Basic Questions on X5

StarDog · 05-24-06, 11:03 PM

Hi,
I'm interested in purchasing an X5, and I want to use it for playing video and basic PDA functions. Is this a good PDA for such purposes? I had a x50v and it was more than I needed, I would like something a little more basic and think this is the right one.

The other recquirement I have for it is it must have the ability to have a snap on keyboard.

Any thoughts would be great!
Thanks,
James

Gigi · 05-25-06, 07:38 AM

The X5 should be sufficient for your needs, but if you're looking to play video, then you should get the advanced model (400MHz). Yes, there is a snap on keyboard but I'm not sure if it has been discontinued. Make sure you do a search to confirm. Don't forget to try Ebay.

axzilla · 05-25-06, 09:44 AM

I have a x5 advanced that I use mainly for video and mp3s and it works great. Make sure you load betaplayer on it then along with wmp you can play just about anything possible for a pda. Also the x5 battery life is better than the rest of them so thats a big plus for it for video I can get 5hrs of high quality viewing on standard battery.

hotrodharmon · 06-17-06, 05:14 PM

I was just wondering I have a x5 400mhz but the vedio quality isn't verry good my question is their a way to make the videos run better? programs overclocks ect...

axzilla · 06-19-06, 09:21 AM

make sure your video is not at too high of a bitrate for the x5 if your video is encoded so that it is less than 180Mb/30 mins then it should play fine. Any video file higher than that bitrate will stutter trust me I found the limit thru trial and error to find the max bitrate that I could use for best quality. You can go as low as 50Mb/s but the quality is degraded badly by then especially when there is a lot of action and this is for an x5 400Mhz