11-04-2005, 06:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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No Windows Mobile 5 Upgrade For the FS Loox 720?
http://www.firstloox.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5142
Despite some screenshots of the FS Loox 720 with Windows Mobile 5 on it in some online manual, it sees the Loox may not ever see a Windows Mobile 5 update. :| A user at FirstLoox.org contacted support about this and was told "Due to functionality issues there will not be a LOOX 720 upgrade to Windows Mobile 5." Sounds like the same situation where HP was passing out Windows Mobile 2003SE upgrades like candy at developer conferences for the iPAQ 2215 and then never delivered the goods when WM2003 actually shipped.
There is additional information in this PDF file on the Fijitsu Siemens site. Specifically "Due to functional issues caused by existing hardware and the new Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system we have decided not to offer the Windows Mobile 5.0 Upgrade for Pocket LOOX 718/720. This decision does also affect the planned Pocket LOOX 750/760 which will be withdrawn from the roadmap"
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11-04-2005, 06:55 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Yes - the upgrade has been abandoned (very recently). That has also scuppered the plans for a 700 series update - the Loox 750/760 (which I understand were never to be the formal 'next generation' Loox but rather an X50v/X51v update).
The Loox C550 is just ONE part of FSCs future plans for the range.
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11-04-2005, 06:55 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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With HP's delay, Asus' lack of response, and Fujitsu-Siemens' withdrawal, I'm guessing a lot of consumers worldwide aren't in the best of all moods. At least Dell have managed to keep to their promise, but with some users experiencing problems with the upgrade, nobody's really happy. 
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11-04-2005, 07:07 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I can't say I'm disappointed. I've felt for a while that a WM 5.0 upgrade would effectively be a downgrade for current devices. I'm not sure that anything I've read of the Axim upgrade (or even the X51v or HTC Universal for that matter) has changed my mind on that.
In the meantime my Loox 720 remains fast (indeed - faster than a WM 5.0 device), high spec'ed and compatible with everything.
I'm not sure I'm terribly happy about the trend to a loss of CF card slots. This makes four new/upcoming high end PPCs with no CF slot (Acer n310/311, Loox C550, HTC Universal and the new Sharp model). This is a personal thing mind - I know that it was inevitable that the CF slots would disappear sooner rather than later.
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11-04-2005, 07:17 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Given that CF cards have the higher capacities earlier, then the demise of CF slots is a pain - although I guess that with the presence of the USB host, one can get around it with the use of a portable hard drive.
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11-04-2005, 07:34 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 48
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that's suck, recently i was thinking to change to LOOX 720 from Dell X50v because of the 128MB ram and USB host. LOOX 720 is a very good PPC and it would be very sad if they don't offer upgrade for this high end device.
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11-04-2005, 07:58 PM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by hiatus
that's suck
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:rotfl: I haven't heard that in a while, I think my dad used to say it, thanks.
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11-04-2005, 08:01 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jun 2002
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If WM5 is not as good as WM2003se, Why don't you guys care? Just because of an extra option?
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11-04-2005, 09:30 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
With HP's delay, Asus' lack of response, and Fujitsu-Siemens' withdrawal, I'm guessing a lot of consumers worldwide aren't in the best of all moods. At least Dell have managed to keep to their promise, but with some users experiencing problems with the upgrade, nobody's really happy. |
Yup, these hx4700 users are also discussing pretty similar stuff.
I've found the following in there:
"We are wittnessing the devolution (or de-evolution) of an operating system. I think this is another first for M$.
The Pocket PC OS started out in its infancy as Windows CE, essentially by immitating the palm OS, when palm devices were basically computerized address books. But windows CE aspired to being something more. Gradually Windows CE increased its sophistication until it approached the functionality of a full sized PC OS in many ways. Today, Windows Mobile can do pretty damn near anything you can do on a desktop.
Then the cell phone arrived. (Play ominous music here) Everyone needs a cell phone. Everyone wants a cell phone. Not everyone wants or needs a pocket PC. Microsoft wants its OS to be inside something that everyone wants and needs. There's only one problem. The average cell phone user is not a computer geek. The average cell phone user has the IQ of a turnip. If you put all these fancy applications and functions into his phone, you are going to overwhelm poor Joe Average cell phone user. What can Microsoft do? Somehow its OS has to be inside the device that everyone on the planet wants and needs... wait a contact manager! If we strip down the OS until there's nothing left but a fancy contact manager, and maybe an email program, Joe Average has everthing he wants!
So all we have to do is quietly devolve the OS. Eventually we can tranform Windows mobile into an incredibly effective electronic address book that sits on every damn cell phone on the planet. Problem solved. Progress in the MS corporate world."
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11-04-2005, 10:38 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2006
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I think there is the second party at Dell right now... The first one was when HP postponed the 4700 update :P
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