Comments on: HTC Puts Deadline on Windows Mobile 6 Upgrades http://www.phonenews.com/htc-puts-deadline-on-windows-mobile-6-upgrades-5064/ Providing complete coverage of the wireless industry, cell phone news, and future 4G technologies. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:37:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Got an HTC that needs a Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade? Better do it quick! http://www.phonenews.com/htc-puts-deadline-on-windows-mobile-6-upgrades-5064/comment-page-1/#comment-21496 Got an HTC that needs a Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade? Better do it quick! Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:02:01 +0000 http://www.phonenews.com/?p=5064#comment-21496 [...] you need to worry about are the AT&T 8525 (HTC Hermes) and the T-Mobile Dash (S621). As PhoneNews points out, neither of these handsets have been given the 6.1 treatment yet (at least, not [...] [...] you need to worry about are the AT&T 8525 (HTC Hermes) and the T-Mobile Dash (S621). As PhoneNews points out, neither of these handsets have been given the 6.1 treatment yet (at least, not [...]

]]> By: Christopher Price http://www.phonenews.com/htc-puts-deadline-on-windows-mobile-6-upgrades-5064/comment-page-1/#comment-21479 Christopher Price Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:45:43 +0000 http://www.phonenews.com/?p=5064#comment-21479 It depends on the agreement. Palm records your serial number when you download the update, for them it is per device. Because HTC has devices re-branded on so many different carriers, I suspect they have negotiated a special one-time payment. Either way, it's trivial.. Microsoft just charges it so that they can justify the anti-competitive business practice. (And, that anti-competitive business practice would be refusing to offer upgrades for all devices that can run the upgraded version of Windows Mobile). It depends on the agreement. Palm records your serial number when you download the update, for them it is per device.

Because HTC has devices re-branded on so many different carriers, I suspect they have negotiated a special one-time payment. Either way, it’s trivial.. Microsoft just charges it so that they can justify the anti-competitive business practice.

(And, that anti-competitive business practice would be refusing to offer upgrades for all devices that can run the upgraded version of Windows Mobile).

]]> By: Thomas LoCurto http://www.phonenews.com/htc-puts-deadline-on-windows-mobile-6-upgrades-5064/comment-page-1/#comment-21477 Thomas LoCurto Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:17:02 +0000 http://www.phonenews.com/?p=5064#comment-21477 Out of curiosity, do they get charged per download or per individual device, and if per device, how do they count? Out of curiosity, do they get charged per download or per individual device, and if per device, how do they count?

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