Hi,
I was thinking about what moves to take to make WM5.0 compatible with the Alpine platform. The Alpine platform uses an Intel PXA272 chip which has most of the logic for things like bluetooth/wifi etc. from what I could see quickly while browsing through some documents.
Because of this I went looking for a PXA272 based device with WM5.0 on it and I found one PDA (not a phone device I fear) on Microsoft's Windows Mobile website: The Intermec CN30
A PDF with specifications can be found here:
http://epsfiles.intermec.com/eps_files/eps_spec/CN30_spec_web.pdf
Unless I'm very wrong a ROM dump of this device and some driver modules (Wifi in this case since the device supports the g standerd, QVGA driver and perhaps a bluetooth and keyboard driver) should be enough to build a (partially) working version. I admit that I'm a noob to building my own WM5.0 version but it was just a thought I wanted to share, especially since it's the first WM5.0 based PDA I've seen with the PXA272 processor.
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Hi,
Siemens SX45 Cassiopeia - Does anyone know if this device is compatible with any other device as I cannot find any resourses for it - I need windows CE 3 for it and I'm trying to find a Lumberg jack for the headset.
It appears to be very similar to the XDA and has SD and CF expansion slots but no Bluetooth.
Any advice appreciated.
Cheers,
Steve Gadd.
no it's really old and dont use the same cpu it use mips cpu not arm
it's not made by HTC and it's OS is not pocketpc
well while I was surfing the net looking for an ultimate solution that would put our endless search for a stable fully featured bluetooth stack to rest, I came acroos something very interesting. Toshiba have released a new bluetooth stack that runs on all thier toshiba pdas. Now as i read further some guys on the net were able to modify some registry settings and got it to run on HP pdas. Hell, others were able to hook thier USB bluetooth dongle to thier pdas and according to what they say it's working like a charm.
So I thought, well, if someone were able to modify the registry keys for the Toshiba software, maybe we can make it read the HTC bluetooth hardware.
Onething I would like to know is what type of hardware do HTC use as a built in bluetooth device in their Himalaya version. I mean there must be some sort of bluetooth chipset they use for the Himalaya Model. And are there any technical sheets for this bluetooth chipset.
Finally I provide u with the bluetooth software I came acroos today. Hope someone can modify it so we can use it. Software works great and seams to load without any problems, but the only problem I faced was that it would not recognise my bluetooth device, instead it was searching for a Bluetooth CF Card or the Toshiba built in Bluetooth chipset.
Unfortunately, as it says in the readme, it won't solve our most pressing issue: a decent handsfree connection.
Looking at the MDA Compact II, the only main difference from our Magician is the processor. All other hardware is presumably the same as the Magician's (memory size is not significant).
So ..... if 3rd party software can run on any of the CPUs, why cant' WM5? Or is it that 3rd party software for the TI OMAP processor is compiled specifically for that CPU?
Just wondering :?
WM5 probably could run on Magician and potentially any device.
I'm not educated enough to answer correctly, but AFAIK anyone can build WM5 for the Magician using platform builder, but getting it work is the problem. We don't have compatible drivers etc specifically written for the device (as you can see with some of the WM5 builds for blue angel). So without proper drivers for all the hardware, it won't be "compatible" with all of the hardware.
Mamaich is the man for this question though. His Wizard ROM should open up doors I imagine.
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I'm well aware of the drivers issue but with an MDA Compact II ROM the drivers should work just fine as it is essentially the same hardware. No?
More specifically, my question should be: is it JUST the different processor that won't allow us to use a WM5 Compact II ROM on our Magician? And if it is so, how come? (if 3rd party sofware can run on both processors with the same build?)
Actually, went down to a computer store on Friday and tested the HP IPAQ 1950. It only had 64MB ROM and 32MB RAM and 300MHz but it was very fast to operate which is surprising. Faster than an O2 mini display model.
Note that all display models only have factory settings with software that comes preinstalled. Comparing an O2 mini 64MB RAM/64 MB ROM 416MHz WM2003SE with an HP rx1950 32MB RAM/64MB ROM 300MHz WM 5.0, the rx1950 felt faster plus the HP screen was 3.5" as well.
I guess i they wanted to release an upgrade to WM 5.0 for the O2 mini/iMate JAM they could but why bother because they'll make more money selling the next model with WM 5.0
I think the O2mini noob is absolutely right. They just want to sell new Devices. Why else don't they give an Update to WM5 for XDA II / III although there are unofficial leaks?
Why they don't want to release WM5 for the Magician is pretty obvious now, look at HTC Charmer and HTC Prophet ... but the question is why can't we have a COOKED ROM from the HTC Charmer? What is the technical reason why an HTC Charmer/MDA Compact II ROM does not work on the Magician?
Well for a start the nbf for the t-mob charmer will need to a bit of chopping first to fit on a magician, since its 72mb. plenty of room on the charmers 128mb rom but not for the magician.
Can wm6 made for tmobile wing or other htc phones run on an unlocked mda wizard?
No you will need a ROM made specifically for the wizard - other devices may have different hardware (graphics chip, GSM module, keyboard controller etc), so they have different drivers built into their OS distributions.
But i don't see a problem here, since there are quite a few WM6 and WM6.1 ROMs for wizard, and i don't see any real need to try putting a ROM from some other device in it.
I have upgraded my SMT5600 (Typhoon) to 6.1.
Now, how do I purchase software from the mobile software houses for the unit (ie., Handango, Pocketgear, etc.)? What parameters would I put into their system to make sure that the software that I was purchasing would work on this unit? Do I put in the phone as an SMT5600 (because then their system will assume that it is a WM2003 system) or do I buy software for a newer HTC unit that has WM6.1 on it?
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klpeake said:
I have upgraded my SMT5600 (Typhoon) to 6.1.
Now, how do I purchase software from the mobile software houses for the unit (ie., Handango, Pocketgear, etc.)? What parameters would I put into their system to make sure that the software that I was purchasing would work on this unit? Do I put in the phone as an SMT5600 (because then their system will assume that it is a WM2003 system) or do I buy software for a newer HTC unit that has WM6.1 on it?
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Be careful. you can not buy software for the SMT5600 @ 2k3 because its operating system is too different. You can not even buy the software dedicated to a modern device with wm6.1, because the recent devices have better features (cpu, memory, etc.).. I think the best thing is to focus on devices wm6.1 but test the software before you buy.
I think the HTC S310 which runs WM5 stock is reasonably comparable to the Typhoon in a matter of resolution and memory. The difference between WM2003SE and WM5 is bigger than the difference between WM5 and WM6(.1).
Nevertheless, like the above poster said, be sure to first try out before buying.