Dell preparing a WM6 upgrade for the X51

04-12-07, 12:12 PM

Self explanatory. We may get WM6 on our X51v's soon.

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgorm...r-x50-x51.aspx

Knumb · 04-12-07, 12:55 PM

I will believe it when I see it on their own site.....

psionandy · 04-12-07, 12:58 PM

Published Sunday, April 01, 2007 9:42 AM

gotcha

Menneisyys · 04-12-07, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by psionandy

Published Sunday, April 01, 2007 9:42 AM

gotcha

Yeah, they may have copied the "news" from PPCT :)

Yukster · 04-12-07, 02:53 PM

That was an April Fools joke.

04-12-07, 02:55 PM

D'oh.

Screw this, I'm going home.

pawpals · 04-12-07, 03:22 PM

However, according to other very recent posts here, the Windows Live beta is discontinued and now it is only available for WM6.

Dell could be working on an update; just need a reliable souce who can confirm or not.

dvmed · 04-12-07, 03:28 PM

We need that reliable source to tell us why Dell would bother in the first place. They should've learned their WM5 to X50 lesson in terms of profit by now.

pawpals · 04-12-07, 04:06 PM

Quote:

We need that reliable source to tell us why Dell would bother in the first place. They should've learned their WM5 to X50 lesson in terms of profit by now.

The X50 lesson was not to change operating system when different hardware/memory configurations are involved. My X5 upgraded to 2003 with no problem, and I would assume that an WM6 upgrade would also cause no problems on an X51v, because the specs support it.

solara · 04-12-07, 04:37 PM

They're not selling the Axim any longer. No way they'd pump resources into a WM6 upgrade for a product they're not selling anymore. No business sense to do so.

dvmed · 04-12-07, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by pawpals

The X50 lesson was not to change operating system when different hardware/memory configurations are involved. My X5 upgraded to 2003 with no problem, and I would assume that an WM6 upgrade would also cause no problems on an X51v, because the specs support it.

^^^
I am not talking about hardware or OS. I'm talking about profit (see my previous post). They're not going to make WM6 work for the X51 just to please you or me, especially now that the Aximline is dead.

Just like you assuming WM6 will work with the X51, their assumption was that WM5 was going to work with the X50. Actually they were able to make it work to a satisfactory level. The question is, did they profit from it? Far from it, I believe. They spent more money in tech support and replacing units with X51's just to please the angry mob.

And looking at their track record of bricked units after an upgrade, are the willing to replace them with remaining refurbished units? They might even dish out older models if supply doesn't meet the demand.

No profit, no upgrade. I just don't see it happening.

04-12-07, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by pawpals

However, according to other very recent posts here, the Windows Live beta is discontinued and now it is only available for WM6.

Dell could be working on an update; just need a reliable souce who can confirm or not.

Well search my Win Live thread, someone posted a non beta version there.:approve:

Ugh I was pissed at the suprise 3/30/07 death of the beta.:realmad:

04-12-07, 06:03 PM

sorry
this joke is kinda.....
Axim died for good, Dell developes no more
X51/X51v is the final model
hope HTC will pick Axim as non-phone PDA

player911 · 04-12-07, 07:54 PM

I hate pessimists.

rlarson_mn · 04-13-07, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by solara

They're not selling the Axim any longer. No way they'd pump resources into a WM6 upgrade for a product they're not selling anymore. No business sense to do so.

Exactly! My thoughts are the same as yours. If they can not be up front with us as to not selling/making the Axims any more why would they issue an update to the OS?