Good news and bad news, WindowsMobile devices…

By Phillip Torrone

Good news first: there is a new version of Microsoft Reader out (finally). It seems to have fixed that memory leak bug which killed our devices each time, and now adds new features like... Pan and zoom capabilities for embedded graphics, screen rotation capability between  portrait and landscape modes for more natural, comfortable reading
(Windows  Mobile 2003, Second Edition devices only). You can get it
here.

And that brings us to the bad news, clearly a sign of the end of the line for PDAs (well, not really, but hey,
everyone is saying it)— According to InfoSync World, Dell and HP are not going to have WindowsMobile 2003 Second Edition updates for their devices. This is of course crummy news, in fact, the only way to get it might be to buy a new device. We understand there is some low-level stuff going on in WindowsMobile 2003 SE, like rotating the screen, and Dell and HP needs to sell some new devices, but this might be the last dance if people think they can never upgrade.

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