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Old 22 September 2006, 08:14 PM
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wifi is a must
Old 22 September 2006, 08:17 PM
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Hi Mate,

Picked a Dell Axim X50 up from ebay for £125.00 Delivered (Factory Refurb.). WiFi, BlueTooth etc. Got a PCMCIA/Compact Flash GPS receiver for £50.00 as well. For £250 you should get a nice GPS setup. The latest version of tomtom5 works a treat as well.

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bundle it with a mobile phone and look at the XDA range ?
Old 22 September 2006, 08:22 PM
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no need for gps as ive already got sat nav


but that does look a nice unit



dont want a mobile phone the size of a pda to be honest
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Originally Posted by Pumpkin
bundle it with a mobile phone and look at the XDA range ?
I found that the XDA's were very unstable (Have own XDA, XDA2, XDA2i, XDA2s) meaning lots of hard resets and loosing stuff.

Dell all the way imho
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found a x50 in southampton brand new in box for £160 on ebay, im just wondering about warrantee issues?


has it got wireless internet?
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can someone help me i may aswell buy a new one from dell

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...n&s=dhs&~ck=mn

the 420 mhz one on right for £188 has it got wifi wireless? i see it has bluetooth but not sure?
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Do you want WiFi to dishonestly connect to other peoples wireless routers?
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i want wifi so that i can access internet in hotels i travel too etc
Old 22 September 2006, 09:17 PM
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I use the XDA Mini S . I rarely have to reset it, has wifi and allows me GPS navigation with a bluetooth gps sensor. Its small and saves me carrying around a seperate mobile or pda as they're both combined in one.
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Yes guys, The Dell Axim X50 does have wifi. Damn good as well.
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its the x51 im looking at now new from dell, i think the lower price one of 188 doesnt have wifi but the mid one @ 218 does, so ill prob get her to order that one on monday unless anyone can suggest otherwise?
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I have a HP HX4700 here...wifi, bluetooth, 624MHz processor and nice big 4" VGA screen. It is as new complete with original packaging and a nifty metal case. Yours for £220 delivered.

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thank for the offer but ive decided on the x51 520 mhz version, mainly due to price is right but seems a good unit, also dell are normally good machines and good warrantys


ANYONE GOT ANY GOOD SOFTWARE ABOUT?

glass guide evaluator would be ace
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gutted, just spent 10 mins on the phone trying to get some paki to understand what im saying, all i wanted to do was order a fooking pda, i hung up on her in the end

ill try dell again in the morning but if its the same ill look for another brand
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