Thread: Dell Axim x51v
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2007-12-07 , 03:11
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Originally Posted by MoridinBG View Post
I have been in the pocket scene for two full years. Have gone all the way from Axim X5, X30mid, iPaq 3115, Loox 600, Axim x51v. And the single thing I can say is WM sucks!. Yeah, it has great application base, but as an OS it hasn't improved in terms of user experience even a step from 2000 till now. Yeah, there has been some design changes, some internal ones, but as a whole.. it's the same.
The axim has really great CPU (PXA270@624), which overclocks incredibly (1014Mhz in my case), but the OS kills all the potential. Opera, MP# player, ICQ and a file manager. And that's it. Even a single file browser opened after that is a disaster. It's comfortably usable for multitasking up to two programs.

As for music players there are some quiet nice. PocketMusic and PocketPlayer are among my favourite. But I would not compare them to UKMP. Or Kagu. Or Canola.

What do you have to transcode for the N800? I watched at least two fims directly copied from the PC. The only downside is the size.


The GPU in the Axim is lite version of the one in N800. It's the same PowerVR MBX, but MBX Lite. It's incredible to play Quake 3 with reasonable FPS.
Actually, I've heard alot of reports to the contrary. That Windows Mobile is actually pretty good. Someone on my local craigslist is selling their HP iPAQ hx2795b, which is the same thing as the Dell Axim x51v, just minus GPU, and plus biometric fingerprint thingy and better drivers. (AD2P, AVRCP, Bluetooth Phone Profile, etc).

UKMP, Canola, and Kagu in my experiences have been very buggy and crappy. I have about 400 movies and 8 seasons of some shows on my 500GB hard drive. Most of them I have already transcoded to 320X240 for mobile use (iPod, PSP, etc). Though the N800 won't play any of them. So I'm done with that.

Maemo has really been crappy IMO. I could say the same thing about what you have said and apply it to Maemo. Being "open source" is irrelevant really when its being crappy.

Not to mention that the N800 has no PIM software at all, or decent games, etc. So yeah, Windows Mobile time. As long as it is fast (videos of both the x51v and HX2795b show it is). I would get a x51v, since it has VGA, but it has less colors and a "worse" screen then the 2795b. Albeit it has a better GPU... thats about it.

If I could get a Axim locally, I would get it.