Windows Phone Thoughts: Toshiba Confirms FREE WM2003SE Update for U.S. Market

Brighthand reports that "Toshiba has officially stated that it will release in the U.S. free Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition updates for its current models.

On the day Microsoft unveiled Windows Mobile SE, a French web site was told by Toshiba that it would soon release free operating system updates for its current line of Pocket PCs. However, until now, there has been no confirmation of this from Toshiba here in the U.S.

A company spokesperson has sent the following message to Brighthand:
The updates will be free and available on Toshiba's website at www.toshiba.com. I'm not sure of the timing yet, but a notice should be posted on the website explaining more soon."

This certainly makes sense for Toshiba from a marketing perspective - their current devices support VGA, as does WM2003 SE. I imagine that this will make e405 and e805 users very happy, while all other Toshiba users will continue to be left in the cold. Does this official word make it more likely that your next Pocket PC will be from Toshiba, or is this a case of "burned once - shame on you, burned twice, shame on me"?