Monday, June 23, 2003
iPAQ Upgrade Response from HP
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 06:27 PM
I was curious about the HP upgrade policy as it related to the 3700 and 1910, so I asked my contacts there a question, and this was the response I received:
"HP will be offering Pocket PC 2003 upgrades for the H5450, H3900 and H3800 Series product lines. Yes, you are correct that we will not offer one for the H3600 product , we provided a PPC 2002 upgrade for that product. For your H1910 question: we are focusing our upgrades on the h5450, h3900 and h3800 families since these products target our enterprise customers that typically require these upgrades. (Additional information: The H1910 product line only has a 16MB ROM which does not fit Microsoft Pocket PC 2003 Premium version)."
Not terribly surprising that the 3600 and 3700 series devices aren't supported, but I am surprised to see that they have no upgrade plan in place for the 1910. That's a new device that has sold very well, and Pocket PC 2002 premium didn't fit in ROM either - but they still released it with RAM installers for some of the applications. My wife has a 1910, and I'm a little ticked I won't be able to upgrade it Windows Mobile 2003, even if it would have taken more of the RAM to store the OS in. :| Thumbs down to HP for leaving 1910 owners out in the cold, even if it was a "budget" device.
"HP will be offering Pocket PC 2003 upgrades for the H5450, H3900 and H3800 Series product lines. Yes, you are correct that we will not offer one for the H3600 product , we provided a PPC 2002 upgrade for that product. For your H1910 question: we are focusing our upgrades on the h5450, h3900 and h3800 families since these products target our enterprise customers that typically require these upgrades. (Additional information: The H1910 product line only has a 16MB ROM which does not fit Microsoft Pocket PC 2003 Premium version)."
Not terribly surprising that the 3600 and 3700 series devices aren't supported, but I am surprised to see that they have no upgrade plan in place for the 1910. That's a new device that has sold very well, and Pocket PC 2002 premium didn't fit in ROM either - but they still released it with RAM installers for some of the applications. My wife has a 1910, and I'm a little ticked I won't be able to upgrade it Windows Mobile 2003, even if it would have taken more of the RAM to store the OS in. :| Thumbs down to HP for leaving 1910 owners out in the cold, even if it was a "budget" device.
