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Pony99CA
06-27-2003, 01:19 PM
Some companies have claimed they won't provide upgrades for their Pocket PCs, and users are not happy. See which companies and how to petition them for upgrades in the article.
Eto
06-27-2003, 10:23 PM
Hm, I thought people were bitching about how this is just a 'Minor update' to PPC 2002.. Now they bitch they can't get it.. LOL! (:
Pony99CA
06-28-2003, 06:09 AM
Originally posted by Eto
Hm, I thought people were bitching about how this is just a 'Minor update' to PPC 2002.. Now they bitch they can't get it.. LOL! (:
Maybe they feel they should have the chance to decline it. :D

Steve
eddie_bowers
07-03-2003, 02:03 PM
I wonder what the OEM agreement is with Microsoft. They designed the system specifically to be upgradable, so I wonder if Toshiba is in violation of thier aggreement. In any case Microsoft should apply some pressure. This hurts them as well as Toshiba.

-Eddie
eddie_bowers
07-03-2003, 02:11 PM
I wonder what the OEM agreement is with Microsoft. They designed the system specifically to be upgradable, so I wonder if Toshiba is in violation of thier aggreement. In any case Microsoft should apply some pressure. This hurts them as well as Toshiba.

-Eddie
Pony99CA
07-03-2003, 05:46 PM
Originally posted by eddie_bowers
I wonder what the OEM agreement is with Microsoft. They designed the system specifically to be upgradable, so I wonder if Toshiba is in violation of thier aggreement.
I doubt the OEM license requires OS upgrades. Whether or not they offer upgrades is left up to the OEM, I think, otherwise HP would be in violation for not allowing 1910 owners to upgrade.

Originally posted by eddie_bowers
In any case Microsoft should apply some pressure. This hurts them as well as Toshiba.
As Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly in PDAs, they probably don't want to tick off the OEMs.

Besides, how far back do you go? Should iPAQ 3630 owners be able to upgrade to WM 2K3?

My personal philosophy is that OEMs should allow one OS upgrade for each device they produce. That would show customers they care about their investment, while not forcing them to support ancient (well, back to 2000 :)) legacy devices.

Steve