HP Belgium Offering iPAQ Downloads

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.compaq.be/publicimages/iPAQ-PocketPC/Software/' target='_blank'>http://www.compaq.be/publicimages/i...ketPC/Software/</a><br /><br /></div>This is rather peculiar, but it's up on a public site and it seems anyone can download the files: the HP/Compaq Belgium site has the Windows Media Player version 8, which doesn't seem to be available <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/pocketpc.mspx">from the Microsoft download page.</a> If memory serves, WMP8 was what iPAQ 1910 owners were always looking for. Grab it while you can. And the odd part is that they're also offering OS upgrades:<br /><br />PPC2002upgrade4iPAQh3630.zip<br />PPC2002upgrade4iPAQh3630FR.zip<br />PPC2003foriPAQh5450-EN.exe<br /><br />I don't know if that 2003 upgrade is the same one that HP is charging $29.99 USD for (I'd link to it but HP uses session IDs that are hard to parse out), but if it is, then it's even stranger. If this was coming from a source other than HP, it's consider it warez, but this is an official HP/Compaq site, so....!? 8O

[OSUKid7]

If this was coming from a source other than HP, it's consider it warez, but this is an official HP/Compaq site, so....!? 8OThis reminds me of AIM for Pocket PC offered on the AOL FTP site, uner the UK folder. :? A little odd, but hey, if T-Mobile can offer free GPRS, I'll take some free software too. ;)

[gorkon280]

If this was coming from a source other than HP, it's consider it warez, but this is an official HP/Compaq site, so....!? 8OThis reminds me of AIM for Pocket PC offered on the AOL FTP site, uner the UK folder. :? A little odd, but hey, if T-Mobile can offer free GPRS, I'll take some free software too. ;)

You know if you were smart you'd stop saying it's free and be quiet and just keep going on the free ride. I just asked T-Mobile the other day and they know of no such thing. Enoy while it lasts and be quiet!
:D...ANYWAY....

Would I load any of this? Probably not as I bet it's not even the right language! ;) Now if it was English and listed as english AND a 2003 SE upgrade...well, I would consider it but probably would not load it.

[Paragon]

BTW, the Windows Media Player V8 on this site is a build that works on a Ipaq 1910. I bought a 1910 for a friend a couple of weeks ago and it didn't have the CD so we were beat for WMP till I saw this site a few days ago.

Dave

[ADBrown]

I just asked T-Mobile the other day and they know of no such thing.


Cluelessness is hardly unusual for T-Mobile. Once, over the course of six different CS calls, they gave me three different answers as to whether I could get T-Mobile service.

[Fishie]

If this was coming from a source other than HP, it's consider it warez, but this is an official HP/Compaq site, so....!? 8OThis reminds me of AIM for Pocket PC offered on the AOL FTP site, uner the UK folder. :? A little odd, but hey, if T-Mobile can offer free GPRS, I'll take some free software too. ;)

You know if you were smart you'd stop saying it's free and be quiet and just keep going on the free ride. I just asked T-Mobile the other day and they know of no such thing. Enoy while it lasts and be quiet!
:D...ANYWAY....

Would I load any of this? Probably not as I bet it's not even the right language! ;) Now if it was English and listed as english AND a 2003 SE upgrade...well, I would consider it but probably would not load it.


For the 36xx you have your choice of english and french, the 54xx rom is english only.

[Fabulas]

I just installed WMP 8.5 for my 3970. I wish they would put PPC 2003 upgrade for 3970 on that site!

[arebelspy]

if T-Mobile can offer free GPRS, I'll take some free software too. ;)

As one of the original people who spread news about that waaayyy back when, I gotta point out that it's basically dead (when PPC thoughts pointed out it not working a few weeks ago it still worked in most of the US, but not anymore).. it still works in a few areas of the country (and some people are trying hacks using their own portals - which are also reportedly stopping working) but it's being shut down region by region and now most of the US can't access it anymore (you'll get a "sign up for tzones" page on your phone and connecting on your PC/ppc your pages will just time out).. you have to sign up for the $4.99/month tzones plan now for browsing.

A bummer, but what can you do? $5/month for unlimited browsing is waaay less than most providers who charge $80-100ish for unlimited, if they offer it at all. T-Mobile still rules. In terms of data plans. ;)

-arebelspy

[OSUKid7]

As one of the original people who spread news about that waaayyy back when, I gotta point out that it's basically dead (when PPC thoughts pointed out it not working a few weeks ago it still worked in most of the US, but not anymore).. it still works in a few areas of the country (and some people are trying hacks using their own portals - which are also reportedly stopping working) but it's being shut down region by region and now most of the US can't access it anymore (you'll get a "sign up for tzones" page on your phone and connecting on your PC/ppc your pages will just time out).. you have to sign up for the $4.99/month tzones plan now for browsing.Not to go off topic too much more (sorry!), but it still works fine for me. I have a new contract too (8/7/2004), so who knows.

Also be careful quoting! Hate being misquoted lol.

Now to return to the mysterious Belgium iPaq downloads... ;)

[Janak Parekh]

Also be careful quoting! Hate being misquoted lol.
You weren't being misquoted, but I've fixed it anyway. :P :)

--janak

[Jereboam]

Duly grabbed for posterity, despite the fact I paid for my 5450 upgrade...

J'bm

[bjornkeizers]

I'm downloading everything right now - just in case it goes down. I will definitely try that WMP 8 on my 1910, and I bet I could find some good use for a 2002 and 2003 upgrade as well.

[pradike]

Great find...now if they could only have a 38xx PPC 2003 upgrade, we wouldn't need HP anymore!

[blkdimnd]

Looks like the site is already down. Guess I missed out. :(

[Janak Parekh]

Looks like the site is already down. Guess I missed out. :(
Somehow, I'm not surprised -- as soon as we pointed some attention to it. ;)

--janak

[Johnny Blaze]

Still works for now... use these links. they really need to do a better job on there web pages if they want to remove something.

http://www.compaq.be/publicimages/iPAQ-PocketPC/Software/PPC2002upgrade4iPAQh3630.zip

http://www.compaq.be/publicimages/iPAQ-PocketPC/Software/PPC2002upgrade4iPAQh3630FR.zip

http://www.compaq.be/publicimages/iPAQ-PocketPC/Software/PPC2003foriPAQh5450-EN.exe