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Make it BIGGER with context-sensitive a size-based imagery.

larger text and easier button entry.

]]>Jun 24th 2007 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 25th 2007 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 25th 2007 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
Relying on someone else for interface changes.. Bah!]]>Jun 25th 2007 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 28th 2007 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/VGA Screan or higher please
128MB of RAM
dedicated GPU
SDHC port
all are fully supported since WinMo 03SE

for Microsoft;
DirectX support (something, anything)
multi-touch support?

for Adobe;
Flash Lite 3 (YouTube FTW!!)

]]>Jun 24th 2007 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/02 Flame and the Sharp S01SH

Also Sharp has a 800X480 and QWERTY keyboard

However the GPU (Go Force 5500)is very poorly supported

]]>Jun 25th 2007 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
Seriously, 2 years of WM5 and I'm puling my hair out with its quirks - congratulations Microsoft - my next phone will be an untested iPhone or at the very least a Blackberry.

When did operating systems stop being the interface with the hardware and more a big tie in to subconciously send me to a sub service of Microsoft and or its high bidding 'friends'.]]>Jun 24th 2007 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
Take a cue from 3rd party apps, Ms. What do they do? Why do users want them. Especially make note of 3rd party stuff that replaces/adds on to included functions.

Netfront 3, Resco Explorer, SPB Shell, etc...

I'd give a long list of how to build a handheld OS that works, but I guarantee Microsoft wouldn't listen.]]>Jun 24th 2007 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
Chance missed to really wow the pants off millions of worldwide users. Not like the Zune wasnt a sign of things to come or anything...]]>Jun 24th 2007 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 25th 2007 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 28th 2007 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 25th 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
You hit the nail on the head right there. WM6 is a bland competitor to the equally hapless symbian OS.

Which is why the iPhone will wipe the floor with both, at least OS-wise. ]]>Jun 26th 2007 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
2) Rewrite the connection manager. The current "work" "the internet" and other crap connection screen is confusing and rarely works correctly

3) Make the email client a real email client. The current late 90's featureset is getting boring. We need filters, spell check, HTML support (without Exchange requirement)

4) Rewrite most of the default apps. Calc looks like it was ripped right out of windows 3.1, Explorer is just a disgrace and the remote desktop client hasn't seen new features since it was made for the first HPC devices

5) Get the windows update feature fixed and working. Stop making people depend on the operator for updates. The current system is insane where operator X has the good update and bug free OS, and operator Y still has the shitty version that doesn't work well. The OS should be operator independent. Let them make their own addon packs that configure the OS, but leave the rest alone.

6) Multitouch...

7) Better displays. We REALLY need to move past 320x240, I know VGA is available so this is more towards the manufacturers, but we really need something better than the current qvga devices.
]]>Jun 24th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 25th 2007 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
I second that. Actually, you you should have added:
3) Rewrite the connection manager. The current "work" "the internet" and other crap connection screen is confusing and rarely works correctly
4) Rewrite the connection manager. The current "work" "the internet" and other crap connection screen is confusing and rarely works correctly
5) Rewrite the connection manager. The current "work" "the internet" and other crap connection screen is confusing and rarely works correctly

And also:
6) MS, get a f*cking clue about your connection interface. *I know* the connection manager has many entries so as to automatically switch between available connections (WWAN/WAN/VPN...), but it *doesn't* have to look that way.]]>Jun 25th 2007 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
The whole thought behind their OS at the moment is flawed, there is no logic to how the builds are created and they REALLY need to catch up with how their desktop OS's are produced. ]]>Jun 25th 2007 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
My today screen has time & date, email, calendar and tasks. I used to use SPB PocketPlus today screen for a few icons, but after several years of using PDAPhones I don't really see the need for them anymore. 99.9% of what I do on my PDAphone (Hermes, WM6) is email and internet. Occasionally I bust out wififofum to do a wireless site survey, occasionally I use SPB Time for various things like cooking or in conjunction with the next app, and I use Mobile Coach for my workouts and exercize to keep track of everything. 3 apps that can be easily found under recently run items on the start menu.

What needs to be changed? I honestly don't know.
]]>Jun 24th 2007 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
let me use MSN messenger without forcing crap on me like

-importing, without any choice, my msn contacts into outlook
-adding, again without choice or ability to remove, my hotmail account to the device, so that any index of unread emails MUST include all the spam, and only spam, that ends up in this account.

Hi Microsoft, DON'T TRY TO FORCE PEOPLE TO USE YOUR WHOLE CRAPWARE VIRTUAL UNIVERSE just because they want to use a single part. OK?]]>Jun 24th 2007 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
My HTC Vox (same as the Dash internally) is so slow that sometimes I completely miss a call waiting for it to respond to the answer button. Why is it that a 200MHz processor is totally inadequate to run WM6 yet it still can't get a battery to last a day? No other platform offers such terrible performance. I don't see how they can even ship this crap.

Another serious annoyance is that the touchscreen version is much more fidgety and annoying to use than the standard one. The X button is pathetic. I shouldn't be penalized for having the extra hardware.

Why is it so tedious to delete SMS messages? Why can't we get threaded SMS views? Why can't I turn off the annoying predictive text on my Vox? Why doesn't my dial screen change with the theme settings? I shouldn't have to install a registry tweaker to overcome annoying usability problems.

Yeah, the today screen sucks and so does the launcher, but where does all that processor power go? It's a sad state of affairs when Windows Mobile is best of breed yet that's what we have. If there's any opportunity for the iPhone to succeed, it's in the potential for it to be the only phone who's UI doesn't totally suck.]]>Jun 25th 2007 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
I've heard this before...but hearing from engrs is more promising.]]>Jun 28th 2007 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
I'd fix VC 1.6 so confirmation works with WM6 - you'd think they'd test the two considering there aren't many MS aps for PPC and none more popular.

I'd fix the communications manger - even if you turn off WIFI - it still pops up with messages every time you pass a hotspot.

I'd fix Picture Blocker in HTML e-mails - the whole point of WM6 was the new e-mail capabilities - chances are anyone running Exchange 2007 has a spam and virus blocker running on their server - there should be a way to auto download pictures in HTML e-mails.

Include a flashlight app for any PDAphone with a flash for the camera - vjcandela's app was one of the most important apps available.

Fix the button options under settings- there are many more hard buttons than MS gives you options to set.
]]>Jun 24th 2007 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
No offense to the hard work and the people who went through it that enables us to get our hands on WM6 before the official release, but I wouldn't knock these things until they are officially compiled for your device by HTC.

As far as improving WM6, it's not a night and day improvement over WM5, but I really do enjoy the HTML E-Mail support from Exchange. It has some slight cosmetic improvements over WM5 that give it more of a "Today" instead of a "last week" kind of look. It seems to run fairly quickly and it hardly ever crashes my device anymore.

I have no complaints with the BT stack. In fact, I think it works better than the WM5 one. Yeah, sometimes I get garbled calls when holding the phone in certain positions, but my headset always syncs quickly and the serial port interface always works flawlessley. I used to have to power cycle a lot when trying to initiate the connection between TomTom and the GPS receiver.

Not an earth shattering upgrade, but overall I'm happy.]]>Jun 25th 2007 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
I was using a hacked version of WM5 AKU 3.5 and the BT stack was very good - not perfect but far better than WM6 - there are many threads about the BT stack issues on various phone forums - this is an issue with the final release. I've posted a request to try and get the WM5 AKU 3.5 BT stack ported so that I can run it on WM6 as WM6 is so bad. This is the biggest issue with WM6 in my opinion.]]>Jun 25th 2007 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jan 7th 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/something more targeted toward Consumers than Businessmen
Even the current Windows Mobile does a lot but why are people so interested in iPhone?
simply put, it's softer around the edges]]>Jun 24th 2007 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkh0sWc7JW8]]>Jun 24th 2007 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 25th 2007 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jan 7th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/
I use my phone as a miniature external hard drive on a weekly basis. It's highly practical.

Maybe I'm not understanding what you're saying, but I enjoy being able to navigate the files that are on my phone, memory card, etc.

If I had to change anything about it, I'd want it to be a little faster but that's more of a processor/hardware issue, and not software.

How would you suggest we otherwise manage files on our phones?]]>Jun 24th 2007 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6/Jun 24th 2007 11:56PM