Dell Axim X51v Reviews

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Dell Axim X51v
3.2 stars
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Average Ratings for Dell Axim X51v

  • Screen Quality4.3 stars
  • Battery Life1.3 stars
  • Ease of Use3 stars
  • Value for Money2.3 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings2.8 stars
  • Overall Rating3.2 stars

2 Reviews For Dell Axim X51v

  • haggardpete Rank: Staff Sergeant 2nd Sep 2007

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    Good Points: The display is great for the size of the device.
    Price is fair for the functionality.
    The screen resolution plus the portrait layout make for a good experience with Sat Nav.


    Bad Points: Hangs
    Very slow
    Lousy battery life
    Flaky WI-FI
    Dell support is terrible


    General comments: I have owned my X51V for about 18 months. Main aims were GPS mapping, to get some limited MS office type functionality and pick up emails.

    I have managed to achieve my goals in varying degrees, but the experience whilst getting there has not been good. I have lost track of the number of issues I had with this unit but a few follow.
    1. As shipped the WI-FI functionality barely operated.
    2. It was shipped with a bug which made the unit run incredibly slowly when a CF card was used (A patch for this was eventually released)
    3. The general speed of the device is poor. Switch on from cold takes about 60 seconds. If a large application like TOM TOM is loaded switching between applications is also slow
    4. Despite lots of fiddling, connecting to WI-FI sources is very problematic.
    5. Battery life with WI-FI and Bluetooth off is about adequate for a day in the office if you do not use it much. WI-FI or Sat Nav is really only practical on external power.
    6. The supplied software, especially the browser fails to take advantage of the screen resolution.
    To end on a positive note, the included terminal services client is amazingly good.

  • barryoor Rank: Corporal 23rd Mar 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    After a lot of research on the net and wasting a lot of my useful time thinking...I made ...

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Main characteristics: Type: PDA Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Installed Memory: 64 MB Technical Processor Type: Intel XScale PXA270 Input more details...