Microsoft is selling wm5 on their site.

[jaykumarr]

yes they are but wait its only for ipaq's & dell :(
and even window media player-10 t that is also for ipaq's & dell.
how mean of them inspite all the htc devices run on windows.
someone gotta teach them a lesson.
heres the link see for yourself's
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/pscmisc/vac/us/en/sm/pocketpc/MS5.0_upgrade.html for wm5

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/windowsmobile/default.aspx
for wm-10 player
can someone tell me if this will work on a himalaya?
am ready to buy this os :)
regards.

[robal]

Hi

First of all, read wiki, and then ask questions.

Microsoft doesn't 'sell' WM5.0 roms.
Several devices' vendors support buying/upgrading, but unfortunately not HTC.

However, you can get WM5 for Himalaya, because wonderful people at xda-developers made this possible.

Read wiki, to get it:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Himalaya

Note, that this upgrade is not official and is still problematic....
People here are working hard to make it better.

[jaykumarr]

dont be in a hurry, go to the link i have posted and see for yourself they are selling it for $39.99.
and yes i am aware of the wm5 rom's on buzzdev, and they have ton's of bug's.
since they are selling the rom in the hp site.
it should be trouble free.

[joppie1984]

Same as update to 2003se. Won't work (without patches) on any other then Ipaq's and Dell's. For other devices you are refered to the manifacturer.

Looked at this before, strategy of microsoft still the same.
Don't buy unless they say that they have an upgrade for your "specific" device.

[double_ofour]

A Real M$

[Rudegar]

ms dont make roms for devices
for the ipaq's hp makes roms for their devices and sell them
for htc devices htc makes roms for their devices and offer them for free

people must understand that when you buy a cd with windows for your pc it include all the drivers so it will run on every pc supported

when you get a rom for your device where the size of the rom is limited in space you only get the drivers and stuff for that very device and not anything else

roms are custom made and hardcoded to work on that special hardware config

if ms sell mw2005 but only to pda manufactors along with the tools required to build the rom from scratch along with the drivers for the cam or wifi cpu and the likes that pda uses

if you buy a hp rom then it will work just fine
that is if you install it on the supported hp pda
it will not work on anything else