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Bob Russell · 12-02-2006, 02:34 PM

The prevailing thought was that Dell is pretty much done with the Dell Axim series of PDAs. While Dell itself simply said they were so far ahead of the competition that they really only needed a refresh and OS update with the X51v, most people thought that their re-evaluation of a slumping market would be the end of their PDA line of products.

But there is new hope from an IDC report quoted by Ed Hardy of Brighthand. "The company [Dell] has finished phasing out some of the older models from its portfolio and is concentrating on developing the Axim X51 platform with faster processors and more memory."

It's really hard to argue that there's much lacking in the Axim relative to the competition, so maybe faster and more memory is about all they are compelled to do. Much of the real improvements need to come from Microsoft and third party applications. Come to think of it, with Vista coming and maybe a Windows Mobile upgrade after that, memory and processor upgrades might be mandatory. In any case, this news is great for consumers, and we hope to see future products in the Dell Axim PDA line.

Via Pocket PC Thoughts.

12-02-2006, 02:34 PM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Indications of more Dell Axims The prevailing thought was that Dell is pretty much done with the Dell Axim series of PDAs. While Dell itself simply said they were so far ahead of the competition that they really only needed a refresh and OS update with the X51v, most people thought that their re-evaluation of a slumping market would be the end of their PDA line of products. But there is new hope from an IDC report quoted by Ed Hardy of Brighthand. "The company [Dell] has finished phasing out some of the older models from its portfolio and is concentrating on developing the Axim X51 platform with faster processors and more memory." It's really hard to argue that there's much lacking in the Axim relative to the competition, so maybe faster and more memory is about all they are compelled to do. Much of the real improvements need to come from Microsoft and third party applications. Come to think of it, with Vista coming and maybe a Windows Mobile upgrade after that, memory and processor upgrades might be mandatory. In any case, this news is great for consumers, and we hope to see future products in the Dell Axim PDA line. Via Pocket PC Thoughts.