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[Shop @ MoDaCo]

Eten have announced that a Windows Mobile 2005 upgrade will be made available to Eten M500 customers at a 'to be determined' cost.

The ROM portion is essential to allow for device upgrades to the new operating system, and the Eten M500 has 128MB in ROM which is ample enough to allow for the upgrade.

While most device manufacturers are unwilling to provide the upgrade since they will rather have customers spending on their new models, Eten has broken the trend.

What can we say

[PayableOnDeath]

Shop @ MoDaCo, on Jun 17 2005, 23:35, said:

What can we say 

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HTC and Orange do it for the C500  

or maybe orange should release the UK update so we can get MP10  

[shadamehr]

PayableOnDeath, on Jun 18 2005, 00:56, said:

HTC and Orange do it for the C500 

or maybe orange should release the UK update so we can get MP10 

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Orange UK can't even manage a WMP10 update for the C500, like the French get, so I seriously doubt we'll see anything from them.

Sorry, I couldn't resist - someone had to say it!

[morpheus2702]

OK, hypothetical situation:

Orange offers an upgrade for C500 users to WMP10, but doesn't offer an upgrade to Windows Mobile 5.0.

A freely available (but illegal) WM5.0 ROM with the hack to overcome the IMEI signature is easily obtainable, and runs just fine on the C500.

Would you install the WM5.0 ROM (yet invalidate your warranty) or stick with the final WM2003SE ROM with your warranty in place.

This may be hypothetical, but reading comments I can see it becoming reality without much trouble.

[Disco Stu]

Certainly puts the spotlight on Eten !
As a marketing strategy it beats the rest hands down.

[Tech]

orange UK are NOT doing it on any of the existing or new future handsets, including the M5000 3G handset and M1500 handsets

[pierre]

Tech, on Sep 12 2005, 22:05, said:

orange UK are NOT doing it on any of the existing or new future handsets, including the M5000 3G handset and M1500 handsets

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excuse-me, but are you telling the M5000 comes without WM5??

[Pondrew]

pierre, on Sep 13 2005, 08:06, said:

excuse-me, but are you telling the M5000 comes without WM5??

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This is misinformation. All versions of the HTC Universal including the Orange M5000 will ship with Windows Mobile 5 or I'll eat my hat (it's a black felt cowboy type   )