Dell Axim X51v

The PDA with the fastest CPU on the market might be a big attraction, but in my opinion it's a pointless one - it has enough power to play games, but the small battery means you can't do this for long. The large amount of on-board storage (128 MB) is a boon, but when 2 GB SD cards can be had for £10 this is less of an advantage. The screen is large, hi resolution (640*480, VGA) and high quality, and with the unique graphics card can be plugged into a projector / monitor and still look good, however the cable is roughly £15, and not included. The PDA has wireless, great for going out/holiday, and has enough RAM to do several things at ...  Read the complete review

Dell Axim X51 - 520MHz Specs: Windows Mobile 5.0 Intel Processor at 520MHz 3.5" colour TFT display Integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 64MB SDRAM Integrated Compact Flash and Secure Digital expansion slots USB cradle Software Included: Media Player 10 Mobile Office (Word, Excel & Powerpoint) Calendar, tasks and contact management Internet Explorer Basic games Several demo games Additional Software Purchased Dell Navigator Monopoly Scrabble My Palm Tungsten E was beginning to show its age after a couple of years and I started looking at a ...  Read the complete review

This was my first pocket pc, having shifted from Palm, and I instantly saw the familiar Microsoft features. The pocket office suite is very easy to sync with desktop office suites, and in my opinion is significantly nicer than Documents to Go. Coupled with a wireless keyboard, the Axim becomes a very powerful office companion, though that is not a slur on its pre-installed input methods, with its handwriting recogniser being able to cope with my overly cursive handwriting. Possessing wifi was a major upside, and I was even able to pair it with the highly troublesome Wanadoo livebox, providing rapid internet access. The inbuilt software is adequate, though it ...  Read the complete review

Right out of the box my axim was working perfectly. Although I had a few difficulties working out how to connect to a network, once you know how to do it it is relatively easy. The microsoft office 6.1 works well however if you are intending to use it for large scale word processing then I would advise purchasing a bluetooth keyboard as the touchscreen keyboard is very time consuming and wearing on the eyes and the letter recogniser and transcriber are as usual very temperamental. The battery life isn't what you'd call decent and buying a larger battery ruins the design ergonomics. Overall I think it is a very capable pocket pc. The official ...  Read the complete review

Great handheld with a brilliant screen and very fast processor Pros Dedicated graphics card means it can run the most advanced games for Windows Mobile. Very fast processor is capable of running anything thrown at it. Very clear screen, was one of the first with a VGA 640 x 480 screen. The touch screen is very responsive. Has WiFi which is extremely quick. THe on screen handwriting recognition is very very accurate and great for making quite notes in meetings. Great when used in conjunction with a bluetooth GPS module and TomTom as an in car sat nav system, Cons No phone capabilites. Only comes with Windows Mobile 5 or even 2003. Battery ...  Read the complete review