by Frank McPherson, author of How To Do Everything With Windows Mobile

 
On Monday at the 3GSM conference Microsoft will officially announce Windows Mobile 6, previously known as Crossbow. I have a beta version of the software, and I won't repeat what has already been said in some of the reviews that are online, however there are a few things that I want to point out.

First and foremost to me is the improvement in overall performance. I have the beta running on a Phone Edition with a 185 MHz processor, and performance is very snappy, particularly compared to Windows Mobile 5.

Second, I really like the improvements in Messaging. Delete is now the left softkey, which now makes deleting email one keypress. Better yet, there are several other keyboard accelerators, which you can see by pressing and holding the H key. For example, if you are reading an email, press and hold R to reply to email. This simple change is going to make devices with QWERTY keyboards a ton better to use.

I have not yet sat down to review the new software against my book, but I will start doing that shortly and as I uncover more I'll post here. Bottom line, if you have a Windows Mobile 5 device and are given the opportunity to get an upgrade, I recommend upgrading. Unfortunately, as we know from previous version upgrades, there is no guarantee that an OEM or carrier will provide upgrades for their current devices.

Labels: Windows Mobile 6

posted by Frank at 7:42 PM 

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