Orange tell customers no upgrade to Windows Mobile 5

Orange UK will not be offering existing owners of SPV devides an upgrade to the new Windows Mobile 5.

"..devices previously purchased e.g C500 cannot be s/w upgraded to Windows Mobile
Version 5."

Unfortunately, this means that anyone with an SPV phone or PDA running Windows Mobile 2003 will be unable to upgrade to WM5. Microsoft are only distributing licenses direct to hardware vendors, so it's not possible to do it yourself. You can only think that there should be an upgrade path for customers wishing to upgrade to Windows Mobile 5?

On a brighter note, this does mean that the SPV SPV C600 and SPV M5000 have now been released in the UK. And they do have Windows Mobile 5. Watch this space for a review of these devices as we put them through their paces and give you the low down on Windows Mobile 5.

For a list of vendors and devices swearing to upgrade to Windows Mobile 5, click here. This list will be updated over time. If your device can upgrade to Windows Mobile 5 and is not on the list, please leave a comment or email me at chris@yellowpark.net. Come on SPV, where are you?