Re: Mobile 5

I purchased an X50v about 2 months ago, knowing that
WM2005 was in the pipeline. I considered delaying my
purchase until I would be able to buy a device with it
installed. But then I would want to wait until my device
supported 801.11x - or the device would support hard
drives - or my device would ......

So I went ahead and made my purchase, knowing that Dell
wasn't promising me anything, and knowing my device did
what I wanted it to do at the time of purchase.

Will I be upgrading to WM2005 - not sure - usually I
would jump at the chance - but I'll watch the NGs to see
how the new kid on the block plays with others before I
let the beast loose in my device.

xfiler

>-----Original Message-----
>"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,
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Clinton Fitch
>>> Senior Editor / Owner
>>> Clinton Fitch (Dot) Com!
>>> http://www.clintonfitch.com
>>>
>>> A Pocket PC Magazine "Best Site" for Pocket PC
Reviews!
>>>
>>> "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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