Hell Freeze over, DoCoMo Offers ROM update for one of its Smartphone.

One of the things that pisses me off for years (8 in total) in Japan is the lack of ROM update for Windows Mobile Devices… During the Pocket PC era, where Compaq, then HP and other manufacturer provided Rom update for their PDA Japanese manufacturers always claimed that ROM update was impossible and were pushing you to purchase a new PDA instead… Later one, HTC via DoCoMo or Softbank same applied and it you wanted to get a ROM update you would have to invest in another device while in the rest of the world you could have upgraded it… So basically if you were/are a Windows Mobile user in Japan you are badly screw… Operator will not provide you with free ROM upgrades on Windows Mobiles devices… Pissed by this lack of support from Both Microsoft, HTC and Mobile Phone operators, I asked to Microsoft a year or so ago why was that?... [read full story]                    

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