New rom for SX66 is available

For those of you that have been influenced by my use of PocketPC on many mailing lists (or business communication) will be happy to know that the new extended rom for SX66 has been released by Chris the SX66 ROM standardization project. The new rom features 1.40.125 Extended rom along with a number of fixes and tweaks (for example, GPRS not reconnecting). Additionally, the new rom is delivered in two flavors: Tmobile and Cingular, including network settings, logos, ringtones, etc. Chris has also included a number of other programs as well.

Extended rom cooking is what makes this device worth every penny and makes all other PocketPC devices seem like a worhthless brick. HTC Blue Angel is marketed as MDA 2K, Siemens SX66, Audiovox VX6600 and countless other names. Like most phones, major vendors are not the ones manufacturing or even supporting the phones. They license that stuff out. When a problem is discovered, more often than not, you are told to just get the new version in which “everything is fixed” — heard that one before? Well, with HTC devices, because of so much cross-branding, you can use the software released (and licensed) by one vendor on another vendors phone. I’ve upgraded my SX66 a number of times and it has solved a ton of problems that Siemens/Cingular have virtually ignored.