Our podcasting co-hort co-host isn’t that impressed with the Microsoft Windows 6.5 news out of Mobile World Congress. Matt asks: where’s the beef? He thinks that some of the custom shells from SPB, HTC, Sony Ericsson and Samsung out there already on 6.1 are better. It’s interesting to me because Windows Mobile was always designed with a desktop paradigm, even with its predecessor, Pocket PC. Microsoft wanted a familiar interface way back then. Might have been a good idea when we were less mobile, but since we’re more mobile, it’s less of a good idea. Follow? ;)
I agree with Matt that the lack of support for capacitive touchscreens is a gap. I realize that in some areas, a stylus and resistive touchscreen are the norm. But why not support both resistive and capacitive at this point? That would give carriers and handset OEMs good options for their local clientele.
Matt rightly points out that the Exchange / ActiveSync experience on a Windows Mobile, er Windows Phone, is second to none. No argument there either, but that strength is getting licensed away to Apple, Google, Nokia and others. Overall, I see the new Windows Mobile version as a very incremental update based on what we’ve seen so far. More concerning to me is what we’ll see from other platforms between now and when Windows Mobile 7 hits.Thoughts?
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