I have an Axim X51v, ask me anything.

[Krustywalnuts]

With WM5 and terminal Service for remote access of my PC do you have the option to leave audio at the PC.

[dogfood]

Will Excel Mobile in WM5 be able to open password protected spreadsheet files? I cannot open them in Windows Mobile 2003 SE on x50v.

[doomcomplex]

Does the OS support IPSec VPN?

[Glentor]

If there are any other questions, post them here.

Where will Rita hit and how will we pay for it?

[Sam Ontario]

Does it work with IDE mode 4 GB CF Microdrive? No?

[crash613]

I have a question,

what is the full name of Mr. T's character in the once-popular TV show "The A-Team"?

Well, you said I could ask you anything.

B.A. Barrakas

I'm already stuck in getting a connection w/ActiveSync 4.0 Is there a secret?

[nonpaq]

Do you get to keep your pre-release press unit, or do you have to send it back?

[psionandy]

Do you get to keep your pre-release press unit, or do you have to send it back?

and how many wild horses would they need to drag it away?

[BoogerFace]

Does the x51v have DirectX drivers?

[Patrick Y.]

Can you use x51v, now with WM 5, as USB mass storage device?

[AdamaDBrown]

I have two questions. Does the X51v support USB 2.0? (WM5 does, but did Dell give this option hardware support?)

Is there a way to reliably hard reset (or I guess more accurately to clean up) the X51v as with the good old Windows 2003? By reliably I mean nothing stays on your device, no programs, no files, no traces for file recovery tools? With Windows 2003 you could be 100% sure that after a hard reset the RAM was irrevocably clean.

And a third question: :) What is the point of having so much more ROM when you can simply exchange your CF/SD card for a bigger one in your old X50? (currently at 4GB max., 256MB, alas built-in, seems as though pure marketing hipe) Am I missing something?

Re: USB 2.0 support, I'm away from my ActiveSync machine right now, but I'll check later on.

A hard reset will erase the device's storage memory, just like on 2003SE. Unlike with Built-In Storage on previous Axims, it won't preserve data in flash memory.

The internal flash does have some selling points. It performs faster than memory cards, and can never be lost or left behind--I confess that there are a couple of times I've left my memory cards in the reader, and I'd be extremely put out if that meant I couldn't access my programs and documents. But other than that, no, it isn't a huge benefit for those who prefer large memory cards.

Before the X51 shipped their was talk of the possibility of voice command being intergrated/bundled.

as nobody has mentioned it so far i assume this hasn't happened ?

Nope, Voice Command isn't bundled.

is the ability to sync wirelessly gone in WM5?

More or less. You can no longer sync by WiFi, but you can still sync over Bluetooth. The problem is with ActiveSync 4.0, rather than WM5 proper, so if MS releases a new version with TCP/IP syncing reenabled, then we'll be good to go.

[AdamaDBrown]

Here's a WM5 question: Has Connection Manager improved at all?

Not really. It doesn't seem to have changed at all.

With WM5 and terminal Service for remote access of my PC do you have the option to leave audio at the PC.

I'm not sure, but if it answers your question, the TS client appears unchanged from 2003SE.

Will Excel Mobile in WM5 be able to open password protected spreadsheet files? I cannot open them in Windows Mobile 2003 SE on x50v.

I don't believe so, no.

Does the OS support IPSec VPN?

As I understand, it does support IPSec/L2TP.

Where will Rita hit and how will we pay for it?

Current projections place landfall along the Texas coast, north of the Houston/Galveston area, near 30 degrees latitude by -94 degrees longitude.

For my money, slash the pork out of the budget, repeal the tax cut for the upper-class, and eliminate no-bid government contracts.

Does it work with IDE mode 4 GB CF Microdrive? No?

I don't have any microdrives of any type, so I don't know.

[AdamaDBrown]

I'm already stuck in getting a connection w/ActiveSync 4.0 Is there a secret?

Try connecting the Axim to the PC after AS before it tells you to. That usually does the trick.

Do you get to keep your pre-release press unit,

Usually.

or do you have to send it back?

and how many wild horses would they need to drag it away?

Many.

Does the x51v have DirectX drivers?

I would assume so, since DirectX Mobile is a standard feature of WM5, but it's not listed in the system information.

Can you use x51v, now with WM 5, as USB mass storage device?

Not out of the box.

[Surferjesus]

Perhaps I should've put my question on this topic instead of starting a whole new topic for it....

Btw, great review dude!

My issue with AS4.0 was the whole Outlook as defaul email thing. I've got it taken care of. Audible works fine. AOL and AIM work fine. Conduit's TimeKeeper doesn't work, but I've talked to their TechSupport and they're working on it.

[Patrick Y.]

Originally Posted by Patrick Y.
Can you use x51v, now with WM 5, as USB mass storage device?


Not out of the box.

So, there is still no way that you can transfer files without ActiveSync? But I thought WM 5 suppose to have the function of CardExport.

[MMXER]

Does Handmark SCRABBLE work with it? I love scrabble, but was messed on on my x50v....http://www.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=107

For the demo...

[psionandy]

Thanks AdamaDBrown for all of your answers... :approve:

[nomadmatt]

So, there is still no way that you can transfer files without ActiveSync? But I thought WM 5 suppose to have the function of CardExport.

ya thats why i wanted to update to