Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition officially unveiled.

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Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, has just officially unveiled Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition at his company's Mobile Developer Conference. The Second Edition brings to this platform some significant enhancements, including support for VGA screens and the ability to switch the screen orientation between portrait and landscape...

http://www.brighthand.com/article/Overview_of_Windows_Mobile_2003_SE

When Will Windows Mobile Second Edition Updates Be Available?

http://www.brighthand.com/article/When_Will_WM03SE_Updates_Be_Available?site=PPC

Darren · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 3:04 pm Post subject:

The good news is that 55xx, 21xx and 41xx HP's look likely to get the upgrade, indeed it is already available to Beta testers so might actually appear this year!

The bad news is that 19xx owners have been passed over because of ROM size which prevents the installation of the upgrade. Were I a 19xx owner I would be mightily pi$$ed off, HP used the same excuse to deny 1910 owners the original WM2003 upgrade and it seems very short sighted to have gone ahead and handicapped future upgrade of the 1940 in the same manner when they appear to have predicted the need by allowing extra space in the other models ROM.
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icsys · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject:

Having viewed the specifications of the 2215 and the 1945, they both have 32Mb of flash ROM so it should be possible for the 1940 to be compatible.

If not, don't understand how a 'source' at HP could state that "there wouldn't be h1935 or h1945 updates because these models lack enough space in their ROM".

icsys · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:30 pm Post subject:

A spokesperson at HP has informed iPAQabilities that HP will be releasing a ROM update for current iPAQ Pocket PC's from the H2200 series and up (H2200, H4100, H4300, H5100, and H5500 series). There is still no timeline given as to when we can expect the ROM updates to become available at HP's Support website.

Yes, that means the H1900, H3600, H3700, H3800, H3900, and H5400 series are being left out since these are not current models. This will quite potentially upset owners of those iPAQ's, especially the one's looking forward to these enhancements provided by Microsoft. Even though the H193x and H194x are current models, they are being left out because of memory limitations on their ROM. ???

Future iPAQ Pocket PC's that will get released by HP will ship with Windows Mobile 2003, Second Edition pre-installed.

icsys · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:55 pm Post subject: iPAQ 1940 / 1945 owners

If you own an iPAQ 19xx you may be aware that the Windows Mobile 2003 SE upgrade will not be offered for the H1940/1945 iPAQs.
If you own one of these, you might want to go sign the online petition requesting the update.

http://www.petitiononline.com/IPAQ1940/petition.html

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