Will Sprint Offer Windows Mobile 6.0 ?

[VTDr0p0ut]

There's quite a shocking price-hike between those two carriers... I hope more than just the Picture Mail is driving that move (or you're rollin the the chedda so you don't care For your sake... I hope the latter)

[malatesta]

Originally Posted by dblml320

I have been itching to move to Verizon, the fact that Sprint supports the Q so poorly I think is going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

and what evidence can you provide that Verizon supports their devices better?

And their data rates are extortion compared to Sprint.

I also don't consider free upgrades to the OS "support". Fixing bugs and issues constitutes support, not just something new for the sake of being new. If you really wanted the features of WM6, you would have waited for a WM6 device. Since you didn't you're just looking to have the newest for the sake of new, not the features.

[malatesta]

Originally Posted by gmplr831

Jsut looked at a future sprint handheld sheet, says nothing about new q, lots about win mo 6 upgrades, but nothing about a new q...

That's b/c it's a ways off. Probably Q1/08. The device is not testing at Sprint yet, so there won't be any information. But msmobiles.com via a Win developer got confirmation that Moto is working on a Ev Rev A Moto Q replacement.

[dbpaddler]

According to a corporate rep I talked to (yes, big grain of salt), he said it was codenamed the QR, and that he saw release sheets through August with no signs of it.

Also....When defining support, would you say it could included keeping up with the competition? The Sprint Q is the newest of the slim smartphone releases. So if the competition is upgrading their devices, why wouldn't Sprint feel the need to update their device as well. With the Q9 most likely being released even before Sprint even announces a Q successor along with the Dash and Blackjack receiving the update, one would think that in order to retain current customers on the bubble of leaving and sway new customers away from the competition, they would upgrade a few month old phone, especially when a current Q model is being released on GSM with WM6. And outside of it being "a new OS", it actually would just be an improvement on the existing OS that would improve the speed of the OS, improve third party program support, and improve battery life. Extra functionality benefits aside, those seem like fixes to me for current issues. It would also most likely enable third party developers to go back and work on some programs that MOL2 seemed to render useless. Or one would hope it would. I think a stable threaded SMS program could become reality.

And I don't understand how Motorola can say it's not going to offer WM6 for the Q when they are coming out with the Q GSM.

Originally Posted by malatesta

That's b/c it's a ways off. Probably Q1/08. The device is not testing at Sprint yet, so there won't be any information. But msmobiles.com via a Win developer got confirmation that Moto is working on a Ev Rev A Moto Q replacement.

[malatesta]

Originally Posted by dbpaddler

Also....When defining support, would you say it could included keeping up with the competition? The Sprint Q is the newest of the slim smartphone releases. So if the competition is upgrading their devices, why wouldn't Sprint feel the need to update their device as well.

Simple.

Most people bought the Q and signed up for a contract or re-newed their existing one. They'd rather bet on people staying with Sprint, with their Moto Q and awesome data plans than

1) pay an early-termination fee
2) go with new service
3) pay more per month,

...all just for a new OS that, lets be honest, only the smartphone dorks of the world are following. (not to mention the investment for new accessories, etc.) Sure some will transfer, most won't. (I love the HTC Dash but it doesn't even have 3g).

We also don't know if the WM6 upgrade for the Q meets Sprint's network standards, for whatever reasons. They tend to reject a lot but we can't necessarily assume that it's a perfect working ROM and Sprint said "aww f it". It could be there are some serious issues that we are not privy too.

Actually, I bet this has more to do with the 6800 than anything.

WM6 is not ready for that device and probably won't be till Oct/Nov when the RevA update will come.

Sprint doesn't want their older Q to have WM6 while their flagship 6800 still has WM5. They probably want parity with all their WM devices.

So: upgrade 6800, release newer Moto Q (or maybe update old), release new Treo WM5 device (rumored)--all around the same time frame. But that's just speculation.

[gmplr831]

Originally Posted by malatesta

That's b/c it's a ways off. Probably Q1/08. The device is not testing at Sprint yet, so there won't be any information. But msmobiles.com via a Win developer got confirmation that Moto is working on a Ev Rev A Moto Q replacement.

Well hopefully they wait that long, so i can get one with my new every two type thing from sprint!! I know they just pulled the 6800 because they are adding win mo 6 and EVDO Rev A

[kmcconnaughey]

Just saw this article in the NY Times on WM6 upgrades:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/te...ref=technology