Isn't that called Windows Mobile 6.5? I mean, Windows Phone Starter Edition, the version that can't use 3G and probably wont let you do simple things like change your wallpaper?
Don't get me wrong, WinMo 6.5.3 with Sense is pretty solid on something like the HD2, but if they really do cut the ability to use 3G like that early leak suggests and they do some stupid shit like they did with the desktop Starter Edition it'd be a complete fucking joke.
As an aside, that's the article I was referencing. While the omission of HSPA 3G frequencies may have been an oversight, as a general statement I think it's stupid to put out an OS that's straight up going to stop you from using 3G for no legitimate reason.
They should just leave it in and let carrier and coverage area decide the availability of service, emerging market or not. Instead they push this out as the gimped version that you'd be a fool to buy, much like Windows 7 Starter. That's all I'm trying to say here.
@ JW
And I mentioned HVGA when? The Engadget article speculated the HVGA spec *might* have something to do with a low end version of WP7. That had *nothing* to do with what I was talking about, which was Microsoft announcing that WinMo 6.5 would be rebranded as "Starter Edition", which sounds similar to Microsoft's announcement, not Engadget's speculation.
@kenny goo Yeah agreed, if they completely disallow the use of 3G or any of its variants from these devices that would be stupid. (No digs iNtended)
Judging from the slide, it seems as though they simply want a consistent lower resolution, C/GPU and RAM, with the option of a higher resolution later in the devices' life cycle or when the line between the WP7-lite handsets and the fully functional WP7 handsets begins to blur. In that case it'll be up to the manufacturers to decide on 3G functionality or not.
I really start to worry about the future of the WinMo 6.5. Many will say it is crap but some of us like it very much and we still haven't found a replacement to another OS. But Microsoft since WinPho7 has never mentioned again anything about the WinMo6.5 :( Makes me really sad. I start to get some disappointment from MS.
@kenny goo That constitutes as trolling? The thing is 6.5.x has no intention of becoming a low end platform, as it already has really high hardware requirements. You'd be hard-pressed to find a 6.5.x phone with "cheap" system requirements. I'd say the Windows Phone 7 is actually a better platform to cut down than 6.5.x. No trolling here.
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Isn't that called Windows Mobile 6.5? I mean, Windows Phone Starter Edition, the version that can't use 3G and probably wont let you do simple things like change your wallpaper?
Don't get me wrong, WinMo 6.5.3 with Sense is pretty solid on something like the HD2, but if they really do cut the ability to use 3G like that early leak suggests and they do some stupid shit like they did with the desktop Starter Edition it'd be a complete fucking joke.
@kenny goo
How is the 3G service in a developing country?
Is it widely available?
@kenny goo
Name 3 HVGA Windows Mobile 6.5.3 devices around.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/confirmed-windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-ed/
@ BlackedOut
As an aside, that's the article I was referencing. While the omission of HSPA 3G frequencies may have been an oversight, as a general statement I think it's stupid to put out an OS that's straight up going to stop you from using 3G for no legitimate reason.
They should just leave it in and let carrier and coverage area decide the availability of service, emerging market or not. Instead they push this out as the gimped version that you'd be a fool to buy, much like Windows 7 Starter. That's all I'm trying to say here.
@ JW
And I mentioned HVGA when? The Engadget article speculated the HVGA spec *might* have something to do with a low end version of WP7. That had *nothing* to do with what I was talking about, which was Microsoft announcing that WinMo 6.5 would be rebranded as "Starter Edition", which sounds similar to Microsoft's announcement, not Engadget's speculation.
A.K.A. stop trolling.
@kenny goo
Yeah agreed, if they completely disallow the use of 3G or any of its variants from these devices that would be stupid. (No digs iNtended)
Judging from the slide, it seems as though they simply want a consistent lower resolution, C/GPU and RAM, with the option of a higher resolution later in the devices' life cycle or when the line between the WP7-lite handsets and the fully functional WP7 handsets begins to blur.
In that case it'll be up to the manufacturers to decide on 3G functionality or not.
@kenny goo
I really start to worry about the future of the WinMo 6.5. Many will say it is crap but some of us like it very much and we still haven't found a replacement to another OS. But Microsoft since WinPho7 has never mentioned again anything about the WinMo6.5 :( Makes me really sad. I start to get some disappointment from MS.
@kenny goo
That constitutes as trolling? The thing is 6.5.x has no intention of becoming a low end platform, as it already has really high hardware requirements. You'd be hard-pressed to find a 6.5.x phone with "cheap" system requirements. I'd say the Windows Phone 7 is actually a better platform to cut down than 6.5.x.
No trolling here.