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Subject: Pocket Fritz2 and Dell Axim X5

Author: John Helmbrecht

Date: 05:47:25 09/26/03


I am interested in buying a Pocket PC to be used almost exclusively for chess.
I have a Dell Axim X5 and the Pocket Fritz2 program picked out as possible
purchases.  Before I make the purchase, does anyone know the answers to the
following?

1)  Is there much difference between the 300Mhz and 400Mhz versions of the X5?
i.e.  Is there much of a rating difference between the new machines?  I know the
400Mhz version comes with more memory that could be used for downloading/storing
PGN formatted games.  But, I figure with a compact flash card (I already own a
couple of 256MB CF cards) that I could just use that for storing game databases
on it.  Trying to figure out if it is worth the extra $100 for buying the more
expensive X5 400Mhz model.

2)  Does anyone know of any game databases with PocketFritz2 so I could review
some of the games that it has played?

3)  Finally, I am wondering if the viewable chess board on the screen will be
"too small".  Know this is probably just a personal preference, but how does the
board and pieces display on these machines?  I can go to stores and test the
demo models there, but none of them have chess playing software on them so it is
a little hard to tell how good the graphics would be on these machines.

Anyone info or other recommendations would be appreciated!  Thanks - John




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