Since the family's over, and you want them all to see, what do you do? You probably used to get them to all gather around the tiny screen on the camera and watch the video, while someone's saying, "What happened? I missed it... go back." How about you pop your memory card out, stick it in here, plug in your vga cable to the big screen, and let everyone see it all at once? No squinting at tiny screens anymore, period!

Look, this unit is incredible. The X51v only has a bigger ROM, and a much higher price tag. Trust me: THIS IS THE PDA YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!! The X50v is the best for the price. You want to waste money - go buy something else. You want a great deal - GET ONE OF THESE!

the axim x50v is absoutely fantastic, works flawlessly, a little difficult to set up outgoing email but it now does so with great ease. this product is everything i wanted and more. Highly recomend,.

This is an absolutely useless toy. It doesn't do anything except run WindozeSnoMobile 2003 Sloppy Edition, letting me watch 8 hours of 700Mb Xvid and AVI movies on one 4Gb SD card during a flight, run TomTom in the rental car with a Bluetooth GPS puck, with the Queen telling me which way to turn, and play MP3s till the cows come home while waiting for my delayed flights. Lets me preview and edit my DSLR photos direct off the CF card, though....

Then it fetches my email via BT to my phone or WiFi, syncs all my contacts, appointments, tasks and emails to Lotus Notes and Exchange, connects in to work on the VPN, finds me anything I need on google and google maps and gmail as well, picks up my Hotmail, has a real multi-tab browser better than desktop IE 6 using PIEplus.....

Then it umm, don't think it does anything else.... did I mention it's small yet has a screen same resolution as your original VGA IBM PC?

I got two, wish I had at least another three. One for the kitchen to keep track of recipes and lists and surf the web or.....

Yeah I need another three...then maybe I could break one an use it for spares. Oh I forgot, don't need any.

Don't buy one, cause you'll just have to outbid me. They're useless, trust me.

I got some Enron shares that I can sell you dirt cheap.....

Oh yeah, and it'll make you regret getting married... It does way more for you than she ever will... didn't mean it honey, how was I supposed to know you were watching... ouch !!!

THE VGA resolution is why I bought one and I could not be happier.
Has Windows Mobile 2003se
The copilot gps software is clearer (even though it is 320x240) and with Pocket TV it plays video without a hitch.
The volume/speaker is loud enough.
I did not buy the X51v because it was half again as much and I had heard too many bad things about Windows Mobile 5.
If you want a PDA without a phone this is the best buy.

I like everything about the item,my earlier model was damaged. I used it every day for study and busines.it is fast reliable and has a lot of storage capacity for information,videos photos and games. very satisfied. thanks ed. item is the dell axim 50v.

Seller answered many questions and was great to talk to and deal with. I am very happy with the purchase I made.
Ernie

I like it. I bought it because of the price diffierance verses a new one and the fact i had another one that i bought new and the screen messed up so I already had the program on my computure.

As an owner of a Ipaq 3835 for the past 4 years, I knew that a new Pocket PC would be used. I carry my Ipaq 3835 with me daily, using the free service Avantgo to gather news, weather and entertainment, and outlook to organize my contacts, my calendar, (and I use the reminder function often), Excel for spreadsheets I use at least weekly, MS Pocket streets and a cheap GPS to let me know where I am, and where I'm going. I depend on the Pocket PC to manage my life, and entertain it also. My wife took a job in management, so I suggested we get her started with a similar device to mine. I found a great deal on a Dell Axim x50v, so I picked it up for her. The axim has a fast processor (624 mHz), built in bluetooth and wifi, as well as slots for SD and Compact Flash. I was able to hook up easily to my home intranet, added music to one card to give her a MP3 player, Loaded tons of pictures, and provided her with the tools she'd need to be an effective manager. She uses the device, and seems happy with what it provide her. I was so impressed with the Dell Axim, I purchased a second unit for myself. I bought an inexpensive BT GPS, added some Pocket PC Topo software, and when I go hiking, I now know the terrain before me, as well as where my car is. I sold the Ipaq to a friend, and am now getting him hooked also. I am an avid Pocket Pc user and would recomend one to anyone.

This PDA is awesome. Its a daily commuters dream. I watched full movies on this bad boy. No slowing down, battery life is good, but best of all is how brilliant the screen is - very vibrant.

I would recommend this to anyone looking for a HighEnd PDA without the high end price. I did my research and this beats a lot of the CPU's on the market for hand held systems.

A no-brainer for the PDA shopper.