http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/ Engadget Comments for Confirmed: Windows Mobile 6.5 to become Windows Phone Starter Edition 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/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Seriously, why are editors and commenters on Engadget confusing TouchFlo 3D with Sense UI?]]>Feb 26th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/I might be mistaking, but I think HTC renamed TouchFlo to Sense shortly after the Android phones with Sense on it were introduced.]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
With the HD2, TouchFLO 3D was renamed to Sense UI, in order to get branding the same across both OSes...]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
All new HTC phones come with "Sense UI" not "TouchFlo" regardless whether they are WinMo or Android. My HD2 has "powered by HTC Sense" written on the back.]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/thanks, I wasn't sure after the 1st,2nd,or 3rd guy said it]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
I could be wrong, and I don't know if anyone's mentioned it, but there are rumors floating around that HTC renamed TouchFlo to Sense several months ago. Take that knowledge with a grain of salt; I don't know if anyone else knows about it.]]>Feb 26th 2010 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
Rumors? Sense is the official name of TouchFLO 3D 2.5. Just look at the official HTC pages for the HD2 and HD Mini; they both say Sense.

Note that the Sense name only applies to 2.5; 2.0 is called TouchFLO 3D.]]>Feb 26th 2010 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
It was a joke.]]>Feb 26th 2010 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/btw great name... (lost?)]]>Feb 26th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
I'd like to put the Sense UI on my Windows Vista Ultimate PC's. That way I'll feel like I actually got something cool out of spending the extra BS money for Vista Ultimate.]]>Feb 26th 2010 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
They should just rename it WinPhoVista and call it a day. Some like, some don't, but overall: its okay.]]>Feb 27th 2010 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/I find funny that while Engadger praises Microsoft of having 2 platforms the same does not hold true to Nokia and they cant "just undestand".

So MS having 2 platforms, one for high end and another one for emerging markets is good? Wow, Nokia *never* did that... not!

I dunno if the guys here are a bunch of Nokia haters or they just dont like Europeans.]]>Feb 27th 2010 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/LOL]]>Feb 26th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/MS: Then Windows Phone Starter Edition is not for you,
We have better options..
Windows Phone 7 Ultimate
Windows Phone 7 Media Center Edition
Windows Phone 7 Mobile Premium
Windows Phone 7 Business
Windows Phone 7 E without Zune and IE..]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
Will the starter edition be able to run more apps at a time than the full version?]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/They need to focus on 1 really good OS, and stop focusing on names. They should fire everyone in marketing. Then put it in a white box with black letters " Windows Mobile 7 ". If the OS is good enough, people won't care about the name or the box it came in.]]>Feb 27th 2010 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
I don't know, maybe my phone is just the worst winMo phone out there. Everyone always says how great winmo is, but my phone runs it like pure ass. Actually I'm almost certain it's just my phone. My phone is the insensitive screen I've ever used. I actually HAVE to push very hard to get it to recognize my button presses. ]]>Feb 27th 2010 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
Really. Bad move, MS. I would have called it "Windows Phone Enterprise Edition", at least until the point that all the enterprise-class apps are available on the new platform.

Dumb.

]]>Feb 26th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
Cant you just ask really nicely?]]>Feb 26th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
Sorry guy, I think you're confusing Microsoft with Apple]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
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There are lots of very good reasons for keeping 6.5. For starters it lets hardware manufactures make their own interfaces and not have to worry about writing the whole OS. HTC have done an excellent job with Sense, if they can get a cheaper licence on 6.5 and create their own interface on top of it then all the better.]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
That's more stable than my PC. That said, it is a modded ROM and I have no idea what you lot are complaining about.]]>Feb 26th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
In other words, I wouldn't put a move like this past Microsoft. Want another example of them screwing people over? Go buy an Xbox. If it doesn't die on you, you might have enough time to spend $50 a year on an online service that's barely better then PSN or Steam and then have to look at advertisements anyway. Don't get me wrong, I have a 360 and I enjoy using it (for the most part) but they do some really dirty business sometimes.]]>Feb 26th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
However it is only funny when it's Microsoft producing different products for different niches.]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
I'm pretty sure all those different versions offer the exact same software features as each other.
All the different versions of Windows have distinct software differences. ]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
Its funny when Microsoft does it because most of the editions server no purpose. I'm not by no means supporting the iPad and probably never will support it but at least all of those versions are different in big ways and have the same OS and can do everything exactly the same.]]>Feb 26th 2010 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/The difference is between hardware and software.
It costs more to make a single iPad + 3G than it does to make a single iPad without 3G. Apple has to pay for the extra components.

Microsoft develops one version of Windows and then strips it of features to create the different editions. That process in itself has to cost money. In effect they are spending extra money to provide an inferior product. Crazyness.

When it comes to Windows Mobile, it's a bit different. WinMo 6.5 isn't so much an edition of WinMo 7 as it is an almost completely different operating system. Not sure why they wanted to call it "starter edition" in the first place... oh well...]]>Feb 26th 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/Feb 26th 2010 3:55PM