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FOR THE LOVE OFF GOD ( an i usually don't say that cuz im atheist)]]>Nov 7th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Mar 17th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
They'll know what that means.]]>Nov 7th 2009 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
This would mean saying good bye to Windoze and IE. ]]>Nov 7th 2009 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
You know, make them like computers. ]]>Nov 7th 2009 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
As for the real question - what would you change ... I'll be real curious to see the responses. I bet 90% of those commenting on improvements have never used WinMo 6.5. This post will turn into a thread of people barfing up crap they have read here and on MacRumors. Most of which is total BS.

As someone who has been using 6.5 since very early builds I can honestly say the OS is top notch. I like it better than the UI on my iPod Touch. I like it better than Android 1.5 (which I also run on my phone). For people who are serious business users or tech enthusiasts WinMo offers more flexibility and customization than any other platform. It really is in a class by itself. It may not be the simplest OS or the most finger friendly. However, 6.5 represents a huge step forward and should get folks really excited about the possibilities with 7.]]>Nov 7th 2009 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
I mean, look at the banding in that screenshot!]]>Nov 7th 2009 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
Oh and standard edition? You can die now. ]]>Nov 7th 2009 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://amirite.net ?]]>Nov 7th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
Honestly, other than getting updates directly from MS, and not have to depend on lazy OEMs.

And...

Maybe upping the eye candy transition effects to make it more Zune-like.

I dont really find anything that needs to be changed. It does everything iPhone, Android, and BB does. All of the software that runs on those platforms can easily run on WinMobile.]]>Nov 7th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2009/10/09/windows-mobile-7-rtm-in-spring-2010/
RTM in spring is too late (would mean ship in Q42010)

@superhobo The screens already support more than 65K it's a software limitation though (well MS said a couple of years ago that it wasn't and it was OEMs who chose to only support 65K lol). Should be lifted in WM7 tho.

]]>Nov 7th 2009 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
WinMo 6.5 has the Zune interface. The screenshot above is just the main Home screen, which honest to god, nobody ever uses, because as you can see, it's totally useless.

As for what I would change, the tiny little X button in the top corner is my biggest pet peeve, but that's fixed in WinMo 7 from what I understand. (All those interface buttons are now thumb buttons on the bottom.)

Also there is no good way to lock the phone. There are apps for it, but they all require you to actually open the app to lock the phone, or switch to it. There's no just "lock" on the "Today" screen, which there should be.
]]>Nov 7th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
I forgot to look at the screenshot.

Ok, there is no "lock" on MY WinMo 6.5 phone for some reason :)
]]>Nov 7th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
That is not the main home screen, that is the apps screen.


"Also there is no good way to lock the phone. There are apps for it, but they all require you to actually open the app to lock the phone, or switch to it. There's no just "lock" on the "Today" screen, which there should be."


Click on the Windows logo, and at the bottom you see "Lock". See the image above.

Do you even use WinMobile?]]>Nov 7th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/It's worth emphasizing speed and response again! You shouldn't be waiting for your phone, the phone should be waiting for you. We should be having speeds like this(except for the calender this is an alpha released yesterday):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUGMalo8a3g
Also, it needs a better task manager to allow switching between all apps/windows from anywhere (wktasks attempts this by implementing something similar to desktop os taskbar, htc has this too)
A calendering app that supports more calenders and better way to view all the appointments description without having to click on them (webos does this well) even integrate tasks into it...
]]>Nov 7th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/

And if WM7 is going to have the same code base as Zune HD, MS shouldn't spend ANY more time on WM 6.5. It already works well, but it's unspectacular.

WM7, with the Zune media goodness available beyond the US borders, with Tegra/Snapdragon hardware, would be awesome. I know it's not due out to the licensees until Q1 2010, but they need to expedite this.

If not, just hand all the design work over to HTC. HTC is leaving everyone in the dust when it comes to mobile interface design. It's the main reason I've stuck with WM (well that and the flexibility, especially when you roll in the amazing things various devs at XDA-devs and PPCGeeks have done).
]]>Nov 7th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/


Windows Mobile has demised! Why would people go to graveyard and dig? Let's move on!



]]>Nov 7th 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 8th 2009 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 8th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/A fully functional and working PhoneCanvas which properly locks the touchscreen. No more having to use HTC's, just make it natively functional.]]>Nov 9th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 9th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Funny, I'd have said the same thing about you.]]>Nov 7th 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
Thank you for explaining that to him. I'm just to lazy to.]]>Nov 7th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 9th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/
Even though i would like it to make any girl i date into a supermodel...or cook me breakfast...or actually make michael bay movies watchable...]]>Nov 7th 2009 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/I said no way
To the nay you say.

And like the light of day
This ain't no Cray™
And It's not served on a tray
]]>Nov 7th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/MULTI TOUCH, real multitouch and make it simpler not that technical ]]>Nov 7th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 8th 2009 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Is a simple hierarchy of organised folders too difficult for you to grasp? Or are you one of those people who prefer viewing everything in a 4x5 grid of icons?]]>Nov 7th 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/how-would-you-change-windows-mobile-6-5/Nov 7th 2009 5:51AM