06-26-2003, 03:00 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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iPAQ 1910 Petition Site
Well, we all saw this coming the moment HP said they wouldn't offer a Windows Mobile 2003 upgrade for the 1910. Just like the Toshiba petition, I support this one fully and have signed it. I have a 1910 that my wife uses now, and considering how new the device is, I find it unacceptable that no upgrade is being offered. The 16 MB ROM limitation is not a valid excuse - Pocket PC 2002 didn't fit into it either, and users were more than happy to use up RAM to get the components they needed. It was frustrating enough that HP never offered a Windows Media Player 8.5 update for it - I consoled myself by thinking that when Windows Mobile 2003 came out, I'd get the WMP9 on there. No dice. Bad HP, bad! :evil:
"The Hewlett Packard (HP) company, purveyors of fine handheld computing devices, is apparently under the misconception that owners of the HP iPaq 1910 device are not power users and, as such, are not worthy of the same software support as other fine iPaq devices. First, HP decided not to make available the Windows Media Player 8.5 update for the HP iPaq 1910 even though the Microsoft update was available around the time of the 1910's date of availability. Second, they have not made any maintenance updates available to 1910 owners while offering multiple updates to other iPaq devices of the same vintage. Lastly, and the primary reason for this petition, HP currently has no plans to provide an upgrade to the Windows PPC 2003 operating system for the HP iPaq 1910 device."
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06-26-2003, 03:02 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 40
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Coulda sworn on HP's Press Release they said 16mb ROM was insufficent to hold the OS... So what is the point of even debating with HP? Thats the users fault for buying it :P
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06-26-2003, 03:14 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 298
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If HP's press release says that, they're lying. Flat out. The Toshiba e355 comes with WM2003PPC pre-installed, and only has a 16 MB flash ROM. There is technically no reason they can't do the upgrade.
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06-26-2003, 03:15 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 541
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If they actually want to get something done, they should use a real paper petition. Farscape, Futurama, Family Guy all had stupid online petitions, and that got nowhere fast. Protests against all sorts of laws, nothing. Are we going to see one of these rediculous petitions for every device that can't be upgraded? (beacuse it's likely not economically viable)
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06-26-2003, 03:16 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 1
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Somehow PPC2003 fits in the 1940 ROM???
:?: HP's excuse doesn't seem to hold water. If the H1940 can be shipped with the same ROM configuration and have PPC 2003 why can't the H1910 be upgraded to the same OS? :?:
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06-26-2003, 03:19 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 268
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I want it for my 3600 too!
But the reason it won't be provided for that is because they want me to buy a whole new PPC.. why make new OS compatible with old device if they can make me pay for a new device?
But I don't understand why it isn't available for the 1910.
-arebelspy
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06-26-2003, 03:32 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 193
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Originally Posted by sponge
If they actually want to get something done, they should use a real paper petition. Farscape, Futurama, Family Guy all had stupid online petitions, and that got nowhere fast. Protests against all sorts of laws, nothing. Are we going to see one of these rediculous petitions for every device that can't be upgraded? (beacuse it's likely not economically viable)
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Oooh, companies love people like you. You must be the guy who goes out to eat and doesn't care if there dishes are washed and the food is cooked, you just pay up since its your obligation to be nicey nice and not raise any trouble.
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06-26-2003, 03:32 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 211
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Could it be that these companies don't offer to release these updates so they can gauge the demand? If they say they won't release it and there is no serious backlash, why put the money and time into creating the update? If enough people speak out about it, maybe they will put the resources into it.
Just a thought...
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06-26-2003, 03:39 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,466
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I can certainly sympathize with the anger and disappointment over being left out in the cold, but.....did HP, at any time, promise to give you future OS upgrades? When you purchased your 1910, did it come with yellow sticky note saying you could upgrade to PPC 2003+?
If Dell annouced they weren't offering upgrades for Axim owners, I would certainly be disappointed...even annoyed. But I wouldn't be ranting and raving because Dell never made any indication to me, as a consumer, that I would be given access to future OS releases.
But..I know how you guys feel. :grumble:
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06-26-2003, 03:52 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 407
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grrr...I cant believe nobody is jumping at the 2215 for 293 dollar offer... you could all forget about this upgrading stuff :twisted:
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