ultimate_pda

Hey everyone. After a few months without my Dell X50v, I've bought a hx4705. I guess I can't live without a PDA. :D I was able to snag one off of eBay at a rather decent price, considering the extra accessories that were included. The X50v was great, and was even considering to get another, or a x51v, but wanted to try something new...

-It will come with WM2003SE. What does everyone think about WM5, with the latest ROM? I've read it fixed a lot of problems, but how do you like it? Is it better than WM2003SE? Stability? Anything annoying?

-I think I have all the software I want, (unless there are any specific Apps that make the hx4700 stand out?) but will probably download the latest of everything I've purchased, assuming there will be no compatibility issues.

-Cases and screen protectors are already covered.

-Anythings else, please comment! :)

Thanks!

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alan sh

I have one 4700 with WM2003 and one with WM5. They are both OK. Personally, I like being able to load programs into the filestore (WM2003) explicitely.

Both seem stable. But, I can't say that the upgrade is worth paying for.

Alan

ultimate_pda

Thanks. I'll probably stick with 2003SE at least for a while.

mental ambiguity

I haven't used the latest of the WM5 ROM's as it's been quite some time now since I had my hx4705.. For as much as I love WM5, I'd stick with 2003SE on it. I did the upgrade almost right away when WM5 was released, and it was definitely slow, and had its issues. But, despite those issues, I dunno, it just didn't feel right running WM5. I think that mostly it was just simply to the overall performance issues.. 2003SE definitely ran much better..

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ultimate_pda

Thanks.
Another question - what's the latest ROM version for WM2003SE? According to the boot screen it has 1.10.

mental ambiguity

I'm going off memory here, but I believe 1.1 was the latest.

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Originally Posted by kc8lir

I'm going off memory here, but I believe 1.1 was the latest.

Thanks. That seems to be the same answer I am finding.

gylman

1.1 was the latest.
I highly recommend 2003SE over 2005. I tried 2005 and gave up after about 3 days.

Julie

Unfortunately ALL the ROM updates for the hx4700 have been pulled from HPs website and have been missing for some weeks now.

julie

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ultimate_pda

Originally Posted by gylman

1.1 was the latest. I highly recommend 2003SE over 2005. I tried 2005 and gave up after about 3 days.

Was your WM5 experience with the first release or after the latest ROM upgrade?

Originally Posted by Julie

Unfortunately ALL the ROM updates for the hx4700 have been pulled from HPs website and have been missing for some weeks now. julie

Are there other known places to get these ROMs?

gylman

I had bought a fully upgraded 2005 ROM, latest verison, 4700 on eBay. I tried to install all my usual applications on it, and it was one disaster after another.

It wasn't really a performance problem, but really a backwards compatibility problem. There were some performance issues, but I didn't use it long enough to really get a sense of how bad they were.

Suffice it to say that not having the filestore under my control was frustrating. Alan_Sh alluded to that.

spud42

hi, i have copies of the softpacks for the 4700. is there a place to up load them here? its been a while since i last read this forum. i have 3 soft packs. the rom update to 1.10 , a softpack to fix a speaker problem with some third party software and a softpack to help with an extended battery issue.

let me know how to get them to you...

signed a very happy ex HP employee. :D :D

Sherlock1971

I've just checked the HP Support website and have found that the ROM updates have been reposted :D

HP iPAQ hx4700 Pocket PC series*-* Download drivers and software - HP Business Support Center

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