Battery life is ok. Not stellar. I run my brightness at one notch above off and it's perfect for indoor use (fluorescent lights). The screen is really, really bright, so you don't neet the brightness turned up too much. On a full charge with brightness set to one, no wi-fi or bluetooth and processor set to Auto, I can usually get around 4-5 hours on a single charge depending on what I'm doing. If I'm playing games or something that uses 3D acceleration, then I can usually get 3 hours. If you use it heavily during the day, get a second cradle for work or order the USB travel cable and you can charge from your computer or laptop during the day. I've never run out of battery during the day.
Really the big thing for this model is the true VGA screen and a 16 MB video/3-D accelerator. The Intel 1600 graphics chip on this guy rocks. Downside is that the software vendors are lagging behind with VGA compatible titles. It's bleeding edge as far as PDAs go. But the screen is just beautiful. If you want a coupon for 25% off, ping me off list. I've gotten a few from playing the Dellf game (www.dell.com/dellf). You can get one without any extras for under ~$375. That's a bunch less than you'd pay for an Asus or HP with the VGA screen. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:25 PM Subject: Re: Dell Sucks! How's the battery life on the x50v? I've been looking at it but the battery life is my only hesitation. I'd probably run at 50% brightness and no wireless most of the time. Just PDA stuff, not video or gaming. -Kevin On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:03:39 -0700, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Add me to the mix... I've heard of numerous complaints here recently. > Mostly folks ording Axims (X3i and X50 models). Some really nasty supply > chain issues going on. A ton of parts on backorder. I had to wait a month > and a half to get my Axim X50v. (Sweet PDA by the way!!!) Their customer > service sucks. Incompetent customer care folks (and yes they are > outsourced). But their products are usually pretty good as are their > prices, so I deal with the other crappy aspects of their business. > > Jeff > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harkins, Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 2:51 PM > Subject: RE: Dell Sucks! > > I heard of two today as well. > -Patrick > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Kevin Graeme > > > >Interesting. You're the third person I've heard in the last month that > >has had problems with timely orders from Dell. > > > > Outbound email scanned for viruses. (e232) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138936 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
