Outlined in the attachment are additional FAQs regarding the subject of Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 SE and HPs decision to not provide this enhancement on the iPaq h1900, h2200, h4000 and h5500 series of products.
Why do you state many times on the attached page 5000 series but you keep saying the 5450/5455 is not being updated.
The only reason your not doing it is because your not willing to take care of proir customers. Remember we dont forget when you dont support us and we go away.
You have lots of compition these days why start alienating us? Are you just getting out of the business?
Your FAQ is nice, but it doesn't begin to address the complaints.
Please address the complaints in the other thread from your customers.
Also please explain why it has taken two weeks for you to respond.
You started a previous thread and have not responded to all the points contained therein. Please have the courtesy to do so immediately. Also explain here why for example your competitors such as Toshiba can provide the upgrade and you cannot do so.
Hmm.. at last, a response from the HP iPaq Team.
Why is ROM size a factor in deciding whether Microsoft® Windows Mobile™ 2003 Second Edition can be supported on the h1900, h2200, h4000, and h5000 series?
ROM size determines the maximum amount of software and value-added features that can be inherent to the handheld device. For the majority of models in question, HP delivers Windows Pocket PC 2003 Premium, substantial value-added software and 3rd party applications. When evaluating Microsoft® Windows Mobile™ 2003 Second Edition, it was determine that HP would have to de-feature its ROM deliverable and exclude a large portion of the value-added and 3rd party applications in order to fit into the existing device ROM capacity. The Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition is a larger operating system than that of Windows Pocket PC 2003 Premium Edition. The benefit of maintaining the value-added features outweighs the limited functionality that could be deployed on each of these units, especially when giving consideration to the fact that specific hardware changes were also required.
Let's debunk these reasons one at a time.
"1. Square Resolution, VGA Support, QVGA for SmartPhones: While the VGA viewing experience might be more enjoyable for certain users, the support is designed for products that contain VGA screens and/or SmartPhone functionality. The operating system alone does not enable these features. HP provides 3.5" or 3.8" Transflective Display Screens (depends on model) on HP iPAQ h1930, h1940, h2200, h4100, h4300, h5100 and h5500 series products, therefore these products cannot make use of these features."
While it's certainly true that the VGA support won't work fully on the Windows Mobile 2003 iPAQs, some features may still be useful, such as font scaling. This allows users to easily resize the fonts the way they want, which could be *very* useful.
Second, the iPAQ rz1715 is running Windows Mobile 2003 SE, but doesn't support VGA (as most of your WM 2003 SE iPAQs don't). So the operating system seems to have benefits even for non-VGA devices.
"2. Landscape Support: This support provides dynamic switching between screen orientations from portrait to landscape. With the March 2004 announcement of Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, tools became available to the extended application Development Community, so the wide variety of third-party applications could take advantage of the landscape mode. While Microsoft's standard applications will function in landscape mode not all HP value-added software delivered on platforms launched prior to June 2004 would be able to take advantage of this feature."
What "value-added software" are you referring to? If it's things like iPAQ Backup, iPAQ Wireless, etc., haven't you fixed those to work with the new iPAQs that ship with SE installed? If so, why can't those be included in the ROM image of an SE upgrade for existing devices?
"3. Many software developers are focusing their efforts on the next release of their applications, as opposed to devising a retro-fit for existing versions. If HP added Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition to its pre-June 2004 launched products some applications would not function in landscape mode properly, and therefore providing no customer value."
First, most software developers are incorporating SE support into existing products, while still ensuring their products work on Windows Mobile 2003 (and Pocket PC 2002 and 2000 devices, in many cases). Those aren't "retro-fits", they're upgrades, and those applications, often available for free or at reduced cost to existing users, will work in WM 2003 SE, providing much value.
In fact, HP has it easier here. Your value-added applications (which, as I mentioned above, are already likely working correctly in SE) don't need to worry about running on any other operating system other than WM 2003 SE because they'll ship as part of the OS upgrade.
Second, if some third-party applications don't work in landscape mode, and aren't upgraded, so what? WM 2003 SE's ability to switch between landscape and portrait without a soft reset would make it easy to work with those applications in portrait mode and switch back to landscape mode for programs that work well there.
Even if some applications *crash* in landscape mode, that's not a sufficient reason to deny us an upgrade to SE. Not all Pocket PC 2000 programs worked in Pocket PC 2002, yet Compaq made an upgrade available. Not all Pocket PC 2002 programs worked in Windows Mobile 2003, yet HP made an upgrade available. Why is this suddenly being used as excuse to prevent us from upgrading to SE?
"4. Why is ROM size a factor in deciding whether Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition can be supported on the h1900, h2200, h4000, and h5000 series?
ROM size determines the maximum amount of software and value-added features that can be inherent to the handheld device. For the majority of models in question, HP delivers Windows Pocket PC 2003 Premium, substantial value-added software and 3rd party applications. When evaluating Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, it was determine that HP would have to de-feature its ROM deliverable and exclude a large portion of the value-added and 3rd party applications in order to fit into the existing device ROM capacity. The Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition is a larger operating system than that of Windows Pocket PC 2003 Premium Edition. The benefit of maintaining the value-added features outweighs the limited functionality that could be deployed on each of these units, especially when giving consideration to the fact that specific hardware changes were also required."
Granted, ROM size could be a limiting factor on some iPAQs, but this explanation falls short on several points.
First, how much larger is SE than Windows Mobile 2003? I'm guessing it's not that much larger, as you have managed to fit it in the 32 MB ROM of the iPAQ rz1715.
Second, my iPAQ 5550 has 48 MB ROM with 17.4 MB available to the user as the iPAQ File Store. If SE is larger, I would be willing to sacrifice some of the File Store for the new features. I'm only using 5.58 MB of it, and wouldn't miss a few megabytes.
Finally, for devices where the ROM could be filled up (like the iPAQ 2210 perhaps), there is the alternative of offering Pro and Premium upgrades, as was done for Pocket PC 2002 and Windows Mobile 2003.
The Premium version includes all software in the ROM image, while the Pro version omits some (Terminal Services, Reader, etc.) and includes them on a CD to install in RAM if the user chooses.
If those arguments are somehow incorrect, please feel free to enlighten me as to where.
Finally, while the above features (along with WPA) may be the main improvements in Windows Mobile 2003 SE, you shouldn't neglect the Pocket Internet Explorer improvements. The single-column mode will be a boon to people reading Web pages, especially in portrait mode.
All told, I find upgrading to this version of Windows Mobile to be *more* compelling than the upgrade from Pocket PC 2002 to Windows Mobile 2003.
As a purchaser of three generations of iPAQs, I strongly urge you to reconsider offering a Windows Mobile 2003 SE upgrade.
P.S. Sorry for the multiple posts, but the system didn't seem to like me posting the whole thing at once. I kept gettings errors.
4- 7: The answer helped with a portion of my question, but I still need some additional help!
In your previous thread you have awarded 7 points to each person that posted and thus can you explain in what way the answers helped with a portion of your question and what additional help you require? After all you have an army of people ready to help you by taking the WM2003SE and paying for it - a bonus! Do HP iPAQ Team not like our money?! You have a solution - you can make money for HP - you can keep the customers satisified - you can restore goodwill - you can become the best by listening to this forum instead of reaching decisions by closed doors. Provide the WM2003SE and you will regain thousands of loyal supporters who spend their days at times promoting HP. Let us decide - hold your own independent poll and abide by the wishes of the majority.
HP iPAQ Team you can redeem yourselves now and in the words of Shakespeare this will all become "Much Ado about Nothing" and "All's Well That End's Well".
You have now had the courtesy to return and thank you for that. Just tell us more about what you have done to get the upgrade to work and why the problems seem insurmountable. You have some great engineers but one thing I have found is that there are some phenomenal people in the forum who can help and maybe in partnership we all can co-operate to help you. Just remember you are dealing with friends who feel they have been badly insulted. We will all go the extra mile to look at the problems encountered to help you - just please tell us and we can work with you as a Team. Are you up for the challenge - please say YES. Ask us some questions, give us some feedback, help us to help you. You can create one of the best partnerships which will drive HP into a brighter and better future. PLEASE THINK AGAIN and let's reach an agreement to work with you to help.
"OKAY. Then You let us change the ROM to a bigger memory size for a certain fee AND THAT SHOULD ABLE TO LET WM2003SE OCCUPY & RUN."
First, I would not expect HP to upgrade our hardware to be able to run a new operating system. If your current PC won't be able to run Longhorn, would you really expect the manufacturer to upgrade it?
Second, I doubt any hardware upgrades would be necessary, as I spelled out in my previous posts.
I don't expect upgrades for the 19xx series (after all, HP didn't offer a Windows Mobile 2003 upgrade for the 1910), but the 2200s, 4100s, 4300s, 5100s and 5500s should have them available.
If there are trade-offs (smaller iPAQ File Store, having to install value-added applications in RAM, and so on), disclose them to the user before selling them, and let US decide what we want to do. But DO OFFER THE UPGRADE!
Funny as said and seen by other persons some iPAQ 2210 was running 2203SE, so your nice word doc is in fact not telling the truth or I am just not able to read English properly?
Steve, thanks for that. But seriously shouldnt my 5555 having a 48MB ROM AND if the FileStore is disabled , ABLE to let the WM2003SE image possible to RUN ???!?!!!
48MB, should be more than enough. You said about Longhorn and PC upgrading... Well, if you PC is upgraded to the best hardware upgrades THAT EXCEED the minimum REQUIREMENTS, longhorn will and SHOULD boot with no problems right?
I am not asking HP to provide the necessary hardware upgrade, THAT i can find a way-out myself. I am thinking IF ROM-size is the limiting factor why HP do not allow the WM2003SE avaliable, by all means I will somehow change the flash ROM to a bigger size, and IF in any case of the process, the warranty is voided, i dont care. It is my device anyway.
As Steve has pointed out very clearly. Anyone who has taken a moment to examine the facts will clearly see that HP is completely unwilling to admit the real reason behind this decision. Most likely two things, 1. maybe the cost to deploy new ROM's (not a good reason seeing how the majority of users have indicated their willingness to pay for the upgrade. and 2. if wm2k3se is not available as an upgrade HP feels they will see increased interest in their new devices that use wm2k3se. The problem with this is most current HP customers feel betrayed and left out and the new devices severely lack ergonomic and visual appeal.
HP you have lost a long time customer, I will no longer boast of HP and I will go out of my way to avoid HP products. You will obviously not notice that I am no longer an HP supporter. This is apparent to your lack of sincerity to this issue! Your nicely formulated letter really stretches to be something that it is not.
"it was determine that HP would have to de-feature its ROM deliverable and exclude a large portion of the value-added and 3rd party applications in order to fit into the existing device ROM capacity"
I don't know about the rest of you, but I find this very hard to believe. I'm an electrical engineer... HP, how about providing some data to back up your claims? What would have to have been left out? How much extra space does SE require? Why is it that you can offer an update to a 5500 (even though I don't have a 5500)? Why can you offer SE on the rz1715?
Why is it that you "can't" offer an update to a 5500 (even though I don't have a 5500)?
Lets to me choose my if I make or not update of Windows mobile in my ipaq 2210. I believe that I am sufficient intelligent to know how that to choose. It is completes time that I buy a HP product. Good bye.
In regards to the post showing pictures of the h2200 running WM2003se, the upgrade was given out at a conference and to me that shows that HP did one last push to sell the "obsolete" Ipaps like the 2200 by showing at this conference that it could indeed run the SE version, so all the new customers went out and bought a new (but soon to be obsolete) Ipaq in hopes to get the upgrade, very deceiving tactic in my opinion.
I have said it once and I will say it again, I will no longer buy HP products and my next PPC will be from another company.
Sure glad you have started to become visible again.
1) Appreciate the new FAQ, but you really could have helped yourselves by posting here that there was activity and a document was being developed and needed clearances. It would not have stopped the continued inquiries but at least it would have quelled some of the ire that HP appeared to not care. In developer terms, it's like the hourglass in Windows; it assures the user the system is busy, not dead. Use the hourglass, okay?
2) I, like a lot of others, including the corporate world, are waiting for you, the HP iPaq Team, to provide the proof that the H5550, with faster processor, more RAM, and more ROM then the 1715, can not run MW2KSE whilst the 1715 can?
Steve has presented the rebuttals to your points quite clearly and rationally.
HP credibility now rests with you, the HP iPaq Team and your management. The FAQ was a start, but you still need to address the issues raised in the forum or you've just wasted everyone's time, including your own.
I hope you are listening and learning and will keep responding.
7730 and rising in a short space of time. The news of the customer action will get bigger and bigger so please start talking now with your friends in this forum.
You have more to gain from talking - please start doing so.
The FAQ is nice, but how was I a customer able to post it 10 hours before you?
The FAQ suddenly became available after a customer posts it??? What does that say about a company?
I also notice the FAQ is dated, dated July 29, that is now 5 days ago. Where has it been?
So 5 days after the FAQ you finally post it after a customer makes others aware of its existence. What else do you have that you aren't making us aware of?
It would be nice if we could use FOIA on big bad corporations like HP to find out what you are hiding, like the truth on WM 2003 SE.
PS: Thanks for the points, but I'd really rather have answers that are backed up with certifiable data.
This thread has moved up over 150 places in rank on the most read in just today.
HP LISTEN UP, That means that your customers want to hear what's going on, that they are looking at your exuse for not providing this upgrade.
And they are still signing the Petition, People do care HP. Do you?
Now 12 Days - 7765 Signed That's an average of 645 a day.
Just to preempt anyone getting sidetracked, my references to 'MW2KSE' are really for 'MW2003SE' otherwise known as 'Mobile Windows 2003 Second Edition'.
I just didn't want to waste the time of the HP iPaq Team or anyone else in wondering or researching what I might be referring to.
You see, HP iPaq Team, I'll be proactive in clearing up any possible confusion I might cause to the readers here. It would really go a long way if you folk could go even one better and answer our questions without mounting external pressure. How about it, for old times sake?
thanks for coming back, even if it is really bad news.
Why does a document attached here come in the WinWord DOC-format?
The statement in the Microsoft Office Word is like talking "Lie" to a three year old kids... it does not make sense at all, some newer iPAQ from HP don't have VGA and it works????? what is wrong with you iPAQ Team? don't even know your own company products???? It's like looking at "Animals" yelling 24 hours a day, but don't know what they are yelling at or for????
Give us a better excuses, or else consult your HP B.O.D. to give you some Business Excuses, maybe these people in the B.O.D. have some good highier Educated Excuses!!!
I have got my company into different PDA manufacturer, HP is not in our list after August 3, 2004... so any "Stupid" Excuses is just making HP a complete idiot in the industries, anyone looking at the WORD they have will get the idea... "Must Think To Clean Their HP iPAQ Team's Behind"
Please may I have a reply to my constructive proposals.
Would you please do all of us the courtesy of responding to Steve's counterpoints and our questions, or at least indicate what response, if any, is being formulated.
product will contain the MS(r) Windows(r) Mobile 2003 Phone Edition.
or you may also try to contact Microsoft if you wish as well.
I apologize for not being able to provide any further information.
What ARE the minimum requirements for MW2003SE? ROM? RAM? CPU speed?
If ROM is a problem, why not put the 'extra' programs on a CD, like you ALREADY do for things like Resco File Explorer? By the way, just how many image viewers do I really need in ROM anyway? I have two (2) now ('Pictures' and 'IPAQ Image Viewer'). Some of the programs, like 'iPAQ Backup', encourage one to get an update or enhanced version for $5-$10. Of course, the update or new version goes into RAM, blocking the ROM, so the ROM is now wasted space.
I am having trouble understanding why we aren't getting answers, or the answers are essentially, 'because we said so'. These questions don't seem very complex, especially for a company that boasts of it's technological skills ("HP Invents"). The customer base here is quite capable of understanding the technical reasons. Members here like Steve can translate it into terms the non-technical user can understand (Steve, excuse me if I'm being presumtious on your behalf).
We really aren't the enemy. Trust us like you once did and tell us the full story. If the technical reasons are valid, we can work with that and make it clearer then it is today. If it's really a marketing tactic, at least we can all stop pretending it isn't. The current approach of silence folowed by vague arguments that have more holes then a sieve backed up with empty PR prose is not helping HP. I know customers are getting frustrated and the word about this is spreading, slowly right now, but it is accelerating.
The HP iPaq Team really doesn't want this, do you? I sure don't, but I can't see any other outcome based on current (in)action.
HP iPaq Team, please respond.
So... if an application doesn't work on 2003SE PPCs produced before June of 2004, wouldn't that mean it wouldn't work on a 2003SE produced after then as well? If this were a valid argument, that would mean that no 2003SE devices should be produced because there might be applications that won't work on them.
It's arguments like this and the ROM size one that make the consumers upset with HP. If HP said "We don't think we'd make enough money for it to be worth the trouble", at least we'd know they were being honest (though I'm sure some would argue whether or not HP was right in that assertion).
But with these arguments, HP just seems to be making hollow excuses unbefitting of a grown-up corporation.
Anyone notice the date on that attached document? Why did it take them over a month to release this thing? Besides that, the arguments enclosed are pretty weak, for reasons that Steve has already quite eloquently laid out. This is simply another one of HP's attempts to find excuses for their behavior. You can't pull the wool over our eyes and tell us it's dark outside, HP; we've seen the light, and we don't want it any other way.
It's bad enough that HP won't be offering the SE upgrade to iPAQ 2200, 4100 and 4300 users, but consider how we users of the higher-end, business-oriented iPAQs (the 5100s and 5500s) feel.
That was bad, but I figured it wouldn't be too painful, because I could keep my 5550 and at least upgrade to Windows Mobile 2003 SE. That would give me time to move away from sleeves to Bluetooth peripherals and larger SD memory cards, which should become more common by the time Windows Mobile 2004/2005 (based on Windows CE 5) is available.
Then HP announces that our current high-end, sleeve-compatible iPAQs won't get an upgrade to Windows Mobile 2003 SE.
So we can't buy a new iPAQ that will support our investment in sleeves, and we can't upgrade our current iPAQs to use the latest operating system. Does that sound right?
Many people paid over $600 for a 5550, and I think we deserve a little better support. We certainly deserve answers to our questions.
What really bothers me is the lack of concern on HP's part toward its customer base, the lack of timely/truthful responses to customer comments/questions, and the truly arrogant attitude.
I have gone from the Compaq 3630 (and a Compaq 3635 for my wife) to the Compaq 3950 to the HP 2210... I have really enjoyed each device. Unfortunately, I don't foresee another HP device in my future.
If driving customers away was your goal HP, you have succeeded, at least with me.
Yes, I have owned just the PDA part, 1 x 3975 and 1 x 5455 and 1 x 5555 and two 4155. so I would consider I am quite royal to HP. but things has changed, I have to change too.. recently I was looking to buy a Tablet PC, originally I was going to buy the TC1100 but since I have had it with HP, I went and bought the NEC instead.. Hey.. there goes $2299 from me to HP.. Yeah HP, go ahead and laugh.. hahaha.. if every one is doing the same like me.. you won't be laughing for long.. by then it will be our time to laugh at HP.. LOL..
"The benefit of maintaining the value-added features outweighs the limited functionality that could be deployed on each of these units"
If I am responsible enough to spend £700.00 GBP (early adopter) on a device I think I should be given the right to choose if I want to loose some "value-added features" software at the price of some other enhancements.
Give me the right to choose.
What makes any of your new devices better than my H5550?
I don't understand why you've decided against supporting business users of high end iPAQ's. I have owned numerous iPAQ's & even several Jornada's. I no longer buy Dell or Compaq/HP due to lack of Support for their laptops. I recently bought IBM laptops based solely on support & quality.
Over 8,000 angry signatures on the WM2003SE petition should tell you something, if you are listening, Maybe not.
8,000+ names is not a big # but HP needs to consider that people using PDA's normally are also the ones controlling where the comnpany's money is spent on IS both for Servers & laptops for their entire company. These folks also, like myself, tend to have a good memory of what company left them hanging out to dry in the past. So while 8,000+ is not a large number, it can be exponentially larger when for instance, our company no longer buys HP/Compaq OR Dell Laptops for over 200 field rep.'s [moving to IBM ThinkPads]. We also moved all of our servers from HP/Compaq to Dell for over 2,500+ locations this year, as it became time to upgrade these servers.
I don't particularly think HP should have upgrades for ALL of their current models, only those that were sold to business' such as the iPAQ 55xx, 54xx, 41xx, 43xx, & possibly even the 22xx.
So I hope those reading these emails "The HP Team", sees the error of their ways before it is too late. 8,000 is not a big number BUT if my thoughts above are correct for very many of the 8,000 customers you have decided to step on, this will prove to be more of a bad decision than you think.
Time for HP to go back to the calculator on what their decision may cost for them to leave us 8,000+ folks behind. Unhappy Mike.
I am surprised that HP has taken this stance with the stiff competition from Dell & PalmOne as well as the soon to be released Motorola MPX [Late 2004 OR Early 2005].
If you failed to understand ny distress, I am done with HP if they choose to be done with my iPAQ 5555's & 4355's that we purchased less than 6 months ago.
Recently I signed up for a pre-sale of new HP 6300 at Tmobile( one for me, on for my wife).Hovewer because of the unbelivably unfair upgrade policy of HP I changed my mind.If that was the new Hp Way, David Packard wouldn't be proud of it.
You can expect my company to no longer buy from HP after this. I got better treatment from Compaq then I ever had you HP even before the merger. I guess someone other than HP will get my business now for everything for myself and the companies I represent.
On another note how can you not even support a device you dont have out yet. The h6315 would have been an awesome product but you dont want to even let us have the ability to upgrade it before it is even released. Tmobile will not be getting my money for one of these and I guess you will not be getting much money from Tmobile since their customers are not happy with this news.
BTW www.pocketpcthoughts.com readerbase is not very happy with this information and I asure you the other PPC sites that are aware of this and posted this are not very happy either.
One very very sad and angry panda.
To prose a question from Jay's thoughts, by not providing WM 2003 SEfor the 6315 aren't you effectively failing to provide any support for the product?
Considering this is a Smart Phone and Smart Phones require much of the features that you feel the need not to mention, specific to Smart Phones for security, and other needs?
1. This isn't a big deal to me in terms of my use of my 5555. It does what I need it to do, that is, what I needed it to do when I purchased it.
2. It IS, however, a big deal to me in terms of HP's business identity with me. I was willing to pay HP's premium price when I purchased the unit because I had an assessment that HP was "special", becuase HP was fair and reasonable with its customers.
I no longer have that assessment. HP is no longer "special" to me. They have lost that level of customer satisfaction and seduction with me. They are back on the same level with Dell and almost on the same level as the dastardly and evil Toshiba. The next time I select a new PDA HP won't have an inherent advantage with me.
I have always owned Hp desktops, laptops, and printers. I have also owned a Ipaq 3800, 3900, 5400,2215, and currently a Ipaq 5555.
I regret my purchase of my 5555, the only reason I bought the Ipaq 5555, was because I knew HP would take care of me and let me UPGRADE to SE. I mean your HP i am a faithful customer, therefore you will meet my needs. Your reasons for not suppling me with the SE upgrade are weak. I mean let's face it when Microsoft rolled out SE it was loaded on an Ipaq 2215!!!!
I think you just want us to spend more money on a new Ipaq with SE. Lets face you do not take care of your customers. So HP I did what you wanted I bought a new UNIT with SE.
Yes I bought a DELL. I will give DELL my money. They care about their customers.
"I'm really surprised about "No Upgrade" for h6300, it is not yet out to the market and you are saying No Upgrade :( ... It is like you are saying do not buy it and go for the XDA III with WM2003SE which will be in the market in few months..."
While I understand that this is frustrating, I think it's actually better than what this thread is discussing.
In this thread, HP is saying they won't be offering upgrades for current iPAQs running Windows Mobile 2003 that people have already purchased, possibly thinking they would be able to upgrade to SE based on Compaq's and HP's past upgrade policies. I bought my iPAQ 5550 in December 2003, and had assumed I'd be able to upgrade to the next release of the operating system.
After SE was announced, and people asked what HP's upgrade policy would be, I always said that -- based on past experience -- upgrades to existing iPAQs would be made available after new iPAQs running SE were released. Only now we have been told that this isn't the case.
With the iPAQ 6315, at least HP is telling buyers *up front* that an upgrade isn't likely, so you can factor that into your purchase decision.
Having high expectations dashed is always more painful than having low expectations exceeded.
"To prose a question from Jay's thoughts, by not providing WM 2003 SE for the 6315 aren't you effectively failing to provide any support for the product?"
Not at all. I assume that HP will release ROM updates to fix bugs and add some new features, just like they have for current iPAQs. I updated my iPAQ 5550 with a new ROM image that improved WiFi, added graphical certificate enrollment, updated MSN Messenger and Reader and so on.
I see a similar update was just released for the iPAQ 4150 series, too.
Let's not confuse lack of an OS upgrade with lack of support. I think the lack of an upgrade shows a disregard for customers' wishes and expectations, but it doesn't mean we won't get *any* support.
In the case of this particular product I would argue that WM 2003 SE and Support are synonymous.
What HP isn't telling us is the added features designed for Smart Phones to make them more funcitonal. If HP could provide those in a ROM update, I doubt there would be need for them to be included in SE.
the 63xx are no *smartphones*, they come with "PocketPC Phone Edition" an that's a different animal.
BTW: doe anyone know if there is a "SE" version of the Phone Edition?
My apologies, I'll be careful more about my choice of words.
My understanding was that WM 2003 SE, eliminated the need for a second verion intended for Windows Phone Edition units.
"BTW: doe anyone know if there is a "SE" version of the Phone Edition?"
I am also very disappointed.
I really enjoyed the iPAQs as they are technically one of the best PocketPCs on the market, but Hardware alone is not all and without proper operating system support they become quite useless after a couple of years.
I was just about to order an hx4700, but now that is far to risky for me, so I'll give another vendor a try.
I'd like to point out that you guys are all being happily fooled by COMPAQ's behaviour regarding software upgrades.
I bought one of the first iPAQs in Europe through a deal for Microsoft Tech-Ed attendees. I bought it with the money the HP gave me when I gave them back my HP 430 Pocket PC after that stupid screen colours fiasco. I was happy, since they had also just announced that they would not be providing a software upgrade for the 430, a machine that was less than a year old.
So, when you all go on about support from HP, just remember that HP have a bad record in providing that support. Point of fact, they also have a bad record of PDA design and a bad record of driver writing, so it's nothing new. HP, great hardware, bad software, poor support.
"My understanding was that WM 2003 SE, eliminated the need for a second verion intended for Windows Phone Edition units."
Where did you hear that? Windows Mobile 2003 converged things so Microsoft could use a similar, if not identical, code base for Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition and Smartphone, but I didn't hear anything about SE merging the regular and Phone Edition parts.
"I'd like to point out that you guys are all being happily fooled by COMPAQ's behaviour regarding software upgrades."
I'm not sure what that means. Compaq provided Pocket PC 2002 upgrades to their Pocket PC 2000 machines. HP provided Windows Mobile 2003 upgrades to all Compaq and HP Pocket PC 2002 machines (except the 1910s). That's one reason I'm upset by the lack of an SE update -- they've set the precedent for upgrades.
Landscape support, I trash canned almost all of the HP Value-added programs, it's not like they were great to begin with.
I already sent a complaint to your CEO on everything my place work were going to do with the new ipaq rz-1715, and after getting one we canceled our order for that bad idea of a WM2003SE PDA, since the 1940 was a better piece of hardware. We spent the difference of the cost between the two ipaq's for Nydiot Virtual Display for landscape mode, it doesn't do everything we needed, but it was a better Alternitve to the crappy new Ipaq that you built. Sad thing is we probablly would have bought a WM2003Se upgrade for older Ipaq 1940 and 2200 series if HP offered it. After we get our IPaqs, well will be buying Dell Axim's or Toshiba Pocket Pc from now on.
WM2003Se should work with Smartphones. At FOSE this year, I saw a T-Mobile Smartphone running WM2003SE Gold Version, why HP decided not to use it, I really don't know. This keeps me thinking, about "Dude you should have bought a Dell!" I think I'm done with Ipaq Pocket Pc's, I loved all of the ones I used, 3765, 3835, and 1940, heck I loved my old Apple Newton 100 (The 1st Newton). I'll keep my HP printers around, but thats it, old Compaq servers are currently being replaced by Dell servers. It's not very often I lose confidence in a company, but this is one of those rare occasions.
Eric Strauss wrote on Aug 9, 2004: "After we get our IPaqs, well will be buying Dell Axim's or Toshiba Pocket Pc from now on."
I understand (and agree with) your dissatisfaction with HP. I don't know about Dell. However, I have to mention this about Toshiba: They lie to customers in order to evade their warranty obligations on PDAs. They claimed on the e740 that cradle connectors that broke due to inadequate strength were breaking due to "abuse" by customers and tried to evade their warranty obligation to repair them. I will never purchase another Toshiba computing product. HP is merely dissatisfactory, but not dishonest, in my book. Toshiba is dishonest and untrustworthy.
ok the longhorn syndrome.... you ever read the minimum specs for windows xp?
Are you kidding me about that (the toshiba running 3800-stuff ...) ??? WOW. in that case if ...the e800 will run my 5550 ROM image backup, I will buy it out immediately.
hmm... do you know what i am thinking? maybe..Toshiba e800 WM2003SE *might* work on our iPAQs 5400-5550!!!
I am very very disappointed in HP and I hope they will decide to change there mind. I own an HP 2215 that I bought because the guy at Best Buy told me when I purchased it that the rom was upgradeable. At the time it was just this last Christmas and Microsoft was already talking about 2003SE.
I really wanted the new feature set and once again HP has screwed me with purchasing yet another non-upgradeable Pocket PC. This unit has had quality problems since I hav gotten it, the rubber grips on the side had to be replaced. Now I find out that this won't be upgraded. I owned an HP Jornada 540 before this and let me just say I recommended this Pocket PC to a few other people based on this expected upgradeablity.
I saw the upgrade running on a 2210 on a video an that's why I decided to buy my 2215.
You owe something more to your customers, and honestly not providing an upgrade is yet another reason for me not to buy further Ipaqs or recommend other HP products. I just bought an HP laptop and all in one printer based on brand loyalty and you just destroyed that for me.. I use a pocket pc daily.
I expect more from a company like HP and I have stood by the company through reports of outsourcing labor (a very un-American thing to me)..
HP, you have disappointed and exiled a number of users.. Can we TRUST HP?? So far my answer is NO..
Thanks for the reply, Mohd.
will also come with "WM 2003 SE Phone Edition".
the 3 procuct lines (1) PDA (2) "PocketPC Phone" and (3) "Smartphone" are diffent animlas and the OS-versions are quite different.
Anyway: There's "SE" for all three of them.
And I can't understand why HP will ship the 63xx (which are not yet on the market) with the *old* version.
"the 3 procuct lines (1) PDA (2) "PocketPC Phone" and (3) "Smartphone" are diffent animlas and the OS-versions are quite different."
Actually, Windows Mobile 2003 made the operating systems much closer. While Smartphone and the Pocket PC versions have significantly different user interfaces, I believe the infrastructure is pretty similar.
Also, I don't believe that the Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition versions are that different. The Phone Edition version has some extra control panel applets and programs, and some of the built-in applications (like Inbox) are enhanced, but is it really *that* different from the base Pocket PC OS?
"Anyway: There's "SE" for all three of them.
And I can't understand why HP will ship the 63xx (which are not yet on the market) with the *old* version."
Possibly because that's the version T-Mobile tested. Remember that phones have to go through carrier testing, which I understand can be very demanding. Once complete, the carriers probably don't like changes made, so, if T-Mobile tested a 6315 running Windows Mobile 2003, they may not want to test again with SE.
That may also be why HP has already said that it's unlikely to produce an SE upgrade for the 6315. It took Samsung and Verizon over a year after WM 2003 was released to get an upgrade out for the Samsung i700, and maybe HP or T-Mobile doesn't want the hassle.
While I would rather see the 6315 running SE, as I said earlier, at least HP is setting our expectations *before* anybody buys the device.
Steve, you have brought me to your side now. I totally with you on what you said previous, esp. on the three Pocket PC platform part, yes they are much closer to each other than a "different animal" that Rainald said. Phone Edition is just Pocket PC with some GSM radio and its controls and some dialling or voice telephony applications.
Now Ronald, I am not sure that there are sides as I clearly read that Steve said for example "Many people paid over $600 for a 5550, and I think we deserve a little better support. We certainly deserve answers to our questions.". I do not see this as a pendulum issue but one of principle - I have following a message from palo alto in fact been wondering how many messages that have been posted have been cut to soften the threads. Indeed I recall one where you were going to go through to CNN..BBC on the issue. Did I imagine I read that and have you taken any such action? And such is the enthusiasm for eliminating messages that I have yet to avoid a cut on an e-mail to the ceo. I think the reality is that we would all support the best endeavours of HP to make available an upgrade for WM2003SE but many will discontinue purchasing HP products until they justify their postion professionally and politely to their previously loyal customers. Frankly, until they can show the courtesy of engaging with this forum in a respectful manner and their colleagues discontinue their exercise in expurgation of legitimate communication I think we can only see that more and more people will become aware of this issue and deeply offended. HP may well have some good technical defences but the flimsy statements that I have read are turned upside down by the good folks in this forum because HP does not reply to the questions raised. Also I have to say it is the experts in this form who seem to know a lot more about the the iPaq than the team that posted the question here.
Over 8,500 angry signatures on the WM2003SE petition should tell you something, if you are listening, Maybe not.
8,500+ names is not a big # but HP needs to consider that people using PDA's normally are also the ones controlling where the comnpany's money is spent on IS both for Servers & laptops for their entire company. These folks also, like myself, tend to have a good memory of what company left them hanging out to dry in the past. So while 8,500+ is not a large number, it can be exponentially larger when for instance, our company no longer buys HP/Compaq OR Dell Laptops for over 200 field rep.'s [moving to IBM ThinkPads]. We also moved all of our servers from HP/Compaq to Dell for over 2,500+ locations this year, as it became time to upgrade these servers.
So I hope those reading these emails "The HP Team", sees the error of their ways before it is too late. 8,500 is not a big number BUT if my thoughts above are correct for very many of the 8,500 customers you have decided to step on, this will prove to be more of a bad decision than you think.
Time for HP to go back to the calculator on what their decision may cost for them to leave us 8,500+ folks behind.
PS - I am surprised that HP has taken this stance with the stiff competition from Dell & PalmOne as well as the soon to be released Motorola MPX [Late 2004 OR Early 2005].
If you failed to understand my distress, I am done with HP if they choose to be done with my iPAQ 5555's & 4355's that we purchased less than 6 months ago.
now wouldnt that make people think hey i want a pda that looks like that one?
and if everyone is going to all go out and buy a 55xx doesnt that mean there should be the wm2003se update for it and all the similar models?
"three different animals" does not necesssarily mean "elephant, lion and giraffe".
BOOOOOOOOh at the iPAQ team and the moderators.
Quite some stugff has been censored awy once more.
It's becoming a really serious affair!
"Now Ronald, I am not sure that there are sides as I clearly read that Steve said for example "Many people paid over $600 for a 5550, and I think we deserve a little better support. We certainly deserve answers to our questions.""
Yes, but you're missing the big point between current Pocket PCs and the 6315.
I wrote that about upgrades for Pocket PCs that we had already purchased with the reasonable expectation (based on Compaq's and HP's past policies) that an upgrade to the next operating system (SE, as it turned out) would be available.
If HP had had a blanket policy that no OS upgrades would be available for Pocket PCs in the past, there probably wouldn't be this furor now. However, as they made upgrades for most of their previous Pocket PCs available, it's reasonable to induce that the policy would continue. The fact that HP has now seemed to change directions is what I object to.
With the 6315, HP has clearly stated that an upgrade won't be likely, so people buying one can take that into account.
""three different animals" does not necesssarily mean "elephant, lion and giraffe".
I'd see it as "horse, mule and donkey" ;-)"
OK, but then the point is silly. Of *course* they're somewhat different.
However, you said that the "OS-versions are *quite* different." (emphasis mine). I don't believe that the operating systems between the Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition are "quite different".
I'm not really sure that it matters, though. At least we know ahead of time that there probably won't be an SE upgrade for the 6315. People can make an informed decision based on that, and won't be surprised if no SE upgrade is ever produced.
Alex Gruzen, the head of Hewlett-Packard's notebook and mobile computing effort, has left the company to join HP's most ardent advisary Dell.
You really have to wonder now that this has transpired.
1. How much influence did Alex have in HP's reversal to offer current iPAQ owners an upgrade for their devices to WM2003SE, not only did the announcement come close to dell's own reversal but it came on the very same day!
2. It seems to me that this decision to not provide the update can and will affect HP a lot more then Dell, math law provides me with the wisdom that HP's installed user base is extreme compared to Dell.
4. Will HP reverse this down right silly decision?


Wolfson 55 honoree AJ Rodriguez from Jacksonville awaits his medal on the stage at the eighth Wolfson Children's Challenge.
The Daily Record invites the local nonprofit community to submit news, announcements, success stories and other information they believe would be of interest to our readers. Email to: nonprofitnews@jaxdailyrecord.com.
More than 3,000 people took part in activities linked to the eighth annual Wolfson Children's Challenge.
Nearly two-thirds of the participants — 1,900 — ran in the events at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. There were 11 solo runners in the 55K Ultra Marathon; 47 in the 30K individual run; 144 Ultra Relay teams made up of two to 11 runners; and about 320 runners in the 1-Mile Fun Run.
The top three male finishers in the 55K Ultra Marathon Individual Run were Dan MacGregor, 46, of Jacksonville; Adam Holmes, 39, of Middleburg; and Ed Ferrell, 53, of Grayson, Ga.
The top three women were Jennifer Joy, 47, Bambi Pennycuff, 39, and Natalia Terreros, 36, all of Jacksonville.
The day also featured performances by the Jacksonville Jaguars' D-Line, Karate America and the band flipturn, as well as activities for children and families and barbecue from 4 Rivers Smokehouse.
Proceeds from the challenge, with a match from Baptist Health, will contribute $400,000 to the Wolfson Children's Challenge endowment.
The Wal-Mart Foundation is offering grants of $25,000-$200,000 to nonprofits with hunger relief programs, including food pantries and SNAP outreach.
The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. Friday.
The retail giant and its foundation have committed to provide four billion meals from 2015-20, through grants and food donations, according to a news release.
Last year, Wal-Mart and the foundation provided Florida nonprofits with more than $78.1 million in cash and in-kind donations, as well as 41 million pounds of food.
"We see these grants as opportunities to use our size and strengths to help others," said Monesia Brown, Wal-Mart's state giving program council chair.
Grant applications are accepted online only at bit.ly/walmartgrants.
The Bridge of Northeast Florida received 10 laptops from Mayo Clinic Jacksonville.
The HP EliteBooks will be available to high school students participating in programs highlighting job-skills training, membership and enrichment opportunities, according to a news release.
The students are part of the nonprofit's Bridge Urban-Springfield After School programs.
Many of the students do not have internet access or a computer at home. The computers will allow them to work on homework, college and scholarship essays and job applications.
The Bridge of Northeast Florida provides opportunities and support to overcome barriers to success to more than 3,500 children in low-income, high-crime areas.
April 1 is the deadline to apply for scholarships for women through Elizabeth Edgar Hall Inc.
The nonprofit provides financial aid to women seeking post-secondary education in Jacksonville, according to its website.
• Della M. Levin Scholarship: Applicants must be full-time students, have a grade point average of at least 3.0 and have completed 24 semester hours. There is one $2,500 award available.
• Elizabeth Edgar Hall Founders Scholarship: Applicants must be full-time students, have a GPA of at least 3.0 and have completed 24 hours. There is one $2,000 award available.
• Elizabeth Edgar Hall Scholarship: Applicants must have at least a 2.5 GPA, be full-time students and have completed 12 semester hours. There are 10 awards available, ranging from $1,000-$2,000.
Only the first 30 completed applications will be considered. Winners will be announced in June.
The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation is hosting the inaugural Jacksonville Fashion Funds the Cure on March 4.
Girls and boys battling cancer will make their debut on the runway, modeling clothes from Dillard's. Proceeds benefit the foundation.
The fundraiser is at 1:30 p.m. at Dillard's at St. Johns Town Center. Tickets can be purchased at bit.ly/jaxfashioncure.
Ponte Vedra-based Art 4 Charities has added a seventh nonprofit to the list of groups it helps.
Vilano Beach Main Street's mission is to educate the public about the significance of that area's architecture, history, environment and culture, according to a release.
Art 4 Charities is organizing charity auctions at upcoming events, such as First Friday Art Walk, Dish and Fish and a tennis tournament. The group also will have live and silent art auctions at Vilano Beach and St. Augustine area hotels.
For more information on hosting an art auction to support a charity, call (904) 469-7428 or email art4charities.dm@gmail.com.
Other nonprofits helped by Art 4 Charities include Dreams Come True of Jacksonville, Learn to Read of St. Johns County and St. Augustine Youth Services.
Junior League of Jacksonville members are participating in the Little Black Dress Initiative this week.
The social media-driven campaign seeks to raise awareness of poverty, according to a news release.
Launched in London in 2014, Junior League members there wore the same black dress every day to work, parties and other events to increase awareness and raise funds for poverty.
The dress represents the limited choices and resources of people who live in poverty, the release said. The successful campaign spread to Junior Leagues worldwide.
One in four Duval County children live in poverty, the release said.
Local Junior League members will wear a pin that reads, "Ask Me About My Dress" to let people know about the initiative.
For information or to donate, visit jljacksonville.org/LBDI2017.
Follow the campaign on social media with hashtags #theLBDI and #JLJaxBuildIt.


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import com.antcorp.anto.MainActivity;
import com.antcorp.anto.R;
import com.google.android.gms.gcm.GoogleCloudMessaging;

import android.app.IntentService;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
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 * This {@code IntentService} does the actual handling of the GCM message.
 * {@code GcmBroadcastReceiver} (a {@code WakefulBroadcastReceiver}) holds a
 * partial wake lock for this service while the service does its work. When the
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        String messageType = gcm.getMessageType(intent);

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        mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager)
                this.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

        PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,
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[Year in Review 2021] From the oldest unicorn in the ecosystem to the youngest: A lookback
By Saheli Sen Gupta & Rajiv Bhuva
In 2021, a total of 44 Indian startups entered the unicorn club — taking the total to more than 2X of the number of unicorns that the ecosystem had until 2020.
Rightfully hailed as the year of unicorns, 2021 saw 44 Indian startups cross the $1-billion valuation, entering the coveted unicorn club — taking the total to more than double of the 33 unicorns India saw cumulatively between 2011 and 2020.
YourStory Research reveals that India is now home to a total of 77 active unicorns with a cumulative valuation of more than $203.6 billion.
In 2021, Mensa Brands, founded by Ananth Narayanan earlier this year, made a new record by becoming the youngest Indian unicorn when it achieved the coveted valuation within 6 months.
Being house of brands allows the affordability to invest more, says Mensa Brands' founder
The D2C (direct-to-consumer) house of brands startup raised a Series B funding of $135 million led by Alpha Wave Ventures (erstwhile Falcon Edge Capital) with participation from all existing investors — Accele Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, and Tiger Global Management.
Prosus Ventures(Naspers) also invested in this latest funding round, marking its first investment in this space.
So far, Mensa Brands has raised over $300 million in equity and debt.
Cumulatively, India's 77 active startup unicorns have been around for over 570 years. Chennai-based NBFC Five Star Finance, which was incorporated in 1984, took 37 years, and also entered the unicorn club this year.
While the 44 unicorns of 2021 have raised nearly $17.8 billion over the years, they raised over $12.3 billion during 2021, across 86 funding transactions that involved multiple round-types.
On a quarterly-basis, the third quarter (Q3) of 2021 was the busiest with 28 funding deals cumulatively witnessing investments of $4.7 billion, followed by Q4 when 24 deals worth over $3.9 billion were clinched.
In 2021, fintech continued to lead the pack with 10 new entrants to the unicorn club — starting from Digit Insurance, which also became the first insuretech player to achieve the unicorn status. Months later, in October, ACKO Insurance joined the club as well after it raised a Series D round of funding of $255 million.
CRED, founded by Kunal Shah in 2018, became the youngest fintech unicorn in April, raised three funding rounds in total this year, and its current valuation is more than $4 billion.
Licious founders on building a unicorn startup based on what the consumer wants
2021 was a year of firsts. Investors' unicorn search went beyond just the metros and Tier-I cities as Jaipur-based CarDekhobecame India's first non-metro unicorn.
In October, the automobile classifieds platform raised $250 million — $200 million equity in a Series E round and $50 million debt in its pre-IPO round.
Then, fresh meat brand Liciousbecame India's first D2C unicorn after it raised $52 million in a Series G round, led by IIFL AMC's Late-Stage Tech Fund.
This year also saw the formation of India's first as well as second crypto unicorns — CoinDCX and CoinSwitch Kuber.
Mensa Brands
Mensa Brands partner with the best founders to exponentially scale digital first brands using their Tech/Ecommerce expertise.
1. Ananth Narayanan
2. Pawan Kumar Dasaraju
3. Aniket Nikumb
Falcon Edge Capital
Falcon Edge Capital is a venture capital and hedge fund.
Five Star Finance
Five Star Business Finance Ltd is a Chennai-headquartered non-banking finance company.
1. D Lakshmipathy
Digit Insurance is a financial services company established by Kamesh Goyal in 2016.
1. Kamesh Goyal
2. Vijay Kumar
ACKO Insurance
ACKO Insurance is one of India's leading digital insurance policy providers with its entire operations offered through the digital platform. Founded in 2016 by Varun Dua and Ruchi Deepak.
1. Ruchi Deepak
2. Vishwanath Ramarao
3. Varun Dua
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1. Kunal shah
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CarDekho
CarDekho Group is India's leading Auto-tech company that helps users buy cars that are right for them. CarDekho has successfully digitized Indian auto ecosystem and is aggressively pursuing its vision to become the largest personal mobility player.
1. Amit Jain
2. Anurag Jain
3. Umesh Hora
4. Umang Kumar
5. Manish Wadhwa
Licious
Bengaluru based meat and seafood company Licious was founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta.
1. Vivek gupta
2. Abhay Hanjura
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mumbai, CoinDCX is a company that specialises in crypto-enabled financial services and acts as a cryptocurrency trading client. Aims to make crypto accessible to Indians
1. Neeraj Khandelwal
2. Sumit Gupta
CoinSwitch Kuber is a friendly crypto app to buy, sell and store 100+ cryptos with INR instantly at best rates.
1. Ashish Singhal
2. Vimal Sagar Tiwari
3. Govind Soni
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A story of love and fate coming from Seguin, Texas where it's believed that a murder-suicide occurred but not in the typical fashion you'd expect.
Sometimes the ties that bind us in life and the love that holds it all together is so powerful that a person simply cannot live without the person they cherish most.
Law enforcement Seguin Police Department say that they received a call about a fire raging near Love's Travel Stop in the 4600 block Interstate 10 West Frontage Road and FM 477, at a trailer-home.
Firefighters battled the blaze but were unable to extinguish it in time to save two bodies that were inside of the trailer.
Police were examining the perimeter around the home and found what appeared to be a suicide note attached to a fence outside the residence.
Upon further investigation it was found that both a sixty year old male and his lifelong lover lived inside of the residence; and that his lover was terminally ill on the verge of death.
It appears that the man did not want to live without the person he loved most in the world, and instead decided to burn down the residence with both of them inside so they could be together in eternity.
"Based on the note, some of the contents that's in the note, we think that her terminal illness, we believe she may have had a terminal illness," Deputy Chief Bruce Ure said. "We believe that's gonna play a huge role in his motive of, we believe that he ended up taking her life."
Seguin Fire Department, Seguin Police Department, Seguin Fire Marshal's Office, Marion VFD, and the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office all participated in the crime scene analysis and have determined that the murder-suicide seems to be the cause of the fire and the two deaths.
In some sense, it could have been a crime; but in another sense you have to feel some sort of poetic compassion for a bond of love that strong to push someone to these limits.
Indeed it's not an everyday story, to say the least, and it appears that both were willing to leave this existence in this fashion.


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What's on deck with this week's ComicList? Not The Lapis Lazuli Crown, as I misread, which actually comes out May 20, but CMX does offer the 14th volume of Kiyoko Ariyoshi's classic ballet shôjo, Swan.
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Samling Artist Programme
Samling Artists
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Samling Academy Participants
Samling Academy Opera Appeal
'The Academy project is a fantastic opportunity for young people and is really paying dividends for audiences.'
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'This has been, quite literally, life changing.'
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'Samling is powerful because it works - an experience based on inspiration and trust.' Sue Pierce, Lecturer in Education and Community Arts Leader
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Samling Academy is developing the next generation of classical singers in the North East of England. Young people aged 14-21 who are growing up in this region and those who have chosen to come here to study are benefiting from unique training and performance opportunities.
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Die Färöische Fußballmeisterschaft 1993 wurde in der 1. Deild genannten ersten färöischen Liga ausgetragen und war insgesamt die 51. Saison. Sie startete am 12. April 1993 und endete am 3. Oktober 1993.

Die Aufsteiger LÍF Leirvík und ÍF Fuglafjørður kehrten nach jeweils drei Jahren in die höchste Spielklasse zurück. Meister wurde GÍ Gøta, die den Titel somit zum dritten Mal erringen konnten. Titelverteidiger B68 Toftir landete auf dem sechsten Platz. Absteigen mussten hingegen LÍF Leirvík nach einem sowie VB Vágur nach sieben Jahren Erstklassigkeit.

Im Vergleich zur Vorsaison verschlechterte sich die Torquote auf 3,02 pro Spiel. Den höchsten Sieg erzielte HB Tórshavn beim 7:0 im Heimspiel gegen LÍF Leirvík am vierten Spieltag. Die torreichste Begegnung gab es mit einem 6:3 zwischen GÍ Gøta und ÍF Fuglafjørður am sechsten Spieltag sowie mit einem 5:4 zwischen HB Tórshavn und B68 Toftir am letzten Spieltag.

Modus

In der 1. Deild spielte jede Mannschaft an 18 Spieltagen jeweils zwei Mal gegen jede andere. Die punktbeste Mannschaft zu Saisonende stand als Meister dieser Liga fest, die letzten beiden Mannschaften stiegen in die 2. Deild ab. Bei den Europapokalplätzen fiel der Qualifikationsplatz zur Champions League zugunsten zweier Qualifikationsplätze zum UEFA-Pokal weg.

Saisonverlauf

Meisterschaftsentscheidung

B68 Toftir stand nach zwei Siegen an der Spitze der Tabelle, durch das 2:2-Unentschieden bei TB Tvøroyri konnte HB Tórshavn nach Punkten aufschließen. Nur aufgrund der Tordifferenz tauschten beide Mannschaften nach dem vierten Spieltag die Plätze. Am nächsten Spieltag verlor HB das Auswärtsspiel mit 1:2 bei B71 Sandur, B68 spielte hingegen 0:0 bei B36 Tórshavn und übernahm somit wieder Platz eins. Dieser konnte bis zur 0:3-Heimniederlage am siebten Spieltag gegen KÍ Klaksvík gehalten werden, danach setzte sich wieder HB Tórshavn auf den ersten Platz. Vier Unentschieden in Folge und die 1:2-Niederlage am zwölften Spieltag im Auswärtsspiel gegen VB Vágur ließen jedoch GÍ Gøta vorbeiziehen, die bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt erst eine Niederlage kassiert hatten. Auch in den folgenden Spielen wurden bis auf ein Unentschieden alle Spiele gewonnen, so dass die Entscheidung um die Meisterschaft bereits am 17. Spieltag fiel. GÍ Gøta gewann bei B68 Toftir mit 1:0, das Siegtor fiel in der 15. Minute. Da der Zweitplatzierte HB Tórshavn nicht über ein 1:1 bei B36 Tórshavn hinauskam, wobei HB in der 59. Minute die Führung für B36 ausglich, stand GÍ somit vorzeitig als Meister fest.

Abstiegskampf

TB Tvøroyri war durch ein 3:0 gegen ÍF Fuglafjørður der erste Tabellenführer der Saison. Bis einschließlich des 15. Spieltages sollte dies jedoch der einzige Sieg bleiben, ab dem zehnten Spieltag wurde so nur der vorletzte Platz belegt. Durch einen Schlussspurt mit drei Siegen aus den letzten drei Spielen gelang dennoch am 17. Spieltag der Klassenerhalt und einen Spieltag später sogar der Sprung auf Platz sieben.

ÍF Fuglafjørður belegte an den ersten beiden Spieltagen den letzten Platz und konnte diesen durch ein 2:1 im Heimspiel gegen B36 Tórshavn erstmals verlassen. Die Mannschaft konnte durch einen weiteren Sieg am fünften Spieltag kurzzeitig den siebten Platz belegen, rutschte danach jedoch wieder auf den vorletzten Platz ab. Ein 3:2-Heimsieg gegen TB Tvøroyri sorgte erneut für den Sprung auf den siebten Platz, welcher auch bis auf den letzten Spieltag gehalten werden konnte.

LÍF Leirvík startete mit drei Niederlagen bei einem Unentschieden in die Saison, am fünften Spieltag gelang mit einem 3:2 im Heimspiel gegen VB Vágur der erste Sieg. Zwei weitere Siege sowie ein Unentschieden folgten, resultierend darauf belegte LÍF nach dem siebten Spieltag den fünften Platz. In den verbliebenen Saisonspielen sollte jedoch kein weiterer Sieg mehr gelingen, womit die Mannschaft zunächst auf den achten Platz abstürzte und ab dem 16. Spieltag nur noch den vorletzten Platz belegte.

VB Vágur gewann das zweite Saisonspiel gegen ÍF Fuglafjørður mit 3:1 auf heimischen Platz, womit auf den sechsten Platz geklettert werden konnte. Ein Absturz auf den letzten Platz folgte durch sechs Spiele ohne Punktgewinn, dieser wurde ab dem fünften Spieltag durchgängig belegt, erst am zwölften Spieltag gelang mit einem 2:1 gegen HB Tórshavn der zweite Sieg. Dennoch stand nach dem 17. Spieltag der Abstieg fest. VB Vágur verlor hierbei mit 0:1 bei KÍ Klaksvík, den Siegtreffer erzielte Arnold Joensen in der 16. Minute. Der Achtplatzierte TB Tvøroyri konnte währenddessen mit 1:0 gegen B71 Sandur gewinnen, wobei Torbjørn Jensen in der 58. Minute ein Eigentor zum Endstand unterlief. Der Abstand zum Nichtabstiegsplatz wuchs für VB Vágur somit auf uneinholbare vier Punkte an.

Am letzten Spieltag wurde der zweite Absteiger ermittelt. LÍF Leirvík hatte hierbei bei deutlich schlechterer Tordifferenz einen Punkt Rückstand auf den achten Platz sowie zwei Punkte Rückstand auf den Siebtplatzierten ÍF Fuglafjørður. Diese verloren ihr Spiel auswärts mit 2:4 gegen B71 Sandur, während LÍF nicht über ein 3:3 im Heimspiel gegen B36 Tórshavn hinauskam. Gleichzeitig gewann der zuvor Achtplatzierte TB Tvøroyri mit 3:0 bei VB Vágur und sicherte sich somit den Klassenerhalt. Demzufolge hätte auch ein Sieg von LÍF Leirvík nicht gereicht, um den achten Platz noch zu erreichen.

Abschlusstabelle

Spiele und Ergebnisse

Torschützenliste

Bei gleicher Anzahl von Treffern sind die Spieler nach dem Nachnamen alphabetisch geordnet.

Trainer

Während der gesamten Saison gab es keine Trainerwechsel.

Spielstätten

Schiedsrichter

Folgende Schiedsrichter leiteten die 90 Erstligaspiele (zu einem Spiel fehlen die Daten):

Die Meistermannschaft

In Klammern sind die Anzahl der Einsätze sowie die dabei erzielten Tore genannt.

Nationaler Pokal

Im Landespokal gewann B71 Sandur mit 2:1 im Wiederholungsspiel gegen HB Tórshavn. Meister GÍ Gøta schied im Viertelfinale mit 1:3 gegen HB Tórshavn aus.

Europapokal

1993/94 spielte B68 Toftir als Meister des Vorjahres in der Qualifikation zur Champions League gegen Croatia Zagreb (Kroatien). Das Hinspiel wurde mit 0:5 verloren, das Rückspiel endete 0:6.

HB Tórshavn spielte als Pokalsieger des Vorjahres in der Qualifikation zum Europapokal der Pokalsieger. Das Hinspiel gegen RAF Jelgava (Lettland) wurde mit 0:1 verloren. Da der Gegner jedoch nicht zum Rückspiel antrat, wurde das Spiel mit 3:0 für HB gewertet und so konnte erstmals ein färöischer Verein die Qualifikation für die erste Hauptrunde erreichen. Dort schied HB dann jedoch mit 0:4 und 0:3 gegen FC Universitatea Craiova (Rumänien) aus.

Weblinks

 1. Deild 1993 auf FaroeSoccer.com (färoisch)

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Faroische Fussballmeisterschaft 1993

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IT WAS A MONSTER I'M TELLING YOU !
For anyone who believes that there's more to fishing than just choosing the right bait and that being ready with a "tall tale" is just as much a part of being a true angler as knowing how to properly play a fish, here are some great fishermen's tales.
In 2007 President George W. Bush took Russian President Vladimir Putin fishing on a lake near the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. According to The New York Times while they were in Bush's boat Putin caught a bass and was photographed holding it aloft. Now according to most "experienced fishing eyes" the fish appeared to be about 20 inches long. However by the time the leaders had reached the dock and added their own version of "fake news" Putin's fish was reported to have been a more respectable 31 inches.
The ensuing controversy drew international media attention even with two Russian TV stations joining in and doubting the size of Putin's fish. Some speculated that Bush had purposely exaggerated the "haul" in an effort to improve U.S.-Russian relations which were a little tense at that time. However one editor:David Benedetto,of "Saltwater Sportsman" lept to the President's defense saying "We've all had a non-fisherman on the boat and added a few inches or pounds to his or her catch" .
This may not be the first instance of a person claiming to have found a talking fish and strictly speaking might not really be classed as a fishing tale in that the guys who described these events weren't actually fishermen . However back in 2003 two workers in New York City's New Square Fish Market (one a Christian, the other a Jew) said that they were about to kill a carp to be made into gefilte fish when the fish began shouting 'Tzaruch shemirah' and 'Hasof bah,'" which in ancient Hebrew translates as "Everyone needs to account for themselves because the end is nigh." The workers then went on to say that the fish carried on by identifying itself as the soul of a local Hasidic man who had died the previous year, and instructed the Jewish worker to carry on with his prayers and study of the Torah. I don't know how much alcohol had been consumed that day by the two but ultimately it must have made them hungry as they opted to kill the fish and eat it anyway!
When is a Catfish not a Catfish ?
On closer inspection the Shanghaiist followed up the story by revealing that the creature photographed was actually a whale shark (not a catfish) and being a saltwater ocean creature simply wouldn't be found in landlocked reservoir. Thus completely debunking the tale.
The Director of the University of Minnesota's Institute for Mathematics, Douglas Arnold was contacted by the Fresh-Water Fishing Hall of Fame with an unusual request. He was sent a 1949 black-and-white photograph of a fisherman named Louis Spray holding what was supposed to be a 63.5-inch-long, 69-pound, 11-ounce muskie (also spelled musky), big enough for a world record. Fifty-six years later a rival record sanctioning group questioned Spray's veracity . Unfortunately as the actual mounted fish had been destroyed in a fire in 1959, it was no longer possible to recheck it so the hall of fame wanted Arnold to find a way.
Now Arnold, who also happened to be an avid fisherman, used Spray's height of 6 feet and comparative geometry to calculate that the muskie in the picture was most likely well short of the length claimed by Spray and therefore probably below the claimed also. Despite these findings the hall of fame decided to let Spray's record stand even displaying a replica of the fish in its Hayward, Wis., museum !
With a maximum length of nearly 14 feet and a top weight of around 440 pounds, the pirarucu, scientific name Arapaima gigas, is one of the largest freshwater fishes in the world. The giant air-breathing predator is seldom seen outside the Amazon basin. However, on the other side of the planet, in Malaysia, a few anglers recently claimed they encountered the pirarucu in their country's Kenyir Lake — although, naturally, the fish got away. Villagers at Kampung Baung, a town that borders the lake also claimed to have seen the giant fish, which the article warned was capable of leaping several meters into the air and capsizing small boats with its "powerful head." had seen an elderly Chinese man releasing two of the fish, which he said he'd brought from overseas, into a nearby river because they had grown too large for him to manage.
Personally I caught the Irish pike record in Five mile Town back in the late 90's… "It was thiiiiiiiiisssssss Size".


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Pregnant With an IUD: FABLife Stylist Leah Ashley Shares Her Birth Control Mishap
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There's more pregnancy talk in today's episode of FABLife, and this time, the focus is on intrauterine devices (IUDs)—a form of birth control that's typically very effective. (In fact, the Centers for Disease Control reports that IUDs are the most effective form of reversible birth control, even more so than the Pill or condoms.) Just a few days ago, Chrissy Teigen and Tyra Banks revealed their fertility issues in a super honest discussion on the show, and now their cohost Leah Ashley is sharing that she recently got pregnant while using an IUD. Below, she details her story to Glamour. "I had [a copper] IUD for four years without incident before I found out I was pregnant, early this March," says Ashley, who adds that she and her husband had been married for a year, and a baby wasn't in their immediate plans. "I knew that no birth control could ever be 100 percent effective, but I also knew that the probability of getting pregnant was very, very, very low. I never thought I would be one of the very few women that this happens to. But even once I missed my period, I figured it had to do with
By Susan Yara
There's more pregnancy talk in today's episode of FABLife, and this time, the focus is on intrauterine devices (IUDs)—a form of birth control that's typically very effective. (In fact, the Centers for Disease Control reports that IUDs are the most effective form of reversible birth control, even more so than the Pill or condoms.) Just a few days ago, Chrissy Teigen and Tyra Banks revealed their fertility issues in a super honest discussion on the show, and now their cohost Leah Ashley is sharing that she recently got pregnant while using an IUD. Below, she details her story to Glamour.
"I had [a copper] IUD for four years without incident before I found out I was pregnant, early this March," says Ashley, who adds that she and her husband had been married for a year, and a baby wasn't in their immediate plans. "I knew that no birth control could ever be 100 percent effective, but I also knew that the probability of getting pregnant was very, very, very low. I never thought I would be one of the very few women that this happens to. But even once I missed my period, I figured it had to do with stress. It wasn't until I started feeling extra tired and my period was about two weeks late that I decided to take a pregnancy test. Even then, I assumed it would come back negative!"
There are two types of IUDs on the market: one type relies on copper and the other on hormones. Both are T-shaped and placed into the uterus to prevent pregnancy, and can stay there from five to 10 years depending on the device. According to the CDC, the copper IUD has a typical failure rate of .8 percent, while the hormonal device has an even lower rate of .5 percent. Both are extremely low, but if you do get pregnant while using them, it can be risky.
"The scariest thing about finding out I was pregnant with an IUD was not knowing if the pregnancy was viable," says Ashley. "For about a month, we didn't know if the baby was forming in the correct place and there was a major risk of the baby forming in my fallopian tubes, which would have resulted in surgery. There was also about a 50 percent chance of miscarriage."
The good news: Ashley is in the home stretch of the pregnancy and all looks good. She and her husband recently found out they're having a baby boy!
"At eight months pregnant, we have made it past the majority of the health risks associated with an IUD pregnancy," she says. "During the beginning of my pregnancy, I was monitored very closely—between multiple ultra sounds, lots of blood drawn and two visits to a high risk specialist, we have finally determined that all is right on track. However, one concern still remains: preterm delivery. I am 32 weeks pregnant now, and I am hoping that he decides to stay put until 40 weeks."
Ashley's advice for women with similar situations too: "I would say get as much information as you can. I did a lot of research about other women who had experienced an IUD pregnancy and I had many long conversations with my doctor about the potential risks that my baby and I might face along the way. Overall, you have to take one day at a time and make choices that make the most sense for you. Every woman and every pregnancy is completely different. The 'one day at a time' motto has really kept me from becoming too overwhelmed and freaked out. If you can't take it one day at a time, take it minute by minute…I've had those days as well."
To learn more about Ashley's experience, watch the September 21 episode of *FABLife. *Check your local listings for air times.
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The Anonymous Widower
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Is Carbon Dioxide Not Totally Bad?
To listen to some environmentalists, there views on carbon dioxide are a bit like a variant of George Orwell's famous phrase Four legs good, two legs bad from Animal Farm, with carbon dioxide the villain of the piece.
I have just read the Wikipedia entry for carbon dioxide.
For a start, we mustn't forget how carbon dioxide, water and sunlight is converted by photosynthesis in plants and algae to carbohydrates, with oxygen given off as waste. Animals like us then breathe the oxygen in and breathe carbon dioxide out.
Various web sites give the following information.
The average human breathes out 2.3 pounds of carbon dioxide per day.
As of 2020, the world population was 7.8 billion.
This means humans breathe out 17.94 billion pounds of CO2 per day
This equates to 6548.1 billion pounds per year or 2.97 billion tonnes per year.
And I haven't counted all the other animals like buffalo, cattle, elephants and rhinos, to name just a few large ones.
Wikipedia also lists some of the Applications of carbon dioxide.
Precursor To Chemicals – Carbon dioxide can be one of the base chemicals used to make other important chemicals like urea and methanol.
Foods – Carbon dioxide has applications in the food industry.
Beverages – Carbon dioxide is the fizz in fizzy drinks.
Winemaking – Carbon dioxide has specialist uses in winemaking.
Stunning Animals – Carbon dioxide can be used to 'stun' animals before slaughter.
Inert Gas – carbon dioxide has several uses, as it is an inert gas.
Fire Extinguisher – Carbon dioxide is regularly used in fire extinguishers and fire protection systems.
Bio Transformation Into Fuel – It has been proposed to convert carbon dioxide from power stations into biodiesel using a route based on algae.
Refrigerant – Carbon dioxide can be used as a refrigerant. It was used before CFCs were developed and I know of a large Victorian refrigeration system on a farm in Suffolk, used on a store for apples, that still is in regular use that uses carbon dioxide.
Dry Ice – The solid form of carbon dioxide has lots of applications, where cooling is needed.
Other important applications are under development.
Agriculture – Carbon dioxide is piped to greenhouses to promote growth of crops. It is also used at higher concentrations to eliminate pests.
Low Carbon Building Products – Companies like Mineral Carbonation International are developing ways of creating building products from carbon dioxide.
Synthetic Rubber – Research is ongoing to create replacements for synthetic rubber.
I can only assume, that the demand for gaseous carbon dioxide will increase, as scientists and engineers get more innovative about using the gas.
Solving A Shortage Of Carbon Dioxide
At the present time, there is shortage of carbon dioxide, that I wrote about in Food Shortages Looming After Factory Closures Hit Production.
In the related post, I said this.
Perhaps we should fit carbon capture to a handy gas-fired power station, like SSE are planning to do at Keadby and use this carbon dioxide.
Consider.
The Keadby complex of gas-fired power stations is close to a lot of depleted gas fields, some of which are in Lincolnshire and some are off-shore.
Some gas fields are already being used to store natural gas imported from Norway.
SSE plan to fit the later power stations with carbon capture.
I talk about SSE's plans in Energy In North-East Lincolnshire.
If SSE were to build four large gas-fired power stations at Keadby, I calculated that they would produce 5.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
It could be used or stored in depleted gas fields according to demand.
But the complex at Keadby would not release any carbon emissions.
Could Carbon Capture Be A Nice Little Earner?
If demand for carbon dioxide continues to rise, I could see power companies installing carbon capture on gas-fired power stations to generate an extra income stream.
Incidentally, there are 55 operational gas-fired power stations in the UK, that can generate a total of 30 GW, which are owned by perhaps ten different companies.
Development of carbon capture systems could be helped by Government subsidy.
I have long forgotten all the calculations I did with gases, but I do know that when one molecule of methane combusts it produces two molecules of water and one of carbon dioxide.
So I am fairly convinced that if you took X cubic kilometres of natural gas out of a gas field, after combustion there wouldn't be anything like as much volume of carbon dioxide to put back, specially if a proportion could be used profitably in other processes.
If we are going to use gas to generate zero-carbon power, we probably need to do it with gas fields under our control either onshore or in the seas around our coasts. This is because the depleted gas fields can be used to store the carbon.
Gas-fired power stations with carbon capture supporting industries that need supplies of carbon dioxide will become a large part of our energy economy.
September 18, 2021 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, World | Carbon Capture, Carbon Capture And Use, Carbon Dioxide, Gas-Fired Power Stations, Keadby Power Stations, Mineral Carbonation International, Natural Gas, SSE, SSE Thermal
I think you are right to outline that we are unsure of the merits and demerits of the arguement that Carbon Dioxide is an unwanted gas. Without it we have no agriculture, and Humans need some to action respiration. Measuring the amount in the air on top of an active Volcanoe is not the way to go, it needs to be mapped across the whole of the Earths surface. The weight is unimportant, as if you look at that, CO2 is heavier than air, so no life would exist on the land surface, it would displace Oxygen and Nitrogen!
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What this blog will eventually be about I do not know.
But it will be about how I'm coping with the loss of my wife and son to cancer in recent years and how I manage with being a coeliac and recovering from a stroke. It will be about travel, sport, engineering, food, art, computers, large projects and London, that are some of the passions that fill my life.
And hopefully, it will get rid of the lonely times, from which I still suffer.
Why Anonymous? That's how you feel at times.
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Deutsche Telekom CEO 'considers European acquisitions'
Deutsche Telekom CEO Höttges 'considers European acquisitions'
03 April 2020 | Alan Burkitt-Gray
Operator wants to acquire rival telcos across Europe, according to CEO Tim Höttges.
He was speaking the day after Deutsche Telekom took effective control of the third biggest operator in the US, with the US$26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile US with Sprint.
Höttges told Bloomberg "Europe is too fragmented. Wherever I see a deal or an opportunity for European market consolidation that's convincing, then I would always look at that with the partners."
An important factor in the US merger is that Deutsche Telekom did not have to spend any money to acquire Sprint and unite it with T-Mobile US. It was a straight merger, but one in which SoftBank, the Japanese company that was the biggest shareholder in Sprint, gave Deutsche Telekom control of its shares.
"Our goal is to become the number one in the US market," Höttges said in the interview.
But the nature of the US deal means cash-rich Deutsche Telekom still has funds for new acquisitions.
Deutsche Telekom has operators in a large number of countries in the highly fragmented European market, including 100% of T-Mobile businesses in Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia.
In addition Deutsche Telekom owns 51% of Hrvatski Telekom in Croatia, 45% of OTE in Greece, 49.3% of Magyar Telekom in Hungary and 54% of Telekom Romania, and operators in Montenegro and North Macedonia via them.
All that gives the German incumbent a powerful position from which to launch takeover bids – not necessarily in those countries, but potentially in others.
There have been occasional rumours of a merger with Orange, though that would challenge the French company's own position in some European markets, and likely be blocked by the European Commission.
However, Deutsche Telekom has been the largest shareholder in BT since 2016, when the UK bought EE from it and Orange. Höttges is a non-executive director of BT.
Since then BT's shares have plummeted in value from £4.52 in May 2016 to £1.12 today. In euro terms the downward path has been even worse, from €5.92 four years ago to €1.27 now. BT's market cap today is £11.14 billion, the equivalent of €12.65 billion. At today's price, Deutsche Telekom could buy the shares in BT it doesn't own for £10.9 billion.
Höttges did not give a shopping list in his Bloomberg interview. "I will work with verve on changing the regulatory and antitrust-law framework" in Europe to help bring about the consolidation the region needs, he told the agency.