What's new in Windows Mobile 6.5.3
Summary: A few blogs noted on February 2 that Sony Ericsson has a new Windows Mobile phone out that's running the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system. What's new in 6.5.3? Here's the feature list from Microsoft.
A few blogs noted on February 2 that Sony Ericsson has a new Windows Mobile phone out that's running the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system.
What's new in 6.5.3? This looks like the long-rumored update to Windows Mobile that provides support for capacitive-screen phones. It also provides some browser-speed tweaks.
I asked Microsoft for a feature list for 6.5.3 and was provided with the following:
Ease of Use features
* Capacitive touchscreen support * Platform to enable multitouch * Touch controls throughout system (no need for stylus) * Consistent Navigation * Horizontal scroll bar replaces tabs (think settings>system>about screen) * Magnifier brings touch support to legacy applications * Simplified out-of-box experience with fewer steps * Drag and drop icons on Start Screen
IE Browser Performance
* Page load time decreased * Memory management improved * Pan & flick gestures smoothed * Zoom & rotation speed increased
Quality and Customer Satisfaction features
* Updated runtime tools (.NET CF 3.5, SQL CE 3.1) * Arabic read/write document support * Watson (error reporting) improvements and bug fixes
Does this mean there isn't a Windows Mobile 6.6 or 6.7 waiting in the wings for a Barcelona Mobile World Congress unveiling? (In other words, is 6.5.3 what tipsters meant when they were talking 6.6/6.7?) Guess we'll see in two more weeks....
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i'll skip it
I'm waiting to see what WM7 will have. I just a zune HD for xmas and i'm loving it. Let's see what MS pulls out in 2 weeks
RE: What's new in Windows Mobile 6.5.3
Well
They both took all their time to significantly update those two aspects of their O.S.
And they have found the need to release several interim O.S with quite limited improvements in those 2 aspects, to both make easy money and give the subjective impression that they are improving their O.S.
Now, Nokia has finally understood that they need to jump directly from Symbian S60,skipping both Symbian 1.0 and 2.0, to Symbian 3.0. Morever Nokia is still the leader of the smartphones
Microsoft needs to get its fact right.
I think that Microsoft shouldn't have released Windows Mobile 6.5 but focus its ressources and money on the development of both Windows Mobile 6.5.3, as an option (hopefully free) for low end and mid end smartphones, and Windows Mobile 7.0 for high end smartphones.
As they don't do that, i sincerily hope for them that they will announce Windows Mobile 7 at MWC and that it will be absolutely impressive.
Otherwise it should better give up Windows Mobile, and buy Palm which has a very promising O.S, but need some cash to use it to its potential.
RE: What's new in Windows Mobile 6.5.3
RE: What's new in Windows Mobile 6.5.3
*BUT*...for the near $200 price tag for a full-screened device, and the fact that we would have to add data & messenging to the phone plan made the price very comparable to buying iPhones. So that we did.
So for me, Windows Mobile was an option, but once it his the same pricing as an iPhone, it was a no-brainer, iPhone wins hands down.
RE: What's new in Windows Mobile 6.5.3
RE: What's new in Windows Mobile 6.5.3
What's new in Windows Mobile 6.5.3...
I used WinMo devices until the iPhone came out. Then I grew up
and found there were far better things to use.
WinMo is soooooooooo last century.
The Stylus is Here to Stay
When Microsoft's new mobile platform debuts soon, it'll be a new OS with new applications that are written to be used on a capacitive touch screen. But that's not here yet, and it'll probably require new handsets.
But if you're going to use Windows Mobile today, get one with a resistive stylus pen screen, or you won't be able to use the apps.
RE: What's new in Windows Mobile 6.5.3