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RobertCF · 03-29-05, 04:31 PM

I'd think we'd all have learned by now that Dell, HP and everyone else has pretty much dropped the OS upgraded business. And I disagree that the X50v might be upgraded. I think by the time WM2k5 is ready for prime time nobody is going to waste the effort wrestling with a $30 upgrade that half the users whine about not working properly or killing their devices in the process. They've all been burned before. I mean, let's use some common sense here. Most of us had X5 and X3 when WM2k3se was released. That wasn't a major jump in the OS, yet they didn't provide an upgrade to it. Even though you'd JUST BOUGHT one of these. None of us were happy about it, but their business decision was based on return on investment. Just not worth it. Customer service, quite simply, doesn't really matter to them unless you're buying a new device. Just you watch....a few months after Microsoft announces WM2k5 is fully ready to release to the OEMs we'll see announcements of new PocketPCs sporting WM2k5. I will be completely shocked if Dell, in particular, releases any kind of an OS upgrade for existing devices. It's not in their nature, and it goes against the conventional wisdom the manufacturers appear to have adopted. Does that suck? Yep. But I could cut and paste the very comments and questions being asked here and they'd match exactly what happened with WM2k3se. And if an upgrade DID come out, I can promise I can match up all the whining about it being a horrible upgrade to that which appeared after the WM2k3 upgrade.

For anyone looking to buy a new PocketPC, my advice is do NOT go out and buy an X50V or whatever thinking you'll be able to upgrade to WM2k5. Wait for the new devices to come out with it.

03-29-05, 04:31 PM	#25 (permalink)
RobertCF Aximsite Major League Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 463 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hilarious, just hilarious. I'd think we'd all have learned by now that Dell, HP and everyone else has pretty much dropped the OS upgraded business. And I disagree that the X50v might be upgraded. I think by the time WM2k5 is ready for prime time nobody is going to waste the effort wrestling with a $30 upgrade that half the users whine about not working properly or killing their devices in the process. They've all been burned before. I mean, let's use some common sense here. Most of us had X5 and X3 when WM2k3se was released. That wasn't a major jump in the OS, yet they didn't provide an upgrade to it. Even though you'd JUST BOUGHT one of these. None of us were happy about it, but their business decision was based on return on investment. Just not worth it. Customer service, quite simply, doesn't really matter to them unless you're buying a new device. Just you watch....a few months after Microsoft announces WM2k5 is fully ready to release to the OEMs we'll see announcements of new PocketPCs sporting WM2k5. I will be completely shocked if Dell, in particular, releases any kind of an OS upgrade for existing devices. It's not in their nature, and it goes against the conventional wisdom the manufacturers appear to have adopted. Does that suck? Yep. But I could cut and paste the very comments and questions being asked here and they'd match exactly what happened with WM2k3se. And if an upgrade DID come out, I can promise I can match up all the whining about it being a horrible upgrade to that which appeared after the WM2k3 upgrade. For anyone looking to buy a new PocketPC, my advice is do NOT go out and buy an X50V or whatever thinking you'll be able to upgrade to WM2k5. Wait for the new devices to come out with it.