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Dell Axim X51v

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List price as of Oct 6, 2005:
S$939
for a 2-year price plan

CNET Asia Review

By Melvin Teo
Oct 6, 2005

Very good

7.4

out of 10

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The good: Gorgeous-looking device; superb display; dual expansion slots; well-implemented features, large internal memory, standard 3.5mm audio jack.

The bad: Slightly bulky; sluggish video playback; buggy OS.

The bottom line: Despite minor flaws, the Dell X51v proves to be an excellent PDA combining the merits of its predecessors with the benefits of the new Windows Mobile OS.

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Average User Rating

from 5 users


Spectacular

9

out of 10
 

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User Reviews

The Dell x51v is a brilliant PDA - with a few tweaks it will work almost perfectly

Jul 9, 2007

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Superb display, SD and CF card support, 624MHZ processor, really good for reading text
Cons: Poor battery life when playing music or videos, all other operations don't use much power
Opinion:
This PDA will cope with all task very well if you follow these steps...
1. Make sure you're using up-to-date software. Software written for the previous 2003/2003 OS may crash or work intermittently.
2. Only buy high-speed SD and CF cards. Opening and accessing files will be slow if your memory is slow.
3. Keep today applications to a minimum. Adding today screen apps will just increase start-up time and slow down your machine.

The screen is extremely good and the storage capacity makes this the PDA to choose.
Pity about the Mobile 5 O/S, but hopefully the x51v can be upgraded to Mobile 6 when it's released.

 

My all in one Mobile Entertainment

Nov 27, 2006

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: VGA, WM5, CF plus SD slot, 256MB rom
Cons: 64MB ram, Silver outline, accessories not available in market
Opinion:
It act as my PVP, Gameboy Adv console, Mp3 player, Timetable, scheduler, picture viewer, ebook reader, notebook. There are alot more you can do with this PDA! 4GB SD card plus a SD card CF adaptor using 4GB SD card gives me total 8GB space at a mere price of S$250!!

- Singapore User = EuGene -

 

my PDA, mp3, picture, MTV player & highly mobile web browser rocks!

Aug 29, 2006

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: wifi, fast processor, value for money, big screen, no handphone feature= no hang ups worry.
Cons: 2 device to carry, cant carry if i wear my tight jeans
Opinion:
a review aft 10mths...y? cos i just visited Dell.com n i saw the price hasnt changed much!! rightly so as it is good PDA!! i used the wifi often. also used with my SD & CF card and i got my mp3 player, picture viewer, music videos player. follow me thru ruff holidays in Bali, Samui & Tioman too.

 

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