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From: William on 22 Apr 2008 19:18
On 22 Apr, 15:06, jimmym...(a)yahoo.com (Jim) wrote:
> One last oddity. I found where HP has driver downloads available for the
> iPaqs. When i type in "3800", it gives me a list of iPaqs ranging from
> 3815 to 3875, but no 3800 is listed there. Does that just represent a
> specific model line and not necessarily a particular model 3800? If so
> then how do I find which drivers to download, since my iPaq is quite clear
> about it being simply a 3800?

As others have written, "3800" is the entire model series. They are
all basically the same, but there are detail differences. E.g.
Bluetooth / No Bluetooth, Large / Small memory, etc.

To determine which exact model yours is, take it out of the case (if
it has one), then look at the back. There is a large stick-on label
with rounded ends. Hold the iPaq with the witing the correct way up,
and in the bottom left-hand corner is the word "Model" with a 4-digit
number below. The number will be 38nn, where nn could be a range of
numbers ending in 0 or 5. That is your exact model number.

As I recall, with that series (and other HPs), the models ending with
a 0 were identical to the models ending with a 5 (but were distributed
through a different channel). Thus a 3830 is the same as a 3835, and a
3870 is identical to a 3875.

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WH
From: "Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen [MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices]" on 23 Apr 2008 09:32
> 3.0 just means the underlying CE OS, which both 2002 and 2003
> have.

It's the Pocket PC (2000) and 2002 OS'es that are based on CE 3.0 - WM2003
is based on 4.2

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Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices
Please see the Pocket PC Mag Expert Blog (including mine) at
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ - you will definitely like it.


"Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices"
<spamfree-silvernino(a)hotmail.spambegone.com> wrote in message
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> jimmymjb2(a)yahoo.com (Jim) wrote:
>
>>
>>I have an iPaq H3800 (ARM SA1110) that is currently running M$ PPC 3.0
>
> 3.0 just means the underlying CE OS, which both 2002 and 2003
> have.
>
>>I've done some poking around on the net for a while and I have managed to
>>thoroughly confuse myself. Since my main machine runs Vista, apparently it
>>cant sync with the OS that is currently running on my iPaq. I also just
>>got a 2gb SD card for it, but it only recognizes 1gb. So I'm thinking an
>>OS upgrade might solve these and some other problems. However, the
>>documentation on WinCE and/or Windows Mobile is scattered and
>>convoluted... with the changing in names as well as calling them sometimes
>>by version number 3.0 and sometimes the year 2005 etc I don't even know
>>what i need. Then once i discover what i need, i have no idea where to
>>acquire the software and if it will in the end work with this older device
>>or just turn it into a paperweight. I've looked into my options regarding
>>Linux distros that are compatible too. If i can just get windows to work
>>then i would rather brave that path first.
>>
>>So please, any and all advice and insight would be much appreciated.
>>Thanks.
>
> The 3800 can be upgraded to Pocket PC 2003 if you can find the
> CD. Might try ebay as HP no longer sells it. You'll need an XP
> machine to do the actual upgrade though as WMDC won't connect to
> the 2002 OS on your iPAQ to start the upgrade.
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> __________________________________________________________________________________
> Ed Hansberry (Please do *NOT* email me. Post here for the benefit of all)
> What is on my Pocket PC? http://www.ehansberry.com/
> Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices www.pocketpc.com
> What is an MVP? - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/


From: "Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen [MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices]" on 23 Apr 2008 09:34
> OS upgrades for Pocket PC's are supplied by the manufacturer, in this case
> HP. There is no upgrade for your particular device.

Let me disagree - the 38xx series did receive the WM2003 upgrade, as has
also been pointed out by Ed.

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--
Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices
Please see the Pocket PC Mag Expert Blog (including mine) at
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ - you will definitely like it.


"Doug Forster" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Jim,
>
> OS upgrades for Pocket PC's are supplied by the manufacturer, in this case
> HP. There is no upgrade for your particular device. However it should
> connect to Vista. I have one sitting on my desk right now that works just
> fine. Have you actually installed the Mobile device center download?
>
> Cheers
> Doug Forster


From: Doug Forster on 23 Apr 2008 16:36

> Let me disagree - the 38xx series did receive the WM2003 upgrade, as has
> also been pointed out by Ed.

Yes, sorry my bad. My one has PPC2003 and its so long ago I thought it had
come natively with that and was thinking of a WM5 upgrade.

Cheers
Doug Forster


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