If you have used older Axims... Give me your opinion. Help me here.

El_hijoeputa · 12-12-05, 08:39 AM

I inhereit a Dell Axim X3 from my older brother, I used it for a while, and now the conector on the Axim where I plugged it to power the battery broke, don't have waranty, so I'm hooked, need my fix, and plan to buy another one.

To be honest, I mostly used my Pocket PC as an MP3 player. I know I can use it for other things, but they didn't appeal me at that time. But now that the things have advanced, I wanted to know if it will help me for the things that I need.

I hear a lot of music, I really loved the MP3 storing capabilities of the 1 GB SD card that I have. I could put 15 new albums one month, and the next month put 15 new albums. I dont store "favorite albums" on it, so it works perfectly. But the time it took to transfer the data from the computer to the Axim X3 was too long. Does the data transfer is still the same?

I hate writing things on the Pocket PC, and buying an external keyboard doesn't help with the portability of an already bulky thing. The dicctionaries for shorcut to longer words, can I edit them? For example... If instead of appearing school when I type 'sc', can I change it to scooby doo?

I'm a student, and do a lot of presentations, I saw that now you can buy the output for a projector. I just like the idea of doing my presentations on my desk, and then load them up in the PPC, and hook it up to a projector elsewhere. Yes, like a little presentations mule. But how good is the compability of PowerPoint for a PC to the Pocket Version of PowerPoint? Can I do them with animations, add any picture I like and it will display nicely? Or what are the limitations? Will it only display shitty presentations?

Do the sound recording programs improved? Can I have now the freedom to save them in the format I want? Did someone already did a program to change the voice to text for the Axim?

I wish for the day where I could run a pocket version of Flash to do small animations, integrating sounds that I recorded with the PPC, and send it to a friend cell phone or whoever via email. Can I do something like that, kind of creative, in the new Axims?

Can these things be done, or do I have a wrong idea of what a Pocket PC is? Or should I look to other developers of Pocket PCs?

El_hijoeputa · 12-13-05, 06:52 PM

Bump.

A Yes or No can do on some of the questions. I just want to be sure before buying.

nomadmatt · 12-13-05, 07:25 PM

I had an X30h
The battery life of my x50v is less then the X30
The transfer time is the same just get a card reader.
There is some sound recording software somewhere.
Most pocket pc are the same in what they can do just different hardware

fixed battery life line

spauldio · 12-13-05, 07:55 PM

You hit a lot of points. I'm running an older x5, and I'll tell you about what I know the ax will handle. You can do the slide shows. there is software for this. I don't know how good it is though, I've never tried it. There are programs that will allow you to record in formats other than .wav, I know there is a program that will let you do voice notes as an MP3. There is voice recognition software for the ax, I've never heard of it being used to convert voice to text though. I've only heard of it being used for "voice to task". For flash I keep quite a few flash files from homestarrunner on my PPC all the time. Pocket PC's are very configurable and you can do quite a few things with them. From what I've seen the limits are usually your imagination, time, and money.

12-13-05, 11:45 PM

powerpoints, look into conduits pocket slides....

nomadmatt · 12-14-05, 12:14 AM

with the x50/51 does have more space for music becouse you can put a compact flash card in it with an sd card just a thought i use both sd more school stuff becouse i have a small sd card reader and cf card for pocket pc stuff programs and RvB movies that just what I use it for.

Jerry Atrick · 12-15-05, 04:13 AM

I'm pretty sure WM5 Axims can handle putting a Powerpoint directly into a projector... I am also a school student who does alot of presentations, and my Axim X51v is currently on order with the afore mentioned as one of its primary purposes. If it can't do them well then I guess my VGA cable is now useles... I'm sorry I can't confirm it for you, I've got to wait for christmas day :(!