OK, this is not a rebuttle of my post from yesterday exactly, but I have talked with some folks today and the word on the future of the Axim line is this:
Dell will continue to sell and support the Dell Axim X51v. The lack of new development of the Axim line is because there is no reason to introduce new models since the X51v is already well ahead of the competition. I guess they are right, there is not much out there that can be improved on other than OS issues. The Dell Axim X51v hardware is pretty amazing and I see their point.
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Just out of curiosity.. (and only if you feel you can answer)
Did you speak to them, or did they speak to you?
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Why am I not surprised by this new development. It's true. Other than the OS, there really isn't much that they could improve on. This is much better news than hearing that the line is dying. Thanks for the update Chris!
"The lack of new development of ____ is because there is no reason to introduce new models since the ____ is already well ahead of the competition.
I just want to chime in and say that this is not a "quote" from Dell.
And I talked to them, not them to me....
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Great news for X51 owners - but I'm now drooling over UMPCs - by the time my Ax passes away, if not sooner, I'll be a UMPC owner, although I may well miss the one hand portability of my Axim.
I think what we are seeing is quite simply that ppc technology is being superceeded by new and better technology.
Dell is aware of this too.
As much as anyone would like to believe otherwise, this quote from Dell doesn't really mean anything for the following reasons:
If I remember correctly, the rumours were about the x51 being the last (pure-PDA) Axim. Dell does not explicitly deny that; in fact, their choice of words seems to suggest this might actually be true.
Even if the Axim were to be phased out, they would not give anyone a long advance notice for obvious reasons.
I still don't think they would discontinue the x51 anytime soon; compared to the x50, it must have been fairly cheap to develop and it seems to sell quite well.
Even if the Axim line is discontinued in the future, I can't say I would care too much. I really like my x50v on 2003SE, but there are many other fish in the sea (the Acer n311 looks very interesting for example) and the way Dell has handled WM5 on the x50 has done little to increase my loyalty to Dell. Quite the opposite, actually.
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OK, this is not a rebuttle of my post from yesterday exactly, but I have talked with some folks today and the word on the future of the Axim line is this:
