http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/ Engadget Comments for Windows Mobile 6.5 shows up on the Compulab exeda http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://whatscookingamerica.net/Beef/TBoneSteak1.jpg ]]>Jan 24th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/]]>Jan 24th 2009 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
His entire post has satire written all over it. Okay, not very funny, or at all, but still satirical.]]>Jan 24th 2009 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
But it's hexagon block seem to make for reduce incorrect selecting. its good for small and less sensitive touch screen. that's fit for Windows Mobile - it's 1 os for many device.]]>Jan 24th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 25th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
This will let you group all your applications in similar areas, but altogether with EVERYTHING without making a huge list. There are 8 apps on the screen, and that's an odd Moto-Q-esque device. Imagine this on an HTC Touch.]]>Jan 24th 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
get yourself a mac]]>Jan 24th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
Hmm?]]>Jan 24th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
Thanks for the invite but i don't drink Apple Juice! Right now i am writing this from MacOS X but i definitely would not stick with this OS. Yeah it's nice and pretty and applications seem to do what they are meant to do. The reason i got OS X (Leopard installed on a PC) is to develop applications for the Iphone but that's all. I really feel trap in this OS and I can't wait to get back to Windows 7. I think Apple does a great job on their products and they keep it simple but me being the geek i am, I can't stick to this OS. Yeah maybe you can do Unix stuff on it but if that was the case i will go directly and use Linux(Suse is my Favorite). I do plan on Using OS X more often since I am beginning to develop Apps for the Iphone/Itouch but that's all i would use it and Imovie which i think is the best software on OS X. Now Windows mobile does not have the simple and intuitive interface that the Iphone has but i think that in the end it's a much more powerful Mobile OS. I will have to wait and see this honey comb interface in action and see how it works but for now i am not a fan of it.]]>Jan 24th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/In the long-run, the iphone will sell a lot more.
Also, since when did selling more equal a better product?
I'm not saying that macs are better or iPhones are better, but the only reason they sell less is that there's only 1 hardware company using OS X and one hardware company using the iPhone OS.]]>Jan 24th 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
As for better, I actually think the iPhone is the best consumer level touchscreen smartphone out there. I'm just pointing out the factual errors in the steaming pile of shite that b posted. ]]>Jan 24th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
so i believe he meant "and ethernet?" which loosely could mean "and ethernet, why?"]]>Jan 24th 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/]]>Jan 24th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 25th 2009 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/1982_Buick_LeSabre_Estate.html]]>Jan 25th 2009 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
then again maybe it helps when trying to navigate the honeycombs]]>Jan 24th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/I us a Tilt with the main HTC today plug-in and a few other plug-ins, and then a whole bunch of apps, and I just don't see how this honeycomb interface would serve purpose for how and what I use my phone for. It doesn't tell me anything at all on the base interface page, the time is too small to read and the icons go to irrelevant places.
When I wake my phone it is to see the time and the status of what I missed [calls, email, txt] and then to maybe see the weather, battery status [in real % left, NOT bars] and to launch apps, see calendar and contacts, so the interface I have worked out has everything with-in one tap. When, for instance, with 6.5 you want to change a setting, which for some reason has front and center status, how many taps to get to the setting you want? More than 2 is tooo many.
I just don't see this interface balancing finger sized buttons with volume of features and content accessibility.
And, how deep is their re-think? One layer and your at the current today screen? {I don't know, just asking/guessing}
If it 's like Vista, then it is not a long time until you are back to the old workings of the OS.
So, by the looks so far I'm just not feeling it.
For those who will wish to rip on me for saying I don't feel it, I work on an XP machine and have a winmo phone... and no Apple products in my life, not even itunes, even though I am up to speed on Apple gear...]]>Jan 24th 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/As for saying it's a beta so don't critique the design... do you think they are going to be this far along and not be working with something of the final design/skin for the interface? I think not.
The good thing about the windows mobile OS is that it can be very versatile, the good thing about the iphone interface is the user experience and it's use of graphics and it's direct access to lots of function. So, in my opinion for windows to continue to obscure it's function beneath layer after layer of interface is a wrong move, for them to continue with the same today interface concept, albeit one layer deep now so that they can have a cute top layer in order to think they are being modern, but just to give the today screen bigger type, well shite, if I had their budget and resources and thats all I could come up with I would be embarrassed.
The bottom line for me is it looks more and more like a move to another OS when my phone's evolutionary time is upon me.
Besides, the iphone now has the best painting/drawing program for a phone now, so, that, a few standard things and google maps and I'm set...

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You've built your opinion of a brand new interface from two screenshots, a couple of renders, and an extremely poor quality video.]]>Jan 24th 2009 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/

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We don't need someone to reinvent the wheel, and make it hexagonal this time around...]]>Jan 24th 2009 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 25th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
I'm hoping the 6.5 will:
- Refine the interface - Update the icons so they don't look quirky and outdated, finer gradients and and shadows, and a more of a 'slide' approach (like the home dashboard for Standard devices, but improved)
- Zune-like media playing
- 'X' button actually closes programs
- MS Office Mobile update
- Improved PIE; we already know it will have rendering of IE6 plus some extra from IE7, but can we have tabs? Or could it be more like the browser that comes with Origami 2.0?

Just some stuff that seems plausible. I'm thinking Windows Mobile 7 will be the mobile OS that consumers will actually like (on its own merits) and offer the same smooth OOTB experience that other OS's have been doing.]]>Jan 24th 2009 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 24th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/Jan 25th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/windows-mobile-6-5-shows-up-on-the-compulab-exeda/
This could be one of the most useful troubleshooting gadgets I've seen.]]>Jan 25th 2009 4:11PM