[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] craigiecraigie4:
Many of these issues can be solved:

"1. Significant amounts of my old software that was working on WM2003SE will not run on WM2005...."

Yep, it's a WM5 issue NOT JJ, and many many of them have been resolved within the 1st 2 weeks of release! We can expect nearly 100% migration within a couple of months. SPB Pocket Plus 3.01 is GREAT - everything works except repeating alarms, and it works damned well! resco explorer works great, as does PHM reg edit.

"2. Text messages dont appear to be deleting, they come back on reset"

Perhaps this was an old ROM issue. It's certainly not there since October-1 (I do note your post was before this)

"3. Mortgage calculator due to VB Runtime not supported"

Belongs under (1)

"4. Couldnt activate MS Reader even though its a microsoft product!! "

Ditto

"5. No backup software which is a pain when you are installing software to test, and then cant install it, or your not certain its properly uninstalled "

I'll give you this one...in fact it's hard to believe! M$ clearly thinking their product is so stable it doesn;t need backup, but forgetting that we are all trying to force-fit wm2003 apps and causing hard resets left right and centre.

"6. No VGA output, or cannot locate how to display on alternative screens such as data projectors. I got the back pack with the XDA II, but cannot find an option here."

Hmm, not sure there's anyone out there who actually expected the JJ to come with VGA-out...

"7. Serious slow downs due to applications not closing "

Use SPB pocket plus, vbar or handy switcher. SPB is great, all others reported around various forums as working

"8. Seem to be a problem with the Blue tooth headset activating the voice command when its switched off."

Works fine for me

"9. calculator is still the basic model, not the advanced version you can get on your PC. "

Looks the same as all PPC's to me. Much freeware out there to update it. 1-Calc is not free but works great

"10. Cant find the registry hack to show the date not just the time. "

EXACTLY the same reg hack as on your WM2003

"11. Couldnt get avantgo to work."

Belongs under (1)

"12. Explorer still takes a very long time to explore the windows directory, and still doesnt allow a properties view on it."

File Explorer never was and likely never will be great. Why? Cos Total Commander is awesome and it's free. The Windows directory delay is cos there's a lot to read.

Other posts:

"Active sync"

There are several freeware apps that control how activesync likes to pop up. To manage it manually, just disable USB in the connections for a bit (PC-side)

"NO Announcement with incoming calls. Its so low you cant hear sh.."

My ringtone (old phone) is stunningly loud!

"Painfully slow"

Install app closer as above. Definitely faster than my XDA despite hi res screen (large memory transfers)

"GPRS on"

Yeah, definitely annoying. Sure someone will provide a ping-type app for us soon tho.

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Look, there ARE issues, but they are not as basic and blatent as some ppl first think. Some are extremely frustrating (BT turning off, no decent/useable PIM as yet), and others are easy to accept until someone fixes them (eg GPRS disconnect after use). For the most part, I'm impressed with it's seamless fall-back between UMTS and GPRS, the phone reliability, etc etc. But really guys, u MUST put in a little searching effort before throwing in the towel - after all that's the fun of being an early adopter. :)