HP has updated their WM5 upgrades page and set the date for the release of the update for the 4700/4705 models.
The updates should be released on the 1st of March. Finally!!!

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HP has issues a ROM firmware update to deal with battery issues intorduced by the 1.10 ROM update.

Check out this page for more information.

PocketPC Web Browsers Roundup

The pocketpcthought.com forums features a web browsers roundup article.

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I’ve been using my new pocket pc for a few says now and I like it!

Some “must have” software I’ve installed:

• WebIS Pocket Informant which replaces the default calendar\tasks\contacts applications with a more powerfull interface.
  The HP hx4700 actually come with Pocket Informant 5 installed but I just had to upgrade to the latest version
• WorldMate - a kewl utility application with lots of features : world clock, weather forecasts, size and measurements converters, currency converter and more…
• There is also a a free tool called FreeMate which is kinda like WorldMate’s little israeli brother….
• ChessGenius for PocketPC - something to play with…

Looking at WorldMate\FreeMate from a deveopers perspective they simple to implement.
Maybe I’ll make a simple *Mate clone in VS2005 as a pPocketPC development learning project…

Just got my new HP iPAQ hx4705 Pocket PC from Amazon.
So far its working well and I still need to install some kewl applications so I’ll have some more stuff to play with
Also waiting anxiosly for the WM5 ROM update…

Some more thought on the subject later on…