[missing-sync-winmobile-talk] Why WM 5.0?

[Jim Robertson]

I'm thoroughly a Mac guy. I have an iPAQ that I don't tote about any more
because synchronizing through ActiveSync and VPC broke down too often.

Now there's a strong business case for my partners and I to purchase a
product that runs on Windows Mobile phones and uses the cellular data
networks to integrate our billable activities to a central server.

Cingular offers two candidate phones. One is an HP iPAQ (hw6515). The other,
marketed by Cingular as their 8125 model, doesn't make it apparent who
manufactured the hardware.

Either of these devices accepts SD cards, and we all use an application
whose data requires almost 1 GB of storage. I'm told either of these phones
will meet that requirement.

It's not clear yet whether the applications I'll want to use other than the
custom vertical market product will require WM5. Should I care? Just what
are the reasons WM5 is "better" than the predecessor OS (which I guess is
Pocket PC Phone edition)?

If I'm asking questions whose answers are easily available elsewhere, I'd be
grateful for pointers.

Thanks,

Jim Robertson
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