My X5 has been a bit slow since the move from PPC2002 to WM2003 (the most current version, A05). This is especially apparent right after a soft reset. It does get faster after the initial slowdown, but isn't as fast as the OS is on, say, the HPs and Toshibas.

What's wrong here? And has anyone else experienced this?

I'm tempted to blame Dell's programming of the ROM. Hopefully, there will be a ROM update soon.

This may or may not be your problem. However, there's a bug in WM2003 where the notification database grows by three records every time a soft reset is performed. This results in decreased performance and memory.

See the following link for more info and the fix:

http://msmobiles.com/news.php/1159.html

smellycamel, this is exactly the opposite of my experience. I have seen a significant increase in speed from PPC 2002 to WM 2003 in every program I can remember. I haven't benchmarked anything, so I can't give you real percentages up (or down), but it has to be a lot to get someone as oblivious as me to notice!

I can't compare with toshibas or hps, though.