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I agree that the fact that there are many reports indicating a mid-September deadline is reassuring. However, I am still quite skeptical that Dell will actually have it out by then. This is sort of like the boy who cried wolf now. There have been too many false starts now and frankly, I won't believe it until people start getting their CDs.
I also find the following statement entertaining.. "We will begin shipping the upgrades once Dell is satisfied that the Upgrade O/S meets our highest quality standards for performance with our Axim PDAs..."
a) Dell pretty much said the same thing before the shortlived august release of the patch and we all know what happened there.
b) I think that if Dell was capable of delivering on this promise they would have by now as having this mess go on and on is definitely not in their best interests. So unless I am totally blown away by how well this upgrade works, these are empty words for the time being.
All of this being said I am fairly sure Dell will try to have something out this month for two reasons: first, it would look pretty bad if their upgrade came out after all of their competitors' upgrades even though it was promised first; second, the impending release of the Axim X3. I think that Dell will probably want to have closure on this issue before their new PDA hits the market.
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