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Dell Axim X3 with built-in Wi-Fi - review October 31, 2003 [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] | By anonymous 1. Are you sure that there is no Dell Axim Pocket PC, that has both built-in Wi-Fi and built-in Bluetooth? So take a look at this picture of the protruding antenna of Dell Axim X3 that we have been testing: 
... as you can see above, the symbol to the left (on the antenna) is a standard Bluetooth symbol and the one to the right (also on the antenna) is the Wi-Fi symbol. Sure, Wi-Fi can be added to almost any Pocket PC with help of expansion cards, but we prefer to have it built-in. Wi-Fi is a very important feature of PDAs nowadays, so it is important, that it is very good integrated into the device and that it offers proper performance and features. We are reviewing hereby the Dell Axim X3 with integrated Wi-Fi, that is currently the cheapest Pocket PC in category "PDAs with built-in Wi-Fi" ($341 plus shipping in USA or 390 Euro including shipping in EU). Dell is the biggest computer vendor on this planet and it eclipsed already HP and IBM, but in area of Pocket PC devices, Dell still is at the beginning, what does not mean that Dell cannot produce very good Pocket PC devices! In fact the first Pocket PC by Dell was released just about one year ago, what is a very short history compared to many many years of experiences in Pocket PC area, that HP/Compaq have... The first generation of Pocket PC PDAs from Dell were "Axim X5" devices, that feature: big size, Compact Flash slot (to put there Wi-Fi) and SD slot (not SDIO though). The second generation are "Axim X3" devices that are smaller, use faster chipset (Intel Xscale PXA263 400 MHz - that is faster than PXA255 used in latest iPaq PDAs), have no Compact Flash slot, but have true SDIO slot (including SDIO Now! support) that can be used for Wi-Fi SDIO card. The cheapest model of Dell Axim X3 PDAs costs around 200 Euro/USD and the most expensive model (the one we are reviewing hereby) costs between 300 and 400 Euro/USD but features built-in Wi-Fi and is the cheapest PDA with built-in Wi-Fi on the market currently. Please note that single most important criterium in evaluation of PDAs nowadays is, apart from having built-in Wi-Fi, also the screen size and in this respect undoubtedly the Toshiba e800 with the screen of size 640x480 pixels is the market leader. However this Toshiba costs over 200 Euro/USD more than Dell Axim X3 with integrated Wi-Fi, so clearly for some people, the Dell may be better choice with respect to price/value ratio. To read our extensive review of Dell Axim X3 with integrated Wi-Fi click here. It is not a final version - we will be adding more pages and more pictures to this review in coming days and weeks - just observe the "Site News" section.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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