No More Upgrades?

[angela70405]

Is it true . .Dell will not upgrade Axim's anymore and that we have topped out at X51V? If so . . .does anyone know why?

[Mahstah]

It is true. However, the Pocket PC is far from dying. High Tech Computing, or HTC, who actuallly makes the X5xx line for Dell, is still developing and pumping out new models of PDAs and PDA phones all the time. Dell is really just the marketing and sales arm of HTC's hardware. The X51v is still the highest spec PDA you can buy.

[buzzin]

Well, as the dell manager said that I was talking too: it's not their core business.
And as the market of PDA's/mobile phones is transforming they don't want to take any chances.....
Once the market will have settled a bit they might start making PDA's again, or something that will be common by that time....

[Drifter]

For what its worth, my opinion is that Dell are missing a number of key factors.


I have both a smart phone and also X51V and I use them both for different things..

1) My smart phone does not have WiFi built in
2) Yes I can navigate with the phone, BUT the screen is very small, the X51 is much clearer and safer in the car.
3) The PDA has a touch screen, not the phone
4) The PDA can sync with my PC, the phone also, but not for spreadsheets etc

True I could buy a Smart phone with a bigger screen and format, but have you ever seen someone with a unit the size of an axim by the side of their head talking !!!!!!

I could use a BT headset, but I for one do not like to see people with this type of perminant ear jewellery. They think it looks cool, I think it makes them look like a cyberman .. ( UK axim users who watch Dr Who will know what I mean).

It is interesting to note that whilst Dell move out of PDA's, companies such as TomTom, Garmin, Packard Bell etc are moving into the void created.