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pros/cons for upgrading to 4.1 from 3.8 Beverly Brown 12-25-2005
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Posted by Beverly Brown on December 25, 2005, 10:11 pm
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What are the pros and cons for upgrading to 4.1 from 3.8? Is it worth my
while? I have a HP Ipaq running WM with VGA support (not the 2005 version)

Beverly



Posted by Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileD on December 25, 2005, 10:48 pm
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The _only_ reason to install 4.1 is if you have a WM5 device which
_requires_ 4.x to sync.

Do _not_ upgrade if you do not have a WM5 device.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

Posted by Paul Proefrock on December 27, 2005, 8:07 pm
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Beverly,
This concerns me, maybe you have some insight.

I would anticipate that Microsoft is focusing their efforts on 4.1 and
future revisions. But what do we users of 3.8 do? Have they split the path
for ActiveSync or will there be a version that combines these versions back
into one that will work with Windows2003 devices?

Paul P

"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
> The _only_ reason to install 4.1 is if you have a WM5 device which
> _requires_ 4.x to sync.
>
> Do _not_ upgrade if you do not have a WM5 device.
>
> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]



Posted by Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileD on December 27, 2005, 10:54 pm
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We have to assume that 4.x will evolve into a better product, but
history indicates that such an evolution will take time.

In addition, ms has been pretty blatent about designing upgrade paths
that do not support "legacy" hardware or software but force upgrades in
a number of cases... for example, win95 was dropped with 3.5 and XP is
required for 4.x...

3.x versions do what they were vended to do... so, with the support here
and elsewhere, they are functional versions depending on the combination
of device and desktop... in other words, it's "survivable" and you
shouldn't really need any changes in 3.8 to meet most needs... indeed,
it currently offers more options than 4.x


Posted by Sven on December 27, 2005, 11:26 pm
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Just to be clear, AS 4.1 works fine with WM2003, WM2002 etc. It does limit
some features such as WiFi sync though, which are removed for WM5 devices.
The point being made is that there is no reason to upgrade to 4.1 if you do
not have a WM5 device. You gain nothing and lose some features that you may
be enjoying. I personally have several pre-WM5 devices that are happily
syncing with AS4.1. I have WM5 devices that I needed to upgrade for. For
those that don't, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

--
Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
> Beverly,
> This concerns me, maybe you have some insight.
>
> I would anticipate that Microsoft is focusing their efforts on 4.1 and
> future revisions. But what do we users of 3.8 do? Have they split the path
> for ActiveSync or will there be a version that combines these versions
> back into one that will work with Windows2003 devices?
>
> Paul P
>
> "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
>> The _only_ reason to install 4.1 is if you have a WM5 device which
>> _requires_ 4.x to sync.
>>
>> Do _not_ upgrade if you do not have a WM5 device.
>>
>> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
>
>



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