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Keith13 · 03-24-07, 04:03 AM

I am still running my trusty old X5. My girlfriend got a new Ipaq with WM5 recently.
Is it just me, or was WM5 a retrograde step? (apart from persistent memory maybe). As supplied the device was unfit for purpose. Basically it didn't work when away from the cradle for long - battery drain, etc. It was only information I had acquired on this board that allowed me to fix it for her. How many users know how to, or are interested in, messing about like that? It should work out the box. I believe part of the reason for the decline in popularity of PDAs is down to WM5.

How could MS release software with such basic flaws?

I see people are having problems with later versions of ActiveSync too?

03-24-07, 04:03 AM	#9 (permalink)
Keith13 Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am still running my trusty old X5. My girlfriend got a new Ipaq with WM5 recently. Is it just me, or was WM5 a retrograde step? (apart from persistent memory maybe). As supplied the device was unfit for purpose. Basically it didn't work when away from the cradle for long - battery drain, etc. It was only information I had acquired on this board that allowed me to fix it for her. How many users know how to, or are interested in, messing about like that? It should work out the box. I believe part of the reason for the decline in popularity of PDAs is down to WM5. How could MS release software with such basic flaws? I see people are having problems with later versions of ActiveSync too?