Windows Mobile 6.5 introduction - part 1 of 2

[tubulation]

video quality = very good

phone utilities shown = poor

blablabla = too much

you're not the only one doing this scores

if you change this, things will get better

[pgdrz41]

It seems like touch flo 3d is such a RAM hog. With TF 3D im only around 40-55% of free RAM from running programs. Without tOUCH fLOW 3D im at 84% free RAM from running programs. with 90MB of free space.

[gamemachinejoe]

What phone is that?

[fourzero40]

Read the effin' description.

[shnizalproductions]

loving 6.5! wouldnt even touch android or apple

[fupasack2]

what is your reason for not going to android and apple? i have my reasons why i wont go to apple which are some of the same reasons why my first smartphone will probably htc HD2(WM).

but i want to know what your reasons are??

[rourin]

Now, I'm not the one you asked but I will tell you my reasons for not using iPhone or Android and divide it in a few replies.

[rourin]

iPhone itself lack a lot of functions available in normal phones, plus it can't multitask, which is pretty important to me. iPhone is also hardware bound, which means that you'll have to buy a phone from Apple to use the software, which locks you to one design and one design only, same with hardware performance. And Apple don't let you install or create your own applications for your own phone, all applications must be verified through Apple to work. If I own it I want to use it the way I want!

[rourin]

Then we have Android. The system itself is smooth and nice to use, but the language used to write applications for Android is Java, a language that is ineffective and bulky, and can't push your phones hardware to the fullest. The quality of the software can never be as good as software for the WM platform, which is written in C.

[fupasack2]

what do you mean java is ineffective and bulky and "C" is better?? then why is wm known for being slow and buggy?

[rourin]

I mean that Java is exactly that, an ineffective programming language. It takes more code than necessary to do the same thing compared to C and its equivalences. (C, C++, C#). The pros with java is that it's easier to learn than C. I wouldn't agree that WM is slow and buggy. I've used it for five years and I would beg to differ. However, I was referring to applications programmed for it, not the OS itself.

[fupasack2]

this may be a dumb question but i know nothing of computer coding, isnt the android OS linux??

[rourin]

The Android OS is built on the Linux Kernel, yes. The operating system itself is written in C, but the applications from third parties are written in Java with Google developed Java libraries.

[shnizalproductions]

sorry for the late reply fupasack2, just the amount of things you can do with winmo, i can go to xda and download a new custom rom any day of the week, i can view office docs and its different from what most people have. every man and his dog has an iphone. androids a great OS but why move from winmo when it has been completely reliable to me, never crashed/freezed on me

[fupasack2]

thats some of the same reasons i want to get a wm smart phone. i was going to get android until i realized that google is some what like apple in that they want you to use all there services and have access to all your info, just too much big brother.

but now i dont know with WP7s coming out. it just looks horrible. its like an ugly iphone. it just seems like WM will be dead and all focus will be on the new lame WP7s.

[eatfastnoodle]

@fupasack2

Well, WM has been steadily losing market share for several years. And it was clear to MS that old WM simply didn't work any more. There was some major reorganization inside Microsoft to rejuvenate WM, but it seemed that people just didn't buy old WM still deeply rooted in desktop windows. MS got no choice. If they don't do it, they would be on fast track to irrelevancy.

[Kcast45]

this phone sucks all windows mobile phones suck

[Jurkowski1987]

You Complain too Much

[hja]

nice..zune phone

[Gizzlezification]

Damn why don't people never go to the camera i mean it's right fuccking there at 2:34

[h20hydro]

whats sooooo hard about looking for a certain button where there's only like 8 to choose from? how is it MESSY? DAMN YOU'RE LAZY MAN!!!

[theandroinvader]

@h20hydro win-fag

[Doggieman1111]

so you're saying the lock screen notifications don't even work??

[xoANONiMUSox]

i like where MS is going! windows 7 (amazing), windows mobile (amazing^2)!

very nice!

[mutis1289]

Hmm, i wonder, if its better than my Blackberry storm, with V5.0.0.230 OS. with flick scrolling and fast OS, and no lacking

[soldier2979]

do you prefer an htc phone over a blackberry?

[roadrcr81082]

i have the blackberry tour and the blackberry storm, but i really like the 6.5 version of windows mobile. RIM seems to be slacking a little on innovation even though they still have pretty solid devices. The storm2 will be a good device but i think the original storm should have been put off til they figured out the bugs. put a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouths about blackberry touchscreen devices. The HTC imagio is going to be an awesome device and i see it being good vs. iphone

[Uncemister2]

yeah great awesome! such a great new interface!!!

.....and then you go one menu deep and its the same WinMo we have always known.... =/

it still looks great though i cant wait

[eldente]

ur gay

[Ozzy430]

Any new HTC phones coming out future of February and march please send me a message thanks

[skitzthegemini]

Definitely better than 6.1. That's not really saying much though.

Thank goodness for TouchFlo 3D

[oldpueblo]

The reason it's hard to find things is you chose a noisy background. :/

[mobileburn]

No, that's not it. The reason it is hard to read is because the icons and labels are not arranged in lines, like a book.

Its just as bad with other backgrounds.

[oldpueblo]

It's not a book to be read, they are icons not paragraphs. If it's so hard why can so many people find their icons without issue? Maybe you specifically should stick to solid backgrounds to make it easier on you. :)

[chltmdwp]

agreed. First, that background with crazy colors with half face woman makes it even harder to look at. It's awful.

[miggbg]

@oldpueblo

There is no consistency with the UI here... there is a home menu, that looks like nothing else in the phone... there are the icons, which really make me wanna right-click and arrange icons... and the settings... file manager... nothing looks like anything else in this phone. Now if you like it, that good, but don't say it looks good and expect people to agree with you... its a mess

[Ballero0]

You dont seem too happy with winmo 6.5. Anyway, would you recommend upgrading winmo 6.1 to 6.5 build on htc touch pro 2?

[myoung7997]

You see the way they put that ugly background on the imagio on purpose these guys are hatin such much on Verizon its not even funny. They must work for T-mobile, Sprint or At&t. They try to make this phone seem inferior than what it is . Trust the phone is way more responsive than that from other footage that i have seen on this phone. Are u kidding me.

[mobileburn]

You're an idiot. I chose those backgrounds to show what was available in a stock WinMo 6.5 system. Plus, they show off the colors of the display well.  This isn't about the Imagio or any carrier, it is about Windows Mobile 6.5.

[houchi69]

microsoft just HAVE to try to take over everything, dont they...

[chltmdwp]

nice. I'm the first!! but that honey menu screen does look messier than what i previously have thought.