05-14-2005, 02:35 PM
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No Windows Mobile 5.0 Upgrade for the Audiovox PPC6600/XV6600
A reader just contacted us after receiving a reply email from Audiovox regarding a Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade for the Audiovox PPC6600/XV6600. For all you interested Audiovox folk, the answer is no, you won't be receiving an upgrade. According to Audiovox, it's all due to the persistent memory storage feature supported in the new platform. With 64MB ROM, it's "just not enough". I find that to be quite a claim given the fact that HP are willing to offer the upgrade to the iPAQ hx2100 and hx2400 series - these devices also having 64MB ROM.
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05-14-2005, 03:31 PM
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Magi
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I wonder if this is coming from HTC. The rumors seem pretty solid that Carrier Devices (iMate) won't be offering upgrades either. I wonder if it is HTC who is calling the shots on this?
Dave
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05-14-2005, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Paragon
I wonder if it is HTC who is calling the shots on this?
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Yikes, I sure hope not. Otherwise, that'd be a nasty tactic used by HTC to help promote their Universal as a "Windows Mobile 5" device.
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05-14-2005, 05:21 PM
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Magi
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
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Originally Posted by Paragon
I wonder if it is HTC who is calling the shots on this?
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Yikes, I sure hope not. Otherwise, that'd be a nasty tactic used by HTC to help promote their Universal as a "Windows Mobile 5" device. |
All speculation at this point. It could be that they have different agreements with different carriers as well...for this price we will include OS ROM upgrades. At this price we won't??? It's hard to tell. We do know that most if not all ROMs for Phone Edition devices by HTC for the carries originate with HTC.
Dave
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05-14-2005, 05:37 PM
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Intellectual
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Yes, it should not be ROM related I think, given the facts hx2110 is upgradeable- BUT a problem arise. I think we are all talking about Phone Edition devices, uptill now really no device with 64mb ROM as phone edition is upgradeable (sadly I am h6365 owner...)
I really hope that fits in my phone, as I want to upgrade as well- mainly hope the upgrade will do better in terms of resources handling, I think 64mb runtime memory would help us a lot to resolve the bottleneck indeed.
By the way Brighthand's recent article is deadly wrong- they said its because of 64mb ROM the devices cannot upgrade, I think the guy is not paying enough attention to hx2110 announcement. I am also upseted so many people give him a thumbs up while this serious fact mistake exist in his opinion based article. (Anyway not to fingerpointing, but its just rather misleading on this one)
Lets hope PPC Phone would fits in 64mb ROM and guys who released the device within 1 year (aka HP) will upgrade the ROM for us.
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05-14-2005, 07:14 PM
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Keep in mind the Phone Edition ROMs are larger than the regular ROM, so the HP standalone PDAs might be able to handle it with 64MB but the XDAIII may not be able to - not and have any meaningful ROM left over for your files and installed applications.
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05-14-2005, 09:13 PM
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Thinker
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I think the reason behind it is that the carriers won't put into the pot to upgrade the devices.
If say O2 give payed up for HTC to develop a upgrade for it then T-Mobile came along and took the upgrade after O2 had put the time in then they'd be problems. The only way it could happen is if all the carriers stumped up for the upgrade then it might happen.
But then the carriers could lock you in for another 12/24 months with a new contract. And it's all about 3G these days in the UK / Europe !
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05-14-2005, 10:26 PM
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This is the problem that I have with the way the OS is distributed. At some point in time people will stop buying device after device just to get the OS. The same thing happened with my ipaq 5555 no 2003SE upgrade from HP while new devices with less memory show up with the new OS. If I paid only one or two hundred bucks for the device then It wouldn't be so bad but at $500+ it's just crazy.
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05-14-2005, 10:27 PM
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Theorist
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Despite my allleged innate cynicism I think that Audiovox are probably being truthful, and the comparison between an upgrade for a Phone Edition device and one for an ordinary Pocket PC is a case of apples and oranges.
This pretty much confirms what I'd already expected (no upgrade coming for my Harrier).
It's a shame, since it looks like WM5 really shines for this class of device, and some of the coolest new APIs are only really useful for a phone.
Still, I don't think I have any reason to complain, since it's just One Of Those Things (marks this moment down in history folks, I don't say things like that very often).
PS. The fact that I also have an hx4700 is probaby contributing to my relatively cheerful acceptance of this fact. That and the fact that I'm trying really hard to get a job in Europe, where my Harrier wouldn't be any use to me anyway - so it's looking like there's an HTC Universal in my future.
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05-15-2005, 02:50 AM
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Ponderer
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Too bad we can't get a company rep to eat a rom chip when their next-gen phones with Windows Mobile 5.0 come with only 64MB rom. You expect a smartphone to have the same rom space and a top of the line pocketpc like the axim x50v or hp 4700? Smartphones don't come with Word, Excel, or Powerpoint mobile, so why do they need more space? They can dump all those stupid wallpapers and annoying ringtones!
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