Larry wrote:
Dell delivered my Dell Axim X51v pocket mainframe, today. Runs MS
Windoze Mobile 5.01 on a 624 Mhz Intel PDA processor. Bluetooth won't
talk to any BT headsets for my Skype, but it's sitting here as I type
this playing KPIG's 128Kbps MP3 streaming audio off my wifi router full
speed. The audio lacks bass, but what can you expect from a speaker
that's only 1/4" across!...(c;

Skype for Mobile 1.2 is now available for free from skype.com's website.
Just download the .cab file directly off wifi to the Axim and click YES
when it warns you it doesn't know this guy and do you want to continue to
install it. You put in your skype name and password and it goes and gets
your contact list from Skype's server, same one you use at home. Turn on
echo cancellation as the Axim's mic and speaker make a helluva great
hands-free phone if you don't mind everyone listening to your call.

The Wifi transceiver and Bluetooth transceiver are first class and very
sensitive. I sat on the seawall at home talking to a friend in Hawaii on
it this afternoon on Skype. Should have no trouble connecting to the
marina wifi to give you cheap/free phone service on the boat. Even if
your boat is too far from the wifi hotspot....just carry the PDA "pocket
phone" down the dock to make those calls. You don't need to be tied to
the laptop.

There's a freeware media player TCPMP available from the genius hackers
who write its code and codecs to play Divx/Xvid/MP4 movies and all the
audio codecs. That's the player playing KPIG as I type this....

WinMobile 5 has all kinds of GPS and Bluetooth GPS support. I haven't
had time to research the nav aspect of it, but on a powerful processor
like this it'll be great. There's a few bugs in Mobile 5 Windoze, of
course, it's Micro$oft, you know....

$374 from Dell, direct. Others said $350 net price. It's a lot of power
at this price. I found a 4GB SD memory card for it for $78 on the
net....not the $130-250 Circuit City wanted....



Tuesday, I received a call from my buddy in the British Virgin Islands
on Skype. He was raving about it.. how cheap it was etc. His voice
sounded just a bit different, but otherwise very clear.
He tried to convince me to sign up, but I don't make very many LD calls.
Not sure if it would be worthwhile.