Photo of the Rumoured Dell Axim X50?

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=50535' target='_blank'>http://www.aximsite.com/boards/show...ead.php?t=50535</a><br /><br /></div>There's nothing in this thread other than a photo, and no details as to where it came from, but here's a rumoured photo of the rumoured X50:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/dellaximx50.JPG" /><br /><br />Whenever we post images like this, there's always the "Photoshop'd!" comments, so let's try it with a poll this time. :D

[doc]

Uh, there IS more information. They're posting a release date of 10/12. All I've heard so far was that it would be released sometime in October.

I wish Dell would do a pre-order. My guess is that they're not going to have enough on hand to meet the original orders :( Especially if they beat HP to market with the next VGA PPC.

[dean_shan]

I don't want to eat my own words later but it looks like it could be fake to me. Such a small photo and it looks more like HP designed it then Dell. I'm a little weary of it right now.

[dh]

I think it's real (or close to real).

That picture has shown up in a few places in much the same form. Looks rather nice, like the new HPs should have looked.

I remember being excited by those "X7" rumours ages ago. Looks like it finally arriving, even if it does have a different name :D

[Jeff Rutledge]

I think the device will look something close to this. This is probably a mock-up of the device for presentations, etc. The question is how far off it will be from the real thing. Hopefully not too much as this is a good looking piece of hardware!

[Fishie]

It looks ugly enough to be a real Dell device.
It doesnt appeal to me, none of the Dell´s have design that appeals to me.

[ctmagnus]

Mmm... Curvy! :drool:

[huangzhinong]

It looks ugly enough to be a real Dell device.
It doesnt appeal to me, none of the Dell´s have design that appeals to me.

Actually it doesn't look like a real Dell device because of not ugly enough. It looks nice.

[Fishie]

Well it looks cheap enough to be a Dell.

[ignar]

For me, it certainly looks nicer than iPaq 4700. Of course I haven't seen either of them in person, so my opinion may change.

[mace]

me likes :D

[James Fee]

Is this a better picture guys? :devilboy:

http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/X50.jpg

[lindykid]

I don't want to eat my own words later but it looks like it could be fake to me. Such a small photo and it looks more like HP designed it then Dell. I'm a little weary of it right now.

The person who designed the hps left hp and went to dell. So that explains why it looks like an hp.

[James Fee]

The person who designed the hps left hp and went to dell. So that explains why it looks like an hp.I don't think it is at all possible that Alex Gruzen could have any affect upon the X50. He just got there.

[tsahnocub]

Well, it's a lil hard to tell from even the large image, and it may still very well be a mockup for promotional purposes, but screen image on there seems to indicate a QVGA screen. Look at the windows logo/Start button at the top left, it's got the blocky pixellated look of the QVGA screens that was gone in the VGA ones.

Granted, as I said, it could be a mockup, or not a final or real image yet.

[Janak Parekh]

Well, it's a lil hard to tell from even the large image, and it may still very well be a mockup for promotional purposes, but screen image on there seems to indicate a QVGA screen.
Well, the date in the Today screen image suggests that part (at least) is a Photoshop job. ;)

--janak

[Spiral]

pretty much all the LCD images are photoshopped or at least digitally applied because LCD's don't look very good in real pictures. And of course this is how you see advertisements for palms running Windows Mobile 2003 or vice versa in retailer catalogs.

But the picture might be QVGA, because there's suppose to be 3 tiers of the X50 accrording to the rumors.

[nuka_t]

Well, it's a lil hard to tell from even the large image, and it may still very well be a mockup for promotional purposes, but screen image on there seems to indicate a QVGA screen.
Well, the date in the Today screen image suggests that part (at least) is a Photoshop job. ;)

--janak

not to mention its running nonse(look at the start button)

its safe to say, this image was not, in its entireity, taken with a camera.

also, notice how it says x50 on the bottom, it should say pocketpc like all the other dells.

[Ubergamer]

http://www.brighthand.com/articles/pictures.php?imageURL=Dell_X50_FCC_Front.jpg&imageTitle=Axim%20X50%20without%20Casing&leadAdVar=PocketPC&largeAdVar=PocketPC

Check out the top above the LCD.. right in the middle on the inset panel. There is a little button there.. in the same place as the power button on the Image posted here in this thread. Also all the buttons and the overall case layout are exactly the same position.

Looks real to me.

[jonathanchoo]

It looks ugly enough to be a real Dell device.
It doesnt appeal to me, none of the Dell´s have design that appeals to me.

Actually it doesn't look like a real Dell device because of not ugly enough. It looks nice.

I agree with Fish, this Dell is ugly! And its not because a HP guy joined Dell that this looks 'pretty'. HTC just took the h19xx platform and upgraded it. But the h4150 is much prettier.

[jonathanchoo]

Well, it's a lil hard to tell from even the large image, and it may still very well be a mockup for promotional purposes, but screen image on there seems to indicate a QVGA screen. Look at the windows logo/Start button at the top left, it's got the blocky pixellated look of the QVGA screens that was gone in the VGA ones.

Granted, as I said, it could be a mockup, or not a final or real image yet.

If the rumours are true there would be a version with VGA and two models with QVGA.

But its still ugly. Where are all the designers!? Its time one of these manufacturers get F.A. Porsche to design a limited edition model (like they do on Lacie USB drives, watches, pens).

[MacBirdie]

Wow, it's even hotter than in the drawing (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31846). :)

If this one's fake then it's photoshop mastery AFAIK.
The side buttons for recording and wireless enable/disable are missing though, just as in the vector image.

[jlp]

The side buttons for recording and wireless enable/disable are missing though, just as in the vector image.

They're there 8) look at the large pic, I don't know exactly what is where but it looks like the switch is near the top, there looks like a side rocker switch below and 1 or 2 other things further below 8).

[MacBirdie]

But FCC X50 front photo shows connectors for these buttons almost exactly where they are in X3/X30 and it's those I can't see. ;)

[Underwater Mike]

A little OT, but does anyone know if the serial connector on this device will be the same as the x5? I will choke if I have to buy another keyboard... :(

[corny]

HI guys
Did you notice that the x50 resembled the dell DJ, or jukebox. 8O

[Chris Leckness]

A little OT, but does anyone know if the serial connector on this device will be the same as the x5? I will choke if I have to buy another keyboard... :(

I do not know anything about this connector, but I can tell you that it is not the same as the X5. They changed connectors with the X3 and Dell's plan was to make all connectors from that point on the same.

[Underwater Mike]

Hmm. Sounds like my iPAQ experience! :evil:

I guess that I will wait a while and try to milk my X5 until I absolutely need a new device. I have a drawer full of cables, peripherals, etc. with no home, and I'm not going to go down that road again any sooner than I have to.

Thanks for the info!


I do not know anything about this connector, but I can tell you that it is not the same as the X5. They changed connectors with the X3 and Dell's plan was to make all connectors from that point on the same.

[Ubergamer]

By the Way guys, The vga model (and possibly the QVGA) really will have the 2700G Multimedia processor (I know there has been some discussion before if this was a rumor or not).

If you go to this site, and look at the video, go to about 47 minutes in. http://www.intrinsyc.com/products/carbonado/

One of the Executives from Intel mentions that Dell will be using the 2700G in their next generation Axim due in the second half of 2004.

Maybe this will end that discussion ;-)

BTW Here is a nice pic of the Prototype that Intrinsyc built.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2004/1240/tech_i2700G.jpg

[whatsnext?]

ohhhh pretty! i like it! it is boxy but i could get used to it.

or was that just to display the Multimedia processor?

[David Prahl]

A big question for me is whether this will be a phone edition or not. The renderings we've seen don't indicate that, but the prototype two posts above have the necessary hardware buttons.

Do we know? :|

[MacBirdie]

Naah. This reference PDA is just that - a reference platform used to test incoming Windows Mobile (Pocket PC, Smartphone), Windows CE and Linux versions on prototype new generation hardware. It's a Intrisyc's (http://www.intrinsyc.com/products/PDA/), Intel's and Microsoft's toy called uPDA (micro PDA). Run by Intel's latest processors, lots of memory, lots of wireless modules (wired too, BTW - even ethernet port is there), lots of expansion slots, lots and lots of buttons and lots of grams and centimeters to hold in hand. ;)

You can buy one included in Intrinsycs developer kit starting from just $2,995.00. ;)

[Jeff00000168]

New X50 photos! I like it! :way to go:

http://www.handy.ru/board/files/12.jpg
http://www.handy.ru/board/files/11_999.jpg

[MacBirdie]

New X50 photos! I like it! :way to go:

Me likes too! ;)

Feels good to be right (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31846), again (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17450). ;)

Edit:

This NickM guy in the handy.ru (http://www.handy.ru/board/viewtopic.php?t=51373&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15) forum didn't say anything new or nothing you can't see on the pics - I asked my mother, who speaks Russian pretty good, to translate it.

I had those rocker-buttons on Jornada 568 and I don't like this solution.

There is 2700G on board as is Bluetooth 1.2 afterall. The screen made by Sharp, just like the LOOX 720's and Asus a730's.

[Jeff00000168]

At least now, both the CF and SD slots are on top just like HP's iPAQ 2215. The buttons on the side are not bulky like the X3/X30's jog dial. :D

[doc]

How long did this get delayed? :cry: How about a preorder Dell?

[jlp]

New X50 photos! I like it! :way to go:


This NickM guy in the handy.ru (http://www.handy.ru/board/viewtopic.php?t=51373&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15) forum didn't say anything new or nothing you can't see on the pics - I asked my mother, who speaks Russian pretty good, to translate it.

I had those rocker-buttons on Jornada 568 and I don't like this solution.

Which one is the rocker thing? the top switch, the lower one, or the two lowest ones?

[jlp]

And it looks like they don't have rubber sides so the PPC doesn't slip and crashes on the floor. Unless the whole black back is rubberized, in which case such paint usually peals off pretty quickly; it has to be full rubber not just paint.

[MacBirdie]

Which one is the rocker thing? the top switch, the lower one, or the two lowest ones?
The two lowest ones.

[jlp]

Which one is the rocker thing? the top switch, the lower one, or the two lowest ones?
The two lowest ones.

They haven't learned their lesson: first on x5 the dial is placed waaaaay too low on the side (look at where your thumb rests on your PPC when holding it naturally for a hint), now this a) still placed too low and b) yet worst it's not a rocker switch anymore: 2 buttons :evil: :bad-words: :splat: :bangin:

Do you know if the IR is CIR? Is the IR window located where it should: i.e. on top of the device?!