I would like to upgrade my HP iPaq H5550 from Pocket PC 2003 to Windows
Mobile 5 or 6.x.
Has anyone done this successfully and if so, can some please advise how to
do it?

Regards, Mark

You can't, sorry.

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"Mark Vozzo (CXC)" <i-mavozz@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to upgrade my HP iPaq H5550 from Pocket PC 2003 to Windows
>Mobile 5 or 6.x.
> Has anyone done this successfully and if so, can some please advise how to
> do it?
>
> Regards, Mark

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:00:41 +1000, "Mark Vozzo \(CXC\)"
<i-mavozz@microsoft.com> wrote:

>I would like to upgrade my HP iPaq H5550 from Pocket PC 2003 to Windows
>Mobile 5 or 6.x.
>Has anyone done this successfully and if so, can some please advise how to
>do it?

To expand a bit on an earlier reply:
Upgrades for the Windows CE operating system and platforms (like
Pocket PC) built on it are controlled entirely by OEMs (Original
Equipment Manufacturers) and a few big resellers (phone companies,
iMate, and a few others). They are the only legal sources for
upgrades. In your case, if HP doesn't have an upgrade, you have no
legal options.

>
>Regards, Mark

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Check with HP first. It's the only legal way to do it. Although, it's
probably possible, check the http://forum.xda-developers.com website. Do
note that if you update, your performance MAY be degraded (should change
that to probably will!).

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"Mark Vozzo (CXC)" <i-mavozz@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D16A205-2DE6-4FF9-86D1-B32E0B0203C0@microsoft.com...
>I would like to upgrade my HP iPaq H5550 from Pocket PC 2003 to Windows
>Mobile 5 or 6.x.
> Has anyone done this successfully and if so, can some please advise how to
> do it?
>
> Regards, Mark

Dustin Harper wrote:
> Check with HP first. It's the only legal way to do it. Although, it's
> probably possible, check the http://forum.xda-developers.com website. Do
> note that if you update, your performance MAY be degraded (should change
> that to probably will!).
>
Actually, he should be:
a) not upgrading
b) downgrading

I recently resurrected my old hp1940 as a music player*. I was surprised
how pleasant it was to use in some respects compared to my Dell X51. PPC
2003 was a very good system. WM5 wasn't that big an improvement, and as
you say, some of the 'improvements' were typical MS featureitits with bloat.

Regards,
Jack Tingle

*I bought the Dell because the digitizer on the 1945 has a terminal case
of spiking when you write on it. That doesn't affect the music playing.

"Jack Tingle" <wjtingle@hotmail.com> wrote >
> I recently resurrected my old hp1940 as a music player*. I was surprised
> how pleasant it was to use in some respects compared to my Dell X51. PPC
> 2003 was a very good system. WM5 wasn't that big an improvement, and as
> you say, some of the 'improvements' were typical MS featureitits with
bloat.
>

I still use my iPaq 3670. It has a mempad sleeve with two CF slots and extra
battery. A Haicom GPS uses one CF slot, but also has it's own SD slot. I can
substitute a Wifi card for the GPS and pick up my emails and surf the web.

I usually have all my maps on the SD card and a 2 Gig CF with music that I
can play through the car's stereo. I use iGuidance for road navigation and
Fugawi for marine.

This is not for everyone, but it does everything I need it to.

Only problem I now have is that new versions of iGuidance are needed for
updated mapping, and these are not designed to run on PPC2002. Apparently
iGuidance 3.02 will (might) run, but I have not been able to get a copy to
try it.

To replace this unit, I would need to buy an iPod, an all-in-one GPS and a
chart plotter! Or maybe, one of the newer iPaq would do all of this?

Sorry, the 5550 doesn't have XDA-Devs cooked ROM's either.

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"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
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> Check with HP first. It's the only legal way to do it. Although, it's
> probably possible, check the http://forum.xda-developers.com website. Do
> note that if you update, your performance MAY be degraded (should change
> that to probably will!).
>
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>
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page
>
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> "Mark Vozzo (CXC)" <i-mavozz@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6D16A205-2DE6-4FF9-86D1-B32E0B0203C0@microsoft.com...
>>I would like to upgrade my HP iPaq H5550 from Pocket PC 2003 to Windows
>>Mobile 5 or 6.x.
>> Has anyone done this successfully and if so, can some please advise how
>> to do it?
>>
>> Regards, Mark
>

At 28 Jun 2008 22:57:01 -0400 Graham wrote:

> I still use my iPaq 3670. It has a mempad sleeve with two CF slots and
extra
> battery. A Haicom GPS uses one CF slot, but also has it's own SD slot. I
can
> substitute a Wifi card for the GPS and pick up my emails and surf the web.
>
> I usually have all my maps on the SD card and a 2 Gig CF with music that I
> can play through the car's stereo. I use iGuidance for road navigation and
> Fugawi for marine...

> ...To replace this unit, I would need to buy an iPod, an all-in-one GPS
and a
> chart plotter! Or maybe, one of the newer iPaq would do all of this?


While finding a multi-slot device (2 CF or CF/SD) is harder these days,
they're also less necessary since much of the I/O we used CF slots for is
built in. My AT&T Tilt phone has only one slot (for flash memory), but has
Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and GPS built-in.

Even if you avoid PPC phones, there are a few WiFi/BT/GPS devices
available, or, if you stay with iPaqs, even a single-slot WiFi/BT model can
use a small BT GPS module.

Todd Allcock wrote:

> While finding a multi-slot device (2 CF or CF/SD) is harder these days,
> they're also less necessary since much of the I/O we used CF slots for is
> built in. My AT&T Tilt phone has only one slot (for flash memory), but has
> Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and GPS built-in.

Alas, all the good phones have cameras. That's a deal breaker for a lot
of people.

Regards,
Jack Tingle

A number can be had without a camera. My Tilt was purchased sans camera,
from AT&T. In retrospect I'm sorry I did that. Most places I go that don't
allow the camera, don't allow the phone either, so it stays in the car
anyway.

"Jack Tingle" <wjtingle@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Todd Allcock wrote:
>
>> While finding a multi-slot device (2 CF or CF/SD) is harder these days,
>> they're also less necessary since much of the I/O we used CF slots for is
>> built in. My AT&T Tilt phone has only one slot (for flash memory), but
>> has
>> Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and GPS built-in.
>
> Alas, all the good phones have cameras. That's a deal breaker for a lot of
> people.
>
> Regards,
> Jack Tingle