Dell revealed release date

A Dell Tech Support Agent has revealed the release date for the Axim X51 series: Monday, September 19, 2005. The news was published in this thread of AximSite, a community of Axim Owners. According to the same source, these are the key features of this series:

· Persistent Storage – Helps prevent loss of data in the event of a power loss
· Music/Video/Pictures – Windows Media Player 10 supports numerous file formats, turning the PDA into a “Swiss army knife” for mobile multimedia content
· New User Interface – more intuitive faster access to data/apps
· Improved productivity applications – Word and Excel enhanced, PowerPoint viewer now native
· Improved Active sync – faster, more intuitive

Differences between X50/X50v and X51/X51v:
· Operating System – X51/X51v includes Windows Mobile Version 5.0 (X50/X50v had Windows Mobile 2003 2nd Edition)
· Cradle/Cable - X51 416MHz ships with a sync cable (X50 416MHz included a cradle)
· Memory - X51v has 256MB ROM memory (X50v had 128MB ROM)