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srf506 · 09-15-03, 03:06 PM

Never owned a Palm. Seems to me they were kind of the pioneer in this Pocket PC thing. Developed a product out of nothing and while they owned that segment made beau coup gobs of money. Good business model everyone jumps in. I resisted buying one until the "Windows" based machines came out. Then went with HP Jornada (as an engineer at the world's largest defense contractor had had great experience with HP hardware and calculators.) The first one was black and white and was just a little more useful than my HP48 graphing calculator. Than the big HP/Compaq "merger." My next Jornada was color, stylus driven and my buddy's IPAQ made it look like C _ _ P! It also proceeded to self-destruct and burn-up within about 10 months of purchase. About this time Dell (who my brother-in-law works for as a network engineer) announced Axim. Great price, equal to or better specs than IPAQ seemed like a natural. So far its been a pretty good ride. Does everything in life I need/want. I got 1 SD card that I store mpgs on (except for its size it seems to have no redeeming features to me over CF). I now have about half a dozen CF cards with C++ programs I've written and my favorite music. I have had almost no problems with my unit, except one with the IR (running 2002 and A03 ROM). Sorry about the long-winded diatribe but wanted everyone to know what my background and "credentials" are before I get to my point, which is, sometimes a monopoly and a common standard is not an evil thing. Windows is probably the operating system of choice for 85-90% of the systems in use in the world. Almost seems to me that if you aren't running Windows or a really good clone that is seamlessly integrated you're just making more work for everyone involved to get something to work. I guess I'd like to know if all of the people having serious issues with their Axims are using them in some manner they aren't really designed for. Are you overclocking the processor? Are you using ActiveSynch to ensure you are doing the proper file conversions? I just find it hard to believe there is this much variability in these machines coming off the line and passing a reasonable "acceptance" test and burn-in. Seems to me its way out past six-sigma if the percentage of people having serious issues is represented by all of the posters. Hope Dell is lurking on this site and making notes about things to fix/include in the next release. Nothing in life is perfect. There are a few things I'd like to change about my Axim but in the grand scheme of things its a pretty good little device for the price. I'd like to thank all of the forum members though that take the time to describe their issues or recommend fixes for ones they've experienced. Helped me out of a couple of jams a time or two, and given me some fresh ideas on how to use "my brain."

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srf506 Aximsite All Star Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 593 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Axim Never owned a Palm. Seems to me they were kind of the pioneer in this Pocket PC thing. Developed a product out of nothing and while they owned that segment made beau coup gobs of money. Good business model everyone jumps in. I resisted buying one until the "Windows" based machines came out. Then went with HP Jornada (as an engineer at the world's largest defense contractor had had great experience with HP hardware and calculators.) The first one was black and white and was just a little more useful than my HP48 graphing calculator. Than the big HP/Compaq "merger." My next Jornada was color, stylus driven and my buddy's IPAQ made it look like C _ _ P! It also proceeded to self-destruct and burn-up within about 10 months of purchase. About this time Dell (who my brother-in-law works for as a network engineer) announced Axim. Great price, equal to or better specs than IPAQ seemed like a natural. So far its been a pretty good ride. Does everything in life I need/want. I got 1 SD card that I store mpgs on (except for its size it seems to have no redeeming features to me over CF). I now have about half a dozen CF cards with C++ programs I've written and my favorite music. I have had almost no problems with my unit, except one with the IR (running 2002 and A03 ROM). Sorry about the long-winded diatribe but wanted everyone to know what my background and "credentials" are before I get to my point, which is, sometimes a monopoly and a common standard is not an evil thing. Windows is probably the operating system of choice for 85-90% of the systems in use in the world. Almost seems to me that if you aren't running Windows or a really good clone that is seamlessly integrated you're just making more work for everyone involved to get something to work. I guess I'd like to know if all of the people having serious issues with their Axims are using them in some manner they aren't really designed for. Are you overclocking the processor? Are you using ActiveSynch to ensure you are doing the proper file conversions? I just find it hard to believe there is this much variability in these machines coming off the line and passing a reasonable "acceptance" test and burn-in. Seems to me its way out past six-sigma if the percentage of people having serious issues is represented by all of the posters. Hope Dell is lurking on this site and making notes about things to fix/include in the next release. Nothing in life is perfect. There are a few things I'd like to change about my Axim but in the grand scheme of things its a pretty good little device for the price. I'd like to thank all of the forum members though that take the time to describe their issues or recommend fixes for ones they've experienced. Helped me out of a couple of jams a time or two, and given me some fresh ideas on how to use "my brain."