Re: Mobile 5

Clinton,

I realize this. The gist of my post was lamenting that this was the case
and desiring a more generic OS for the People!! that a USER can upgrade
regardless of whether the greedy mgfs "allow" it or not.

You missed my whole point.

Thanks
Harry

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> Harry,
>
> There has been a lot of dicussion on this topic in this newsgroup for the
> last several days on this topic. The bottom line is that the OEMs can
> choose or not choose to offer an upgrade on any or all of their products.
> Each OEM can also configure that upgrade - just as they do with the ROM
> flashes now - to offer what they want. Dell has choosen to offer an
> upgrade on the x50 line but none of the others.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
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> "Harry Simpson" <hssimpson@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> When is the Pocket PC OS gonna be a standard upgrade regardless of the
>> device it's on? Does WM5 do this?
>>
>> Right now I have a Dell Axim X5. Since the PPC OS is built upon CE the
>> Dell has traditionally made its own brand of OS upgrade. They are not
>> offering an upgrade from WM2003 to either WM2003 SE or to WM5.
>>
>> Why can't the PPC OS be like the desktop OS and anyone with a desire and
>> some cash can upgrade?
>>
>> Harry
>>
>
>


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