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Originally Posted by starrigger
Good idea. My new-to-me Axim X50V arrived yesterday, and I had a good time playing with it. I like it very much! (Although I agree with the CNET review that the control buttons are a little small.) I just let the desktop MobiReader install the PDA software, though I do have the cab files on hand in case I need them. I was pleased to see that I could run the latest version of Mobireader (which my old PDA could not). So now I have dictionary lookup, which I did not have before, and some other more refined features. And the VGA display really rocks! Thank you, everyone who sent me looking for a VGA-quality screen. I'm really glad I held out for that.
On the downside, I managed to brick it when I tried changing the battery. (It came with a spare.) I had to do a hard reset, which wiped everything I'd set up.  (Not the books; they're on the SD card.) Fortunately, it only took a few minutes to restore all that, since mobi was the only thing I'd installed.
Still, that's making me think it might be worth the trouble of upgrading to WinMobile 6 with one of those images from the website mentioned above. All the reports I've read suggest that it's a more stable and robust OS than 2003. |
It might be a good idea do get one of the comprehensive backup programs, like Sprite. You make a copy of everything, including your settings to your computer and/or SD card and if anything should ever happen you can restore your device 100% just by one click. That only works for the same ROM, however. If you ever reflash (even from a 6.0 to a 6.0 from a different ROM creator) it probably will not work. And yes, try to upgrade. But don't go for 6.5. 6.0 should be fine.