Pocket PC 2003 on e740

[atomicparkerman]

Will there be an update?

I emailed Toshiba, and this was the responce I got.

"Dear Customer,

Thank you for contacting Toshiba of Canada Limited, Notebook Computer Division with your inquiry.

At this time, we are currently investigating the 2003 ROM update for existing PDA customers. We will contact you once we have further information for your e740."

Any thoughts? I sure hope there will be an update...Having a 400mhz processor on an OS that isn't optimized for it is a great waste...

[atomicparkerman]

Will there be an update?

I emailed Toshiba, and this was the responce I got.

"Dear Customer,

Thank you for contacting Toshiba of Canada Limited, Notebook Computer Division with your inquiry.

At this time, we are currently investigating the 2003 ROM update for existing PDA customers. We will contact you once we have further information for your e740."

Any thoughts? I sure hope there will be an update...Having a 400mhz processor on an OS that isn't optimized for it is a great waste...

[Dave Beauvais]

Ultimately, nobody can say at this point whether or not any Pocket PC manufacturer will release a ROM update for their current models. Rumor has it that HP will have updates for at least their 3900 and 5400 series iPAQ, but I don't think anyone has actually seen that in writing anywhere official. Personally, I would be surprised if Toshiba didn't release a ROM update at some point in the future, but no one outside the company can say for sure yet.

--Dave

[jawage]

I hear pocket pc 2003 will come out june 26th

[Chris Spera]

I thought the date was June 23.

As far as updates from Toshiba, I'm not sure what will come out, or for which PPC's. Toshiba has been very stingy with updates for the e310, and it took a lot of whining from a lot of enthusiasts for them to release updates for EUU2 and EUU3.

As far as the 740/750 are concerned, I'd think that there would be an update; but I really don't know for certain. Toshiba is very, very silent when it comes to this stuff, and getting information from them on possible updates is like pulling teeth.

My recommendations would be to keep your eyes and ears peeled for someting; but don't be surprised if they leave the current devices behind...

Kind Regards,


Christopher Spera

[Keystone]

From the Brighthand forums I found that it's a real possibility for an upgrade for our e740s.

This is the latest from citanic's site.

[beckp]

Any word if PPC2003 will be Xscale friendly and have drivers for the ATI graphics so my Today screen will remian constant.

[Chris Spera]

Yes. PPC 2003 is all about XScale. The OS has been tweaked for XScale and it should be faster than PPC 2002 and battery life should be better, even on 250 processors (tho it will be much better on the 255 processor).

Kind Regards,


Christopher Spera

[saxamoophone]

I read somewhere that Toshiba would be doing updates.

Hopefully that'll include my e335 that I bought last month (although it wouldn't surprise me if they just stuck with the 7XX series).

[saxamoophone]

Grrr.....so it's official

No e335 updates...frickin cheapies. It's bad enough that they are charging 50 dollars for a upgrade when microsoft itself only makes 5 bucks on it (who are the ones who did the far majority of the work), but when they refuse to support the consumers who JUST purchased one of their products, especially for an upgrade that is needed to take advantage of the processors true power, that's just really annoying.

Unless they get their act together, I'll be switching to another pocket PC provider in the future.

[cam87513]

As I posted in the news thread about this, I'd advise all e740 owners to not only phone the Toshiba reps, but to also use the webchat feature and email them. The only way we can make them give us an update is to show our anger (make sure you're not hateful with them, that gets us nowhere) about our devices not being supported.