[SteveHoward999]

Does anyone know of a list of "**could be** Windows Mobile 5-compatible" devices on the market now? I'd like to at least know what coulod be upgraded, and/or what existing machines might start appearing with the new OS.

[SteveHoward999]

Does anyone know of a list of "**could be** Windows Mobile 5-compatible" devices on the market now? I'd like to at least know what coulod be upgraded, and/or what existing machines might start appearing with the new OS.

[alex_kac]

Any device CAN be upgraded if it runs XScale/ARM. But its like saying that you CAN put a train engine into a car. It won't work very well, but it can be done.

The devices which make sense to upgrade to WM5 are those with very large and very fast FlashROMs of 64MB or more at the very least.

[Raphael Salgado]

Perhaps this comes out of the mouth of a single Level 1 tech support individual over at i-mate, but this thread is from a guy who received word from such a representative at i-mate, telling him with such assurance that there will be no Windows Mobile 2005 upgrade for their flagship product that happens to have more features combined than any other PocketPC device currently out on the market.

Let's pray that this individual is wrong and gets fired, but if after spending nearly $900 on a PocketPC Phone Edition device, you'd think you'd get a little more respect.

[alex_kac]

Why would you want to shoot the messenger and get the rep fired? He wouldn't be the one who makes the decision. Complain to the OEMs. It may just be that they don't feel device would work well for WM5. Maybe the 64MB ROM size just isn't enough. Maybe its a slow FlashROM (I know it is on my XDA II - I wouldn't want WM5 on that) which would make the device very slow.

I don't really know why they won't release WM5 on that device or even if the rep is right, but it just seems wrong to want to fire a rep when he's not the one deciding - and it may just not be suitable for the device anyway.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by yankeejeep

Well, my own preference is to keep my PPC and phone as two rather than converge them into one. The new interface doesn't do anything for me and the Word and Excel apps are still a far cry from the real word processor and spreadsheet that SoftMaker puts out. For a change, I'm not going to be tempted to pick up a device that runs the new OS right away. Maybe next year.

Well, yeah, Microsoft's not going to trip on SoftMaker's shoes -- it doesn't help developers if the platform developer kills the market. But from what I've heard from Microsoft, they've put insane amounts of work into Word Mobile to make it handle desktop formats better.

--janak

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by Foo Fighter

On the other hand, I absolutely LOVE the new phone interface!!!

Directly skinnable too. Windows Mobile 5 has done great things for the GUI, oh... and for developers too!