10-28-2003, 05:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Details Being Released On Next Version Of Windows Mobile
http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,4270
Robert Levy of our sister site Smartphone Thoughts is at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference this week and they are releasing some interesting tidbits of info.
"In the overview �Developing for Windows Mobile� session at Microsoft�s Professional Developers Conference, James Pratt touched very briefly on something that developers will want to think about in designing their Windows Mobile applications: new display capabilities for next generation Windows Mobile devices."
� Pocket PC will support VGA (640x480), �square�, and �standard� resolutions in both landscape and portrait modes. :rock on dude!:
� Smartphone will support QVGA (320x240) and the current �standard� resolution. (Wow!)
"Rumor has it that this (and others) will be discussed in more depth during other sessions this week. I�ll refrain from analysis until after more details have been announced, but suffice it to say that this is going to be a huge step in the evolution of the Windows Mobile platform."
Stay tuned to both Pocket PC Thoughts and Smartphone Thoughts this week as more information becomes available.
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10-28-2003, 05:20 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Finally! That's all I can say. Now I think I'll keep my 3835, which I just recently upgraded to WM 2003, and wait until WM 2004 to purchase a new device. 
David
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10-28-2003, 05:24 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
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So what is "square" mode? 240x240? 320x320? 480x480? 640x640? 1 in x 1 in?
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10-28-2003, 05:28 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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:mrgreen: ALL RIGHT! About time too. :? Any word of when in 2004 2004 will arrive? :wink:
Would �square�, and �standard� be another way of saying "portrait" and "landscape"? I certainly hope so!
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10-28-2003, 05:31 PM
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Pontificator
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Wow, the official sanctioning of VGA support will be welcomed by many.
I guess I have to see the benefits of such a high resolution since I'm more interested in processing power, internal storage and battery life. The resolution I get while viewing movies on my 3870 is fine.
Once you get my 3 issues to a certain point (double the processor and internal storage and you're there), you can have a docking station at home and work and use it as your PDA as the primary computing device. The version of Word on the Pocket PC doesn't suffice for everyday kinda stuff, but Excel is not too bad. Beef up Textmaker a little more and you're all set.
In my opinion, the resolution can come later. But I'll take what I can get 
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10-28-2003, 05:38 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Since I know someone is going to ask this question, let's just get it out of the way.
Does anyone know if my 2215 can be upgraded to 2004?? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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10-28-2003, 05:38 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Dec 2003
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WM2004 looks as though it is going to be much better than the OS we have now.
Looks as though the trusty X5 is going to have to last me for longer than I expected. I see little point in buying a new WM2003 device that will not support the enhanced screen resolution, even if the manufacturer offers upgrades to the new OS.
I'm sure that devices using the new OS will also have the faster processors, better storage options and (hopefully) longer battery life as Rick mentions as well.
Hope it's January 2004 for release, but I'm sure it will be much later in the year.
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David
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10-28-2003, 05:43 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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AK! And my new 2210 arrives tomorrow.
Better start saving up for 2004 already....
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10-28-2003, 05:47 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Excellent! I miss the rumours and wild conjecture we had in the run up to the release of PPC2003. More fun than the OS itself.
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10-28-2003, 05:58 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 291
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My self made Desktop OS > Mobile OS continues to be right
PPC 2000 - Windows 95 (New UI over previous OS)
PPC 2002 - Windows 98 (Same base UI but made more pretty and more features)
PPC 2003 - Windows ME (More new techh included)
PPC 2004? - Windows 2000 (Yumm)
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