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Dell Handhelds Released

Posted by Hemos on from the palm-is-shaking dept.

watzinaneihm writes "Dell has released its Axim X5 handheld as as promised . At $299 after rebate, a reasonable buy, price-wise. "

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  1. The cheaper one is most interesting by uradu · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This should be the first handheld with TFT color, 32MB RAM and two expansion slots for under $200. Except for the porky-looking dimensions this should beat the pants off Palm or Sony. Maybe Sony will lower the price on the PEG-SJ30 to under $200 in response.

  2. Obligatory Palm question by Mr_Silver · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Given that yet another manufacturer has released yet another PPC, can anyone speculate why there is this rash of companies eager to jump on the PPC bandwagon but only Sony who are with Palm?

    (yes, I know there is Handera and Handspring, but one has pretty much vanished and the other is doing smartphones)

    How did Microsoft manage to attract all these companies and Palm fail rather miserably? What is MS doing that Palm isn't?

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    1. Re:Obligatory Palm question by johnburton · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Basically palm introduced their PDA a few years ago and they were good at the time, but they've gone nowhere since. PPC's are a generation later and are more powerful, have better software, faster, more memory and are more compatible with the software people use on their computers. Basically the palm you can buy now is identical to the one you could get four years ago except it's in a new box and has a bit more memory maybe. Because the pocket pc things are "bigger" machines, a lot more of the interesting software has been developed for them. The new palms look a bit better but they still seem rather outdated compared with their competition. Their new OS6 when it comes out next year looks interesting though.

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    2. Re:Obligatory Palm question by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 5, Interesting
      What is MS doing that Palm isn't?

      Marketing? I'd much rather have a PPC than a Palm these days. The 802.11b adapter for the Palm sucks, there's no decent web browser and it's nothing but an expensive datebook. The PPC on the other hand has a nice windows media player, pocket internet explorer, pocket office apps, compact flash slots to accomodate 802.11b wireless cards, etc. Yea, we can all pretend to hate Microsoft, but the PPC stuff is just fabulous. Xbox, Pocket PC, mice, keyboards, etc. If only Microsoft could turn a profit in these other areas where they actually DO produce something cool and not lame old Windows and Office it'd be exciting.