Dell stops selling Axim handheld

By Ina Fried on 10 April 2007

Dell has stopped selling its Axim line of handhelds in the US and is not planning a new product in the category, the computer maker said Monday.

"The Axim X51 family is no longer being offered, and we have no plans for a follow-on product at this time," Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden said in an e-mail. Camden noted that the company does sell handhelds from other makers on its Web site, including GPS devices and smartphones.

Dell introduced its first Axim Pocket PC in 2002, helping to bring lower prices to a market in which customers had grown used to spending several hundred dollars. Over time, Dell expanded its lineup, adding features such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless technologies. The company debuted its most recent model, the X51, in the fall of 2005.

However, the market for personal organisers has stagnated as many users have opted for smartphones that combine such features as calendar and contact functions with telephony.

The demise of the Axim was earlier noted by handheld enthusiast Web site MobilitySite

Editor's note: A representative from Dell Australia told CNET.com.au has confirmed Dell will stop selling Axim handsets once the current stock runs out. Dell will provide technical and warranty support for Axim and Dell-branded Axim peripherals as per customer's support agreements.

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prntc
13/04/2007 03:51 PM

That's it for high-res (640x480) PDAs, then. Having just (accidentally) destroyed an IPaq hx4700, I was hoping to replace it with the Axim X51v. I don't want a phone, or GPS, just power for mobile medical apps, Word, pdf and PowerPoint viewers, and a nice screen.

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gosb46
30/08/2007 11:37 PM

Same as previous comment. I don't want a phone/PDA device. For a phone I want something COMPACT. I don't want to have to use a stylus or a large qwerty keyboard to operate the phone either. I want a separate PDA to be able to do PDA things and having tasted a hi-res 640x480 screen it's hard to settle for anything less.

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