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adamdemuth · 12-11-05, 02:38 PM

I got my x51v about a week and a half ago, and to be completely honest, I am severely dissapointed. I had an x5 that was an absolute trooper! Rarely locked up, bullet-proof construction, great battery life. It's only downfall was size: it was a behemoth. Oh yeah, and somebody stole it. So I decide, as a christmas present to myself, to get the newest greatest latest PDA, and since my x5 treated me so well (regardless of how I treated it :)), I'd go with another Dell.

This go around has been less than impressive. Out of the box, it was sluggish - tap on the start button, and it takes a little less than a second for the menu to drop down, my x5 wa near instantaneous. It also seems to take longer to start an application than on my X5 (and it was the 300mhz model)
Is there any way so make it respond a little snappier?

Then it locks up quite a bit. I installed my favorite programs I had on my X5 (repurchased, to have the most up to date versions) BatteryPack, JournalBar, MSMoney, Vito Button Mapper. I also have the dell BT keyboard driver loaded and a 1Gig toshiba SD card. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why or when it locks up, but it stops responding, and I have to soft reset. This happens several times a day, and it will lock up on a certain application sometimes, and then other times not.

Do I have a dud, or am I doing something wrong?

12-11-05, 02:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
adamdemuth Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 63 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New x51v locks up frequently I got my x51v about a week and a half ago, and to be completely honest, I am severely dissapointed. I had an x5 that was an absolute trooper! Rarely locked up, bullet-proof construction, great battery life. It's only downfall was size: it was a behemoth. Oh yeah, and somebody stole it. So I decide, as a christmas present to myself, to get the newest greatest latest PDA, and since my x5 treated me so well (regardless of how I treated it :)), I'd go with another Dell. This go around has been less than impressive. Out of the box, it was sluggish - tap on the start button, and it takes a little less than a second for the menu to drop down, my x5 wa near instantaneous. It also seems to take longer to start an application than on my X5 (and it was the 300mhz model) Is there any way so make it respond a little snappier? Then it locks up quite a bit. I installed my favorite programs I had on my X5 (repurchased, to have the most up to date versions) BatteryPack, JournalBar, MSMoney, Vito Button Mapper. I also have the dell BT keyboard driver loaded and a 1Gig toshiba SD card. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why or when it locks up, but it stops responding, and I have to soft reset. This happens several times a day, and it will lock up on a certain application sometimes, and then other times not. Do I have a dud, or am I doing something wrong?