Jul 17

“UpdateDell Computer said Wednesday it has identified a software glitch inside its Axim handheld and will not ship new units until it corrects the problem.

The Round Rock, Texas, company said that Axim X5 models–its first and only handheld–running Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC contain a software glitch that reduces their performance on many applications.

Dell recently began offering the Axims X5 with the new software. Instead of introducing a new Axim model to go with the Microsoft software, which came out on June 23, Dell added it to existing X5 model, leaving its basic hardware unchanged.

Since they began receiving Dell Axims with the 2003 software installed, a number of Dell customers have reported a noticeable lack of performance in the newer models versus older models with Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 software….”

Source: Cnet


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