[pocketpcadmirer]

I love my h4150 -- 18-months and never once a hard reset.

Thats really phenomenal. I own a HTC magician and I do a hard reset every 3 months. I test a lot of apps and sometimes things really go wrong(and I'm a bit lazy to do a back-up everytime) :wink:

Sunny

[pocketpcadmirer]

I love my h4150 -- 18-months and never once a hard reset.

Thats really phenomenal. I own a HTC magician and I do a hard reset every 3 months. I test a lot of apps and sometimes things really go wrong(and I'm a bit lazy to do a back-up everytime) :wink:

Sunny

[twpd]

There's a simple answer to all of this:

1. Don't be so eager to upgrade - all new os/s have problems that cannot be worked through in the desing/test phase.
2. Don't buy the rubbish - the problems are well-know (unless you are an early adopter).
3. Use a different pda - Windows Mobile has always been buggy, bloated and slow since the first incarnations and if you really look at it you will see that there's been hardly any inovation of progress in it. If people keep buying it then there's no incentive for either Microsoft or the hardware manufacturers to make it work properly.


As for those who say they went to WM5 for its ability to retain data in the event of a flat battery:

a. Buy a device with a backup battery
b. Back up more often.

If you data or apps stored on flash (persistent memory) then be prepared to accept slower write and read times. That's a limitation of the technology.

I remember my old Psion 5mx - it was faster, more responsive, more reliable and did more than my current X50v with far fewer hardware resources. Windows Mobile is rubbish.

[UnLoGiC]

The bluetooth stack in the Dell WM5 is so crappy that I'm forced to use IR for now, thats going backwards in the evolution damnit!

[MasterOfMoo]

My issue (and the majority of the rest) is, bare bones, I purchased a crap product (the upgrade, not the Axim x50v) and the vendor has made no progress/[visible] effort in fixing it.

[Typhoon]

Originally Posted by MasterOfMoo

My issue (and the majority of the rest) is, bare bones, I purchased a crap product (the upgrade, not the Axim x50v) and the vendor has made no progress/[visible] effort in fixing it.

Yea, that is the whole point. A valid excuse to petition. I agree.

[larrywms45]

I think it was Woody Hayes at Ohio State that was quoted as saying that when you throw the football, only three things can happen and two are bad.

In this case Dell has the option of doing nothing, offering an update fix for the 50 and 51 series or give me my $39 back for the upgrade for my X50 that doesn't work.

If they do nothing and or won't refund my money, that's two bad things. Do I think they really care? No but I can only hope.

I would have thought that Dell would have made a formal statement of intent by now; but, alas nothing.

[PetiteFlower]

Have you asked for your money back?

[Typhoon]

Originally Posted by PetiteFlower

Have you asked for your money back?

That's a good question... Has anyone?

[Muntasser]

i rolled back, and I'm not looking back...

Dell can bang up WM5 all they want, but I'm not risking it all again like the first time. Its over...

This upgrade has wasted many hours of my valuable time and caused undue stress. The very least Dell can do is issue;

a) a formal apology and
b) a clear statement of whether a fix will/will not be created.

Is it really so hard?

[Typhoon]

Probably not...