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rsmith4321 · 08-01-05, 12:19 AM

You know I was exagerating a bit of course, but for what I use it for, I could do it on a much less expensive device is my point. Those apps you mentioned could all be run on the cheap WM2003SE HP handheld I saw down at Sams for $160. It's slow and the screen is just QVGA, but my point was, except for web browsing, video, pictures, music etc I don't really see a big need for the VGA and a lot of power. And all those things including movies look better on the PSP screen. It's lower resolution, but the screen just looks incredible. VGA is nice, but one of the main things I wanted the Axim for is really lacking. And I've tried other browsers, they really stink on the VGA as well, none of them run native. You can get true VGA with a hack, but that's a pain in my opinion, and it's really slow. Again, it may get better in WM2005, if it doesn't I'm getting a cheap handheld. I guess my point isn't that the PSP is better than a X50v by any means, they are devices for a completely different purpose, just that M$ really could do so much better with the web browser and VGA support. It's just frustrating that I prefer my $200 gaming machine to my $400 PDA for things that it really shouldn't be better at.

08-01-05, 12:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
rsmith4321 Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 91 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You know I was exagerating a bit of course, but for what I use it for, I could do it on a much less expensive device is my point. Those apps you mentioned could all be run on the cheap WM2003SE HP handheld I saw down at Sams for $160. It's slow and the screen is just QVGA, but my point was, except for web browsing, video, pictures, music etc I don't really see a big need for the VGA and a lot of power. And all those things including movies look better on the PSP screen. It's lower resolution, but the screen just looks incredible. VGA is nice, but one of the main things I wanted the Axim for is really lacking. And I've tried other browsers, they really stink on the VGA as well, none of them run native. You can get true VGA with a hack, but that's a pain in my opinion, and it's really slow. Again, it may get better in WM2005, if it doesn't I'm getting a cheap handheld. I guess my point isn't that the PSP is better than a X50v by any means, they are devices for a completely different purpose, just that M$ really could do so much better with the web browser and VGA support. It's just frustrating that I prefer my $200 gaming machine to my $400 PDA for things that it really shouldn't be better at. Last edited by rsmith4321; 08-01-05 at 12:26 AM.