Monday, June 13, 2005
I-Mate To Customers: No WM 2005 Upgrade For You
Posted by Jon Westfall in "NEWS" @ 01:31 PM
"We have mentioned to our customers that we need several months to add combine additional elements, such as the radio and Bluetooth hardware and software, we require to produce fully integrated PDA's and Smartphones. We will be launching some exciting new products that run on Windows Mobile 5.0 later in the year. We have made an assessment of our current devices and it is unlikely that current products will run Windows Mobile 5.0."
This excerpt comes from an email sent to one of our longtime readers, Paragon, regarding his query on the possibility that current i-mates would get a 2005 upgrade. While I can sympathize with those users who own current i-mates, I really can't say I'm surprised at the news. Windows Mobile 2005 seems to me to be a much major upgrade than 2002 - 2003 or 2003 to 2003 SE, and because of that, manufacturers are probably hard pressed to take hardware suited for one platform and make it work on upgrade of that platform.
But I guess we can always hope - anyone going to keep holding their breath that i-mate will change it's mind?
This excerpt comes from an email sent to one of our longtime readers, Paragon, regarding his query on the possibility that current i-mates would get a 2005 upgrade. While I can sympathize with those users who own current i-mates, I really can't say I'm surprised at the news. Windows Mobile 2005 seems to me to be a much major upgrade than 2002 - 2003 or 2003 to 2003 SE, and because of that, manufacturers are probably hard pressed to take hardware suited for one platform and make it work on upgrade of that platform.
But I guess we can always hope - anyone going to keep holding their breath that i-mate will change it's mind?
