Benefits of WM2005 over WM2003SE?

[DotN]

Hi all

I have a few questions.

Firstly, I have a Qtek 2020i - am I right in saying this is also the same as the HTC Alpine?

Secondly, is there an upgrade that will allow me to go from WM2003SE to WM2005?

Thirdly, why would I want to upgrade...what are the benfits reasons for doing so (I see alot of people getting excited about upgrading but I'm not clear on why?)

Fourthly (last one honest), A lot of people develop various little mods for the Today screen (like hiding the start bar) - what language are these developed in (C++, C#)?

Cheers


Wayne

[brykins]

Thirdly, why would I want to upgrade...

Why indeed? If the thing still does the same job as when you bought it, then why upgrade? I have a horrible feeling that like desktop OS upgrades, newer devices will handle the extras a lot better than older devices, so an upgrade may well make my phone slower and more prone to crashing.

I try and keep up with ROM patches but am not that bothered by the prospect of a whole operating system upgrade.

Fourthly (last one honest), A lot of people develop various little mods for the Today screen (like hiding the start bar) - what language are these developed in

Gobbledegook ;-)

[Rudegar]

"Secondly, is there an upgrade that will allow me to go from WM2003SE to WM2005?"

no

"Thirdly, why would I want to upgrade...what are the benfits reasons for doing so (I see alot of people getting excited about upgrading but I'm not clear on why?) "

well people always thinks that new is good ;)

"Fourthly (last one honest), A lot of people develop various little mods for the Today screen (like hiding the start bar) - what language are these developed in (C++, C#)?"

i think they are all don in c++ not sure if .net let you make today items

www.codeguru.com have some guides how one goes about writting them

and if you know c# then c++ is really not that hard

[DotN]

done some mild C++ at college last term so it shouldn't be too hard to pick up.

I'll take a look at that website aswell.

Cheers


Wayne