Dell X51v

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Insomniator

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Hey guys my boss gave me an x51v because he doesn't want them and the crap they come with sitting in his drawer any longer; says they are useless when everyone just has storms/iphones now...

I checked it out, seems to be a high end pda from just 2 or 3 years ago... but I don't know if windows mobile sucks or what but it can barely display a single website correctly on wifi.

anyone have one of these? good for games or videos or other random crap?
 

loup garou

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I used one of our old axims with BigOven software in my kitchen to access recipes. Didn't care if it got wet/gross/broken since it's old.
 

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I used mine almost exclusively to watch videos off my home network. Does a great job of playing back most dixv/xvid files (non-HD). I use it to catch up on TV that I miss. Good for the bus, airplane, long car rides. I use it mostly while in bed, and my wife is trying to go to sleep.

Also great as a portable GPS. I use a CF GPS receiver and bluetooth to my BlackBerry for internet (for up-to-date traffic)...It's GREAT! Especially useful for...long trips where you're driving.

I bought some cheap 4 gb SD (non-SDHC) and a 4 GB CF card and that's all the space you need for storage for cross-country airplane.
 

Insomniator

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Looks like it can be flashed to WM 6.1... and people have put playstation games on it?!

hmmmmmm
 

QueBert

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Originally posted by: Insomniator
Looks like it can be flashed to WM 6.1... and people have put playstation games on it?!

hmmmmmm

You might be able to put Playstation games on it, but I doubt they'll be playable at all. Unless the emulators on WM have come a faaaar way in the past year. My Motorola Q struggled with SNES games on the emulator.
 

Insomniator

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Originally posted by: QueBert
Originally posted by: Insomniator
Looks like it can be flashed to WM 6.1... and people have put playstation games on it?!

hmmmmmm

You might be able to put Playstation games on it, but I doubt they'll be playable at all. Unless the emulators on WM have come a faaaar way in the past year. My Motorola Q struggled with SNES games on the emulator.

This is quite true I'm sure, but if I could get super mario RPG to play on it I'd be pretty much set forever. Also this thing has a 624mhz cpu and 16 megs of video memory...
 

Crono

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Originally posted by: Insomniator
Originally posted by: QueBert
Originally posted by: Insomniator
Looks like it can be flashed to WM 6.1... and people have put playstation games on it?!

hmmmmmm

You might be able to put Playstation games on it, but I doubt they'll be playable at all. Unless the emulators on WM have come a faaaar way in the past year. My Motorola Q struggled with SNES games on the emulator.

This is quite true I'm sure, but if I could get super mario RPG to play on it I'd be pretty much set forever. Also this thing has a 624mhz cpu and 16 megs of video memory...

Super Mario RPG should work fine, I think, unless there is a compatibility issue with the emulator. I've played Tales of Phantasia, Chrono Trigger, and FF3 on older Axims. You might me able to overclock the CPU, too (it's been a while since I had a Dell Pocket PC, but used to overclock 300MHz to 500MHz).
 
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