HTC Harrier & Windows mobile 5?

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s.joseph

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#4033 11-May-2005 16:04

Does any know if HTC are going to upgrade there roms on the harrier or if xda developers will? thanks

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#14624 11-May-2005 17:12

Nothing defined on HTC front yet - XDA Developers is also something that would invalidate your warranty, and most times they only deal with the GSM/GPRS devices, not CDMA.

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#14626 11-May-2005 20:06

have htc ever released any updates for their products?

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#14627 11-May-2005 23:51

They were quite good doing interim releases of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition updates.

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#15257 2-Jun-2005 18:45

If I had to guess (and obviously I do have to guess because I don't know) I'd say it's pretty unlikely. The Harrier has the combination of large RAM and comparatively limited ROM space that has been ideal for all previous incarnations of Windows Mobile.
Since Windows Mobile relies relies on persistent storage (programs and files are no longer installed in RAM), I suspect the ROM on the Harrier would be too small to be practical (it makes me wonder if HP knew something when they released the hx4700).
It's a shame, since it's the Phone Edition devices that will benefit most from WM5, but it looks like it's just one of those things

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#15259 2-Jun-2005 19:01

Hi KevDaly,

What are the key differences that make life better for phone edition users?

It would have to be a quantum leap in features before I would bother updating my Harrier, and it would need to be cheap enough to be worth doing, otherwise i would just wait for the next device to be available with it preinstalled.