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Originally posted by lsout
iam going to get the dell axim 5 400mhz
and was wondering if it was any good
for games, plus are the controls any good?
thanks in advance :)
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That completely depends upon your expectations...
If you're looking for something only for games, you might want to reconsider spending $300 on a PocketPC. I was introduced into the handheld market with an old Palm we had at work (they wanted us to start supporting handhelds and we had one that was passed around in our department). Shortly after that I purchased a Jornada 548 that I found in the clearance bin at Sears. I much preferred the PPC over the Palm and at the time the Axim became available I was about a week away from buying a $700 IPaq.
It seems that in the last 4-6 months that programmers have started to expand the market into the PPC realm and the games that are coming out are of a higher quality. Taking into consideration the size of the screen and the limitation of the processor and memory on a device, obviously you aren't going to see Halflife for the PPC anytime soon. The games that are coming out now though seen to be adapated well to the system and work great. The Axim is a nice 'pocket' gaming device but it's real value is in it ability to run not only games but all the other uses it has.
The other thing I strongly suggest is that you spend a few extra dollars and buy a good screen protector ( I use a Brando). If you are going to be doing anything that uses repetitive keystrokes you will mark up your screen, no matter how careful you are. The screen on my Jornada wore out in three months (mostly from solitaire), even though I treated very well, because I never used a screen protector. Learning my lesson the hard way, my Axim had one from day one.
As for the controls, they aren't perfect, but as long as your device doesn't have any physical problems, they work fine for what they are intended. My biggest complaint is that if you have the center button enabled it can be easy to activate it by accident when you are using the d-pad.
That all said, once you discover all the uses your new little toy has, you won't regret your purchase.