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

 
As was suggested by the HTC tech support guy, the meltdown of my Tytnn II did have the side benefit of accelerating my upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1. Given that I am about to head out of town for the week, I probably would not have done the upgrade until I came back, but the meltdown yesterday left me no choice but to do the upgrade.

So, what do I think? Well, it's really been too short of a time but I can comment on a couple of things. The Tytnn II runs Windows Mobile Professional, or what was previously know as a Pocket PC, and does NOT have the Today screen features that were all written about when 6.1 was first announced. I was speculating that I may be able to not install SPB Mobile Shell, but alas that is not to be. It is not clear to me why Microsoft made this decision. To me it doesn't make sense for the appearance between Smartphones and Pocket PCs to be so different, and Pocket PCs have navigation buttons that make the Today screen experience useful.

One thing that I have already found to be a positive experience is pairing my Jawbone bluetooth headset to the Tytnn II. Windows Mobile 6.1 automatically uses the most common pairing codes (PINs) so that you don't have to enter them. I had to do was make the Jawbone visible, then go into Connections, Bluetooth and tap Add New Device. The Tytnn automatically found the Jawbone, paired with it, and that was it; I didn't have to enter any codes. This is how easy Bluetooth should be, though for now you will only have this experience with headsets. If you pair with a notebook computer or another handheld device you will still have to enter codes.

Labels: 2008, Windows Mobile 6.1

posted by Frank at 12:09 PM

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