Programs for dell axim x50v

This is the whore of PDA's - looks great, costs just-over-right, but disappoints in the sack. What is good about this lump?

Just look at it! I wet myself just pulling the plastic off. The cradle is a wet-dream come true, holding the unit at just the right angle and heavy as a glass bong. My only gripe is with the power button - I personally prefer power buttons on the side where I can activate them with my left thumb.

Minor detail that is. Clearly, the brains responsible for the outside of this unit got their shit together. The turds responsible for the software, on the other hand, should be dragged out into the street and shot. This is not entirely Dell's fault, as Microsoft wrote the operating system.

Also, while HP and Mio have improved on the worthless OS by adding third-party software to the unit, Dell pisses on its customers by including demos! What the fuck?!? That's like saying "We know this sucks, but we're too shit-brained to really do anything about it". The hand-writing recognition software recognizes English handwriting like I would recognize fucking Chinese handwriting.

You want an N : that's easy! Draw an H! But what if you want an H? That's easy too- just draw an N! The letter F has to be by far the easiest letter to draw, as every fucking T , S , and K returned an F! That's exactly what it had me saying out loud each and every time it happened.

The librarian had me forcibly removed after only 15 minutes of "typing". Microsoft's idea of an office suit is like Jackie Chang's idea of a business suit: nice and pretty and so packed with bullshit features that it does nothing right.

You want to open Excel spreadsheets? Great, just drag them on over from your PC. When you open them on the Pocket Piece of Crap you find that all your graphs and functions are gone.

No big deal, because you don't really need that stuff on the go But wait! Don't even think about opening them once again on the desktop: Activestink has actually converted the motherfucker to PocketExcel format and Big Bad Desktop Excel can't read that!

PocketWord is no better than PocketExcel, but on that subject I'll bore you not. With it's built-in WiFi and bluetooth I was just itching to get this baby online. And itching. And fucking itching some more.

I could not get PIE to pull up a webpage despite the fact that the router is about 3 meters from the toilet and I was showing a perfect signal. So I said fuckit and tried to connect via bluetooth to my N-Gage. Now, I might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I do know how to make a wireless connection.

The damned x50v had managed to baffle me like my Fedora box never has. I was getting impatient fast. Do you like to show off photos and videos? You can do that too with WMP But wait, there's more--to really drive home the fact that this is a multimedia device, the X50v ships with a games bundle that includes Stuntcar Extreme and 3D puzzles such as Enigmo.

Wireless connection comes in the form of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, which can be used simultaneously. The X50v ships with a WLAN utility that shows signal strength, encryption options, certificate enrollment for advanced Wi-Fi authentication, and more. Bluetooth opens the doors to communication with other devices, allowing users to do even more with the X Like the latest crop of PDAs, the X50v comes loaded with Windows Mobile Second Edition , which supports Landscape mode--a boon if you're keen on flashing photos, surfing the Web, or working on spreadsheets.

From a performance point of view, the Dell Axim X50v was somewhat disappointing, as one of the PDA's best highlights--the VGA screen--turned out to be its biggest downfall. Unfortunately, we were disappointed to see that all this power produced below-average video performance and subsequently affected its overall standing in CNET Labs' tests , scoring about 40 percent lower than the midlevel X Even in real-life usage, we experienced a noticeable lag in response time on the X50v when switching between applications.

Playing games on the X50v wasn't ideal. We tried out Stuntcar Extreme and enjoyed the great graphics on the VGA screen, but overall, it was a sluggish experience, and often, the game froze if another application was running in the background. Also, the small navigation toggle made it difficult to maneuver in the game. On a brighter note, when we were viewing Word documents or Web pages or performing other PIM functions, the screen produced sharp, crisp images and was even legible in sunlight.

Like the X50, the X50v's wireless connections worked very well. Both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth passed our test without a hitch, as the handheld instantly connected to access points and had great range. Battery life was so-so. In our drain test, where we repeatedly played a video with the backlight and volume set at high with all wireless features off, the battery lasted almost four hours.

By comparison, this was almost an hour longer than the A but fell short of the HP iPaq hx's mark of 5 hours, 25 minutes. Then again, the hx doesn't have all the multimedia flair of the X50v. As our drain test was designed to zap the battery as fast as possible, you'll get more mileage with normal usage.

Bonnie Cha. Heavy; small navigation toggle; lackluster software bundle; so-so battery life and video performance.