<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000099"> I bought the Dell X50v about 1.5 years ago. It's currently outdated. It cannot run the latest version of Windows Mobile (in part because Dear Microsoft changed hardware requirements.) For a brief time, Dell had an upgrade to WinMob 5 for my X50v, but then retracted it (thankfully before I spent the bucks) because they learned that "it worked for a little while, then it didn't work any more" (tech speak from Dell "Tech Support" (i.e. "Help Desk")). That said, I'm fairly satisfied with it. It's the only Dell product I've ever owned. Support (as just mentioned) is spotty. I'm responding because I'd like to clarify something about PDA's. They are actually "always on", unless the battery dies. When you press the off button, all that does is turn the display off. The OS and all your data are in volatile memory which requires constant electron excitementation... unless you save to the much slower (but also usually much larger) card.  That's why you have to reinstall PRCT etc when (not IF) you battery dies and your 1/2 hour backup battery expires as well. I've heard a suggestion which seems to help battery life significantly. Turn down the screen brightness to the dimmest level that you can comfortably use. Operative word is "comfortably".  It's not worth having a battery if you can't see the screen!  Reducing processor speed should help too, but I've found that my PRCT doesn't work as well as I'd like at less than top speed.  Also, I think it's a good idea to have "Switcher Bar" active... I always use it to verify that PRCT is stopped before I start a new tuning with it. Paul </body> </html>