Pocket PC 2003 for my 5455?

[taxlax]

Any news on if or when HP will release a ROM update for purchase or otherwise that we can use to update to the new operating system.

[Chris Spera]

You'll eventually be able to check this URL:

http://www.hp.com/sbso/special/ppc_upgrade.html

for information on upgrading your device. It looks as though 5400, 3900 and 3800 PPC's will have an upgrade path. The move for the 3800 surprises me, though, as it doesn't have an XScale processor...

The link doesn't work yet; but I am expecting that it will have information available by the end of the week, though I'm guessing really...

Hope this helps!


Kind Regards,


Christopher Spera

[taxlax]

Thanks.

[jsanfordii]

That URL didn't work for me...

Thanks Chris,

james

[Pony99CA]

You'll eventually be able to check this URL:

http://www.hp.com/sbso/special/ppc_upgrade.html

for information on upgrading your device. It looks as though 5400, 3900 and 3800 PPC's will have an upgrade path. The move for the 3800 surprises me, though, as it doesn't have an XScale processor...

Check the story about upgrades at pocketnow (http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=1695). (Check the home page, too, for a whole bunch of new Pocket PC stuff. :-))

Steve

[jeremyweisser]

Check out this link this link (http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/215348-64929-215381-314903-215381-322916.html) which shows a graphic linking to the page Chris mentioned before.

[jeremyweisser]

Looks like they just updated the site. The free upgrade should be on the HP site on the 26th of June.

[Pony99CA]

Looks like they just updated the site.
Yes, they did, but they only list information about the 3900s and 5400s. There's no information about the 3800s. :-(

Steve

[Jerry Raia]

It also says if you bought between certain dates to get a free upgrade, you'll have to get it from MS. Am I reading that right? 8O

[rpommier]

I have a 3955 does anyone know if we'll see the speed increases with the upgrade? I've seen the benchmarks on the 2215 and they look impressive. I wonder if it's due to the slightly different X-Scale or the new .net based Pocket PC 2003...

Anyone know?

Roderick

[Firebird]

get it , a new one./.....?|?|??|?|?|?|?|?/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

[dazcox5181]

As a owner of a two week old 5450 that was bought solely for the 2003 upgrade(i had a 3970 i gave to girlfriend, and wanted built in wifi) i now seem to be in a pickle. Has anyone managed to get a response on the upgrade from HP in the UK??? there is nothing on the website, and from what i hear may be quite separate from HP in US. What happened last time(2000 -> 2002?) did the Us branch cater for UK, and if so does that mean its going to be WEEKS untill i can get my hands on the upgrade?

[Chris Spera]

...and if so does that mean its going to be WEEKS untill i can get my hands on the upgrade?

It could be longer than that... The PPC 2002 upgrade was delayed on 2 different occasions, for a total of over 3 months worth of waiting time. I ordered mine early, and still didn't get it until January or February of 2001...I think. The timing could be off... It was originally scheduled to be released in October of 2000 as I recall.

Bottom line, we'll know more on June 26th. I do hope that they offer the upgrade for purchase via download. It would make life so much easier. I can burn my own CD thank you!

Kind Regards,


Christopher Spera

[dazcox5181]

MONTHS!!!! looks like my 5450 might be going EBays way and i'll get a 5550 in the states on my hols :D . It is really annoying that there are people posting/reviewing the update on 5450 when for all us owners its going to be ages, even thought from the sounds of the previews they have final code. I shouldn't have invested so much in jackets etc(gps, pc card and CF+) then i could just buy a 2120(or whatever it's going to be in Uk, 2100?)

[Chris Spera]

I didn't say it WOULD be; just that it COULD be.

We're going to have to wait until 26-June-03 before we know what the time frames are.

I'm in the same boat with my 5455 and 3955...


Kind Regards,


Christopher Spera

[dazcox5181]

Over in one of the other forums a couple of users have reported being able to order the upgrade direct from HP TODAY! One in us says he was told couple of days shipping, one in Austrailia HP recons tomorrow via web site. I'm gonna be on the phone so early tomorrow to HP UK to plede with them to send me the update....

[Jerry Raia]

A download tomorrow? I kinda doubt it :roll:

[dazcox5181]

i doubt it too, especially considering the 26th date already given...but time will tell...would make a lot of folks happy :lol: Still havent heard anything about uk:(

[dazcox5181]

Well just got off phone to HP in UK. What a waste of time!!!! I'm not convinced they have ever heard of wm2003, let alone know they should offer an upgrade. I was wondering if I called HP in US if i might have any luck. Any one else tried it yet? The guy in UK recons within a month(or two...three.,....who knows?)

[madbart]

what i said was that HP AUS told me on monday that i will be able to order it from their www site tomorrow however they could not give me an eta. In anycase you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be on kazaa within hours of someone recieving it. :wink:

[Pony99CA]

The PPC 2002 upgrade was delayed on 2 different occasions, for a total of over 3 months worth of waiting time. I ordered mine early, and still didn't get it until January or February of 2001...I think. The timing could be off... It was originally scheduled to be released in October of 2000 as I recall.
You're off by a year. Pocket PC 2002 certainly wasn't scheduled for release in October 2000. :-) It was announced in September 2001 and scheduled to be available in October 2001.

Steve

[jeremyweisser]

Well it's June 26th and nothing has changed on the HP website. What a surprise :roll:

[Server]

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 7:19 am

"Well it's June 26th and nothing has changed on the HP website.
What a surprise"

[CoreyJF]

Personally I think everyone should relax a little bit. They said They would post an announcement on the 26th. Well, that is only 24 hours away. Is it that difficult to wait a day and see what they have to say?

[Chris Spera]

You're off by a year. Pocket PC 2002 certainly wasn't scheduled for release in October 2000. :-) It was announced in September 2001 and scheduled to be available in October 2001.

Steve

You're prolly right. I thought my timing was off... My point however, was that the PPC 2002 upgrade was delayed on 2 different occasions and then took a long while to deliver once the CD was finally released.

Personally, if we see this thing before Thanksgiving, I for one will really be amazed.

I also do hope that HP goes with a download delivery method instead of insisting on shipping a CD. I can burn my own if I want, and HP can certainly create an ISO image that I can download...

Thanks for the correction, Steve!


Kind Regards,


Christopher Spera

[jeremyweisser]

I am so excited I guess I can not help getting anxious as well. June 25, June 26, who cares just release the upgrade already :)

[taxlax]

Still waiting.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

[Jerry Raia]

I think today is a lost cause for this. :(

[van_mierlo]

it's there now but the link doesn't go to a option to buy...I can't find it...anyone the right link from the upgrade page

[Jerry Raia]

Now the links are there. But half way through the coupon process I got stuck on a pager error about "Customer type" :(
Guess I'll go with snail mail.

[veunad]

Here is some additional info, which was pulled form the HP, and was pulled from another site. Thus take it with a grain of salt, as I have not bothered to verity the information, seem very plausible...

Link to HP Forum Posting
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/0,,0xd9c5506d69a7d711abdc0090277a778c,00.html

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Take a LONG vacation... here is what I found on another BBS (quoted verbatim):

Status of 2003 Upgrade

Just got off the phone with Scott at Qmedia (the folks that will be distrubuting the upgrades). Apparently HP has not submitted the list of serial numbers to Qmedia (this won't happen until July 6th). Also HP has just re-submitted their tweaks to PocketPC 2003 back to Microsoft and that process (Microsoft testing and certifying their tweaks) will not be complete for several weeks. Qmedia is hoping to start shipping out the upgrades probably sometime around July 26th or so.

This is why you can't go through the online process to get the upgrade.

Lou

Last edited by LouL on 06-29-2003 at 07:25 PM
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