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Articles tagged with: rom upgrades

Turn your old iPod Video into a new iPod Classic
By Julian Prokaza on Tuesday, 16 October 2007

Apple is renowned for not releasing updates to make new iPod features available for older models that are otherwise identical, but now you can do it yourself.

You need a 5G Video iPod to make use of the hack, which is available as a download from the DrivenDesign site. Once installed, you get the new split-screen menu system from the new iPod Classic, but there's no Cover Flow view -- yet.

Having seen it in action on the new Nano, I think the new interface looks like a terrible mish mash, but each to their own, I guess...

[DrivenDesign]

Palm announces free Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for Treo 750 owners
By Julian Prokaza on Wednesday, 29 August 2007

Palm has confirmed that Treo 750 and 750v users will be able to upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 for free, via the Palm website.

The Windows Mobile 6 upgrade also enables HSDPA on the Treo 750v for faster downloads when connected to a 3G network. The upgrade for the Treo 750v is available now from the Palm site; the upgrade for the Treo 750 is expected by the end of September, with the download location to be confirmed.

Tags: palm rom upgrades treo windows mobile

Can I convert my German iPaq to English?
By Mark Wilson on Sunday, 19 August 2007

I recently bought an iPaq 3660 from eBay and was very pleased with the price I ended up paying. Unfortunately, I found that I had not read the auction correctly and discovered that a German version of Pocket PC 2000 was installed. Being British, this is not much use to me and I wanted to know how to change the language.

Thomas Allison, via email

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