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HP offers upgrade to WM 5.0 on hx2000 series

HP is pleased to announce that we will be supporting the Microsoft® Windows Mobile™ Version 5.0 for Pocket PC upgrade for the HP iPAQ Pocket PC.
HP will provide upgrades for the HP iPAQ hx4700, hx2000 series iPAQ Pocket PC.
The new Microsoft Windows Mobile Version 5.0 includes:
* ActiveSync 4.0, the most current synchronization software for faster management and transfer of information on your PC server
* Improved Productivity
* Faster access to email and information
* New Office Mobile Suite
* Word Mobile for great document format support
* Excel Mobile for better support when viewing and creating charts
* PowerPoint Mobile for viewing and giving presentation on the go
* Secure Device Management
* Integrated Multimedia (Windows Media Player 10)
* More support for media via services and the desktop
* More options to use media to personalize devices
* Persistent Store
* Voice Command, which allows you to go hands free easily and safely
* Pocket MSN, which permits one click access to MSN Hotmail and MSN Messenger
* Games
This offer will be made available in late Summer 2005.
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Now, they include the hx2000 series, but the hx2110 has got the same amount of RAM that the Magician has. Am I missing something or does this mean that WM 5.0 theoretically would run on a Magician?

Yes nothing to stop it running techinically but it's just getting hold of the right 'flavour' of it for the magician (perhaps the HP one will be close?).
Be content with WM2003 SE - at least it's stable and all the software works. I had WM2005 on my XDA 2 for about a week, and then went back to WM2003SE as nothing worked properly.

dangel said:
Be content with WM2003 SE - at least it's stable and all the software works. I had WM2005 on my XDA 2 for about a week, and then went back to WM2003SE as nothing worked properly.
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If I'd be one of those content guys I'd still be running Windows 3.1 on my computer. I always want to try new stuff and half of my software on my Magician are betas.
I also guess that the version you used was a beta and thus not much worked.

dangel said:
Yes nothing to stop it running techinically but it's just getting hold of the right 'flavour' of it for the magician (perhaps the HP one will be close?).
Be content with WM2003 SE - at least it's stable and all the software works. I had WM2005 on my XDA 2 for about a week, and then went back to WM2003SE as nothing worked properly.
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heh, thats why companies have not released upgrades and new devices yet. They need to properly deploy it to each target device so it works* as its supposed to

I have O2 mini. But looks like O2 support is worse.
Everyday I go to their seeo2 website just to check whether they have upgrade for my o2 mini, but the website always say "your current one is up to date".
Well, they must have very intelegent software there that they can detect my o2 mini is version 1.11 WWE instead of original 1.03 WWE :lol:
Just my 2 cents
Arto

Loboman said:
dangel said:
Be content with WM2003 SE - at least it's stable and all the software works. I had WM2005 on my XDA 2 for about a week, and then went back to WM2003SE as nothing worked properly.
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If I'd be one of those content guys I'd still be running Windows 3.1 on my computer. I always want to try new stuff and half of my software on my Magician are betas.
I also guess that the version you used was a beta and thus not much worked.
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Yes but you _still_ can't run a whole bunch of software right now as it's plain incompatible.. :roll:

dangel said:
Yes but you _still_ can't run a whole bunch of software right now as it's plain incompatible.. :roll:
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Yeah, that much I understand. We'd need a ROM that is compatible with the Magician before we can use it, and there's nothing that points to that it will ever be released, but _if_ it comes, I'll certainly install it since WM5 now is final and not beta anymore

A sneak preview of WM5's AKU3 with pictures

Here's some of what you can expect to see in AKU3, detail in the slides below!
- Better integration of SIM / USIM contacts
- Alphabetic sorting of SIM / USIM contacts in contacts list view
- Pocket PC language packs at hard reset time (UK English PPC at last?)
- Auxiliary display support native in OS
- Improved 'Internet Sharing'
- Much improved quick start wizard with 'skip' for tutorial, settings setup at boot time
- Pre-provisioned email accounts
- vCards over SMS
- SMS Multiple Recipient improvements
- Save SMS to SIM
- One handed PPC folder navigation improvements
- WMP full screen video on all devices
- Equalizer
- Smart-type search
- Large number of preconfigured email providers (including GMail!)
Here:-
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=246614

looks nice, but when will it come? will we be albe to update our exisiting WM5 devices

Regarding slide one...
does this mean we're gonna have t upgrade the sim card - or will the current sims- say used by T mobile be able to take this erm . . update . . thing . .
lol
<voice of a techie! ;-) >

Everybody is using AKU3.2 for some time now.
The presentation is old. But I still wonder where it came from.
And what about the Crossbow Presentation, that would be great.
Edit:
In my AKU 3.2 Rom I have Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for Pocket PC (Version 10.3 Build 15605)
But still can't play movies fullscreen.

Looking for beta-testers

Hi everyone !
I'm requesting a bit of help : I'm finishing up the latest release of Skinz Sudoku Pro (freeware version will come back a few days later, I have some things to adjust first ^^), version 1.30, and need beta-testers now...
The main features to test in the version :
- Better speed on slow devices and VGA
- Bugfixes (hints, awards, etc...)
- Custom sudokus (enter sudokus from a newspaper and play it later on...)
- New menu (nothing major, just to allow more stuff like custom sudokus ^^)
- Optimized ram use some more, smaller exe
The save format has been updated to allow custom sudokus. Because of this, people using very old saves may have their saves corrupted. To limit the damage, Skinz Sudoku will automatically create a backup of old saves. If you have problems, please send me that backup and I'll try to fix it...
Devices I'm looking for to test on (1 of each if possible) :
- WM2003SE, WM5, and WM6 240x320 PocketPCs
- 480x640 PocketPC
- Devices having the slow display driver problems (HTC TyTN II, HTC Touch Dual, etc...)
- 240x320 Smartphones
If you have one (or more ^^) devices corresponding to my needs, please PM me your email and the device you have (name + OS + screen size), I'll send you a test copy as soon as possible.
Thanks to everyone !!!
(of course, any help with feedback will get you a free copy once the final version is released : )

i can test it in a smartphone running WM6

I don't play too often, but I would be glad to help. I have a Blue Angel running WM 6.1 (one of the pdaviet versions, don't ask me which one cause I don't remember ), 240x320 screen size.

Tester
I will test on mogul with no2 5060 rom

I'll test on my TYTN II for you

I currently have Skinz Sudoku freeware installed on my TyTN II.
That version runs great.
I you still need it, I can test your new version on my TyTN II.

Mollusk said:
Hi everyone !
I'm requesting a bit of help : I'm finishing up the latest release of Skinz Sudoku Pro (freeware version will come back a few days later, I have some things to adjust first ^^), version 1.30, and need beta-testers now...
The main features to test in the version :
- Better speed on slow devices and VGA
- Bugfixes (hints, awards, etc...)
- Custom sudokus (enter sudokus from a newspaper and play it later on...)
- New menu (nothing major, just to allow more stuff like custom sudokus ^^)
- Optimized ram use some more, smaller exe
The save format has been updated to allow custom sudokus. Because of this, people using very old saves may have their saves corrupted. To limit the damage, Skinz Sudoku will automatically create a backup of old saves. If you have problems, please send me that backup and I'll try to fix it...
Devices I'm looking for to test on (1 of each if possible) :
- WM2003SE, WM5, and WM6 240x320 PocketPCs
- 480x640 PocketPC
- Devices having the slow display driver problems (HTC TyTN II, HTC Touch Dual, etc...)
- 240x320 Smartphones
If you have one (or more ^^) devices corresponding to my needs, please PM me your email and the device you have (name + OS + screen size), I'll send you a test copy as soon as possible.
Thanks to everyone !!!
(of course, any help with feedback will get you a free copy once the final version is released : )
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I have and htc x7500 just send me a PM if you want me to test

Thanks everyone Sent PMs with the link

I have a kaiser and can test it too

Beta Feedback
Ok tried it and this is what I get (see pic below). The only way clear it is to soft reset.
Thanks for the opportunity.

Just an FYI..Perpetual image viewer did the same thing...

I could also test on X51V with WM6.1 I'm really addicted to sudoku

well, I played with it for a bit. Used every option and I have to say it looks great! Really fast, smooth transitions and animations. Will try it a bit more and see if I can find anything wrong with it, but so far I got nothing!
BA running pdaviet WM6.1
240x320

hs1333a said:
Ok tried it and this is what I get (see pic below). The only way clear it is to soft reset.
Thanks for the opportunity.
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Thanks :/ Does that happen when launching the game or exiting ? Those it prevent you from using the game ? I just can't reproduce this on the WM6 emulator :s

Hi i have a HTC TOuch (ELF) that i can use for testing

Mollusk said:
Thanks :/ Does that happen when launching the game or exiting ? Those it prevent you from using the game ? I just can't reproduce this on the WM6 emulator :s
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Yes as soon as I launch it. I can play it and the top bar just sits in the middle. Only way to clear it is to soft reset. Again the image viewer does the same thing, but it I play pipes it works fine. Not sure if you use similar coding for each app. The unit I'm using is an HTC Advantage

Not a big sudoku fan but i have a WM2003 device if it'll help. An Alpine with an official O2 ROM. Also got a non phone WM5 PDA, HP iPAQ rx1950.

I have a VGA device = i can help.

Well Here is my result :
tried it on my friends Himalaya running wm 2003se it works
tried it on my Blueangel running WM5 it works
tried it on my Himalaya WM 6.1 It works
tried it on my SP running WM 6..it worked in portrait mode only and its screen resulution is 240X320

I have an Atom Exec and am ready to try it.

got my hands on the qik .cab download

This is for the touch, but I dont see why it wont work on the Hermes. Good luck.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/qik_production/clients/150/Qik_ppc_0.1.10.cab

If you didnt know, this is to stream live video to the internet. It can be viewed at qik.com. I installed it and it launches but then closes right away. Maybe someone who is better at this can have a look and see if it can be made to work.
edit:I extraced the .cab and see that the .xml file has this line; <parm name="OSVersionMax" value="6.0" /> and Im running 6.1. What can I use to recompress this into a .cab after changing that value?

Hey just an fyi
Thanks for posting. I thought I would let you know it worked on my vzw 6800. Previously when I went to dl it said not supported.

Give Livecast a try it works on the 8525
www.livecast.com
Gary

Same problem
Hi-- i just tried the kaiser version on my hermes and it works, but it closes as soon as I hit stream. I'm convinced its because I don't have a chance to log into my qik account and it won't let me stream to whoever's account my cab is set up for. I also don't see why it wouldn't work for mine.
I do use livecast, but I only get 100 mb... at highest settings 300kb/s upstream... usually average around 150 kb in practice, I get about 1.5 hours worth of video. So, i was hoping to be able to get more storage out of qik... if anyone has a fix or workaround for the qik cabs on a hermes I'd love to hear it.
Otherwise, right on with previous poster.. .livecast rules!!!

Qik has just announced support of 20 new WM devices incl Hermes
This includes support for the Palm Treo 800w, for which quite a few of you have been requesting support.
Also included in this build:
- Ability to utilize external flash memory so that you can Qik longer in disconnected mode or under very poor network conditions.
- Better experience for touch devices through on-screen functions that come up when you tap the screen on the phone.
Palmour first Palm device support - yay!)
- Palm Treo 800w
- Palm Treo Pro (alpha support)
Samsung:
- Samsung SGH-i900/i908/ SCH-i910 (Omnia)
- Samsung SGH-i907 (Epix)
- Samsung SGH-i760
- Samsung SGH-i780 (Blackjack3)
HTC-based:
- HTC Touch Pro
- HTC Touch HD
- HTC XV6800
- HTC TyTN
- O2 XDA Trion
- T-Mobile MDA Vario II
- Vodafone 1605 VPA Compact III
- Orange SPV M3100
- Dopod CHT 9000
- Dopod 838 Pro
- DoCoMo HTC Z
- Qtek 9600
- iMate JasJam
- AT&T 8525
- Swisscom XPA v1605
- SoftBank X01HT
- Vodafone PDA 1605
- Vodafone PDA 9600
Amoiour first Amoi device support as well)
- AT&T SMT 5700
- Orange SPV E610
Motorola:
- Motorola Q Music 9m

I Call BS
Just went on the qik site and there's nothing for att 8525. Looks like the same old devices are supported. Where's this new cab you're talking about.

[Sep 12] New official German O2 ROM (unexciting)

The new German O2 ROM can be found here:
http://www.o2online.de/nw/support/downloads/software/xda/xdaorbit2/index.html
New (translated from page with some notes)
* Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 AKU 1.2.3
* Threaded SMS (Win 6.1 standard...)
* Improved stand-by time (...not yet tested)
* Improved support for MS Exchange 2007
* Pocket Internet Explorer with page overview
* Opera Browser (Old 8.65 Version...)
* Remote Desktop Client
* »First Steps« Wizard
- Runs pretty slow for me
- TomTom 6 is also included.
- One Note is included
- TouchFlo 2.0 ... plain and simple 4 tabs standard
I'm not to excited about

For me it is really exiting. I´m using my TC as a busines device and this rom is faster then the Original rom and have less Bugs than every other Rom here.

Does it have new album, camera, or music software?

The Audio Manager is still version 1.2
Tha Album looks like the Old one and the Camera is still "ein Haufen Grosses Ah Ah" (not good)
But more intersting is, that the Exchange is working better for me
I think it´s possible to update the Audio Manager and the Album software.

Weather of own city in HTC-Home
Hello all,
I also updated my orbit2 with the official O2 WM6.1. But the weather patch "N2A Pathed Home Plugin DLL.cab" I used before forced me to do a hard reset.
Have anyone a solution for this?
SOLVED!
I've edit the original htchome.dll with a hexeditor and change the webside in this file.
1st time I forgot to sign the file after my changes, but now everything works fine for me.