Re: Mobile 5

"Harry Simpson" <hssimpson@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23hLNPhwVFHA.3488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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.

Check out the mfg's who are giving out the upgrade and how well they are
supporting thier products. Make a note of it. Then the next time you buy
something instead of thinking the mfg's are "greedy", when infact they could
just be less competent, not capable of seeing the future well enough, have
limited support resources, designed something that is technically impossible
to upgrade, or selling as good a product, choose a company and product that
has a better track record for compatibility, support and upgrades.

> You missed my whole point.

And you missed the whole point of a free market system. The mfg's have the
freedom to manufacture and support thier products any way they want. That's
not directly your call, but in the long run, consumers have considerable
impact on how products are designed, mfg'd and supported. You do have some
responsibility as a purchaser of a particular product. Pay attention the
next time, it's all not just based on cheep prices, slick advertising and
slick features to capture your imagination only for as long as it takes to
make the sale and run the warranty out.

A good key would be to roam around a particular mfg's web site. See how well
they continue support with downloads, firmware upgrades, drivers, etc. There
is more information available today than ever before to help consumers make
intelligent descisions in thier purchase of any product, including pocket
pc's. If one website doesn't look like they offer as much ongoing driver,
firmware and software upgrade support, factor that in to your descision as
to what to buy. In a technology as rapidly changing as pocket pc's,
continued support to me is the prime factor.

And, I would never buy a Dell and I betcha others have learned about that
from you input and the threads that are going on in this conference about
the various mfg's "upgradibility".

>
> Thanks
> Harry
>
> "Clinton Fitch, Clinton Fitch (Dot) Com!"
> <management@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ey$ISXvVFHA.3636@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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
>> news:O6AfwNvVFHA.2692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 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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