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Windows Mobile 6.5.1 on the way
But there may be hope. Windows Mobile 6.5 does have a new and improved web browser and home screen, even if the calendar and contacts applications haven't changed in half a decade. And now it looks like Microsoft is working on an incremental update that may or may not be called Windows Mobile 6.5.1 that will bring a number of minor but significant improvements.
Unofficial builds of Windows Mobile 6.5 have been leaking onto the web for the past few months, and blogger Long Zheng reports that among other things:
- There's a new contact application that's more finger-friendly
- The start menu and close buttons have been moved to the bottom toolbar, which allows the toolbar at the top to be thinner and hold status icons only
- UI elements including buttons and check boxes have received a visual refresh
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Level 5 said 10:36AM on 10-20-2009
Old update is old. Jeez guys, do we not check XDA or PPCG? I've been running newer builds on an HTC Raphael for a while. Better than 6.5.1, but it does introduce a lot of other issues into the mix that need to be dealt with.
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EGOvoruhk said 4:39PM on 10-20-2009
What is better than 6.5.1?
Level 5 said 8:35PM on 10-20-2009
Typo, should had said better than 6.5.
sitruc said 9:47AM on 10-21-2009
This is definitely old news. I've had 6.5.1 on my two year old phone for quite some time. I was disappointed that 6.5 was shipping Oct. 12 instead of 6.5.1 because of my experiences. 6.5.1 is a significant UI improvement and much more finger friendly that 6.5. The builds I run have been very stable just as 6.5 is.
Djblois said 8:35PM on 10-20-2009
Microsoft now requires all devices to have a hard key for Start Menu and a Hard Key for Ok. On touch screens this becomes redundant. Please remove both of them from the bottom bar and allow developers to create a 5 button bar on the bottom for different functions.
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