04-01-2007, 07:30 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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APRIL FOOLS: Dell Readying Windows Mobile 6 for the Axim X50/X51
A new month is upon us and we're kicking it off with some hot news.
Dell may be out of the PDA market, but they're not done with updates, so don't throw that aging Axim out the door just yet. An insider dropped us a note and a few pictures to let us know that Windows Mobile 6 for the Axim X50/X51 series is on its way - and yes, following in the footsteps of several other manufacturers and carriers, it will be a free update, although X50/X50v devices will need to be running Windows Mobile 5.0 in order for installation to take place. Based on what's visible in the pictures above and after the break, all of Windows Mobile 6's goodies (Windows Live, Windows Update, etc.) and Dell's usual enhancements (Home, Switcher Bar, WLAN Utility, etc.) are present. Don't get too excited, though. Dell is still in the early stages of customizing the update, so an official release isn't expected until June or July.
Update: Kudos to anyone who spotted the easter egg (signal strength status icon) in all five pictures.
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04-01-2007, 08:17 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 805
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Wow !! I had not expected this from Dell at all.
It is still, undoubtably, the best non-PPCPE device in the market
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04-01-2007, 08:39 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 4
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A new month has begun indeed...April 1st...
My axim is still in the closet, gathering dust, unfortunately, I don't think I'll be taking it out to update it to Windows Mobile 6, EVER! Damn April Fool's...
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04-01-2007, 09:06 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jan 2006
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:bad-words: I dont want this to come out as an April Fool joke.
Hope the Axim in the above pics is not running WA2 with Crossbow theme 
On the brighter side, many devices have been spotted using WM6 at CTIA,07(like imate PDAL, htc hermes, htc excalibur, imate spl etc). So, if 'old' devices can get 'official' WM6, then, may be, Dell may also surprise us :roll:
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04-01-2007, 09:16 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Drat! You got me!
Ok. For a minute I thought. "Yes! Thank You Dell!" then like jfenix suggested I'm now convinced that this is Darius' photoshopping skills at work. :devilboy: :devilboy: You got me.  ops:
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04-01-2007, 10:19 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Is this a CON? i hope you are not getting the millions of axim users out there excited for nothing. havent seen this news at aximsite either. but i do hope it's real
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04-01-2007, 10:45 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Originally Posted by alexnvidia
Is this a CON? i hope you are not getting the millions of axim users out there excited for nothing. havent seen this news at aximsite either. but i do hope it's real
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I dont think so that its real. Had it been a real, it would have been on the frontpage of Aximsite
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04-01-2007, 12:52 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: May 2002
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This one was a cruel prank on the feeling-like-leftover Axim users.
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04-01-2007, 01:01 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Apr 2006
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...hic....
....hu hu hu hu........this is rude.......hu hu hu hu.............
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04-01-2007, 02:46 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 80
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Re: Dell Readying Windows Mobile 6 for the Axim X50/X51
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
A new month is upon us and we're kicking it off with some hot news.
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This is just not funny.
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