Windows Mobile 6.5 standard looks like….. Windows Mobile 6.1

July 2nd, 2009 | Author: admin

Below is a video of Windows Mobile 6.5 running on the Motorola Q9H, and the major impression is that it looks almost exactly the same as Windows Mobile 6.1, most clearly illustrated by the list-based settings page.

With non-touch screen based smartphones of the Blackberry variety dominating the US smartphone market at present Microsoft should ask themselves whether directing some eye candy in the direction of Standard may not have paid of dividends also.

See the video below:

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wreiad Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:28 am
I think they’ve given up on the 6x series.

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chris Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 am
i agree. just putting a bandaid on current devices until 7. although i have been happy with my hacked omnia and 6.5. this video is on the crappy q9h with a 1X1 screen. 6.5 actually looks ok and improves it, but i agree the settings is sooo 6.1. too bad. they could have integrated the 6.5 start menu easily.

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Mort Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:29 am
On the other hand, WM6.1 Standard got the new carousel, while the Pro/Classic versions had almost no visible changes.

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Frazell Thomas Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Yeap. When you look at it they seem to rotate between the two. As the Pro version of 6.5 looks like it lifts a lot of the stuff they added to 6.1 standard.

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chris Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 am
carousel? haven’t heard…

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admin Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I think he means the sliding panels.

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Mxx Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:38 pm
What’s the point of posting blurry-shakey-cam of this if you can download WinMo6.5 emulator and record perfect videos of everything
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=20686a1d-97a8-4f80-bc6a-ae010e085a6e&displayLang=en

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admin Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Blairwitch project?

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the undude Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
and 6.1 looks almost entirely the same as 6.0…..

looks like a good opportunity to jump ship and try the iphone for a while…. and seeing as hulu is now not letting skyfire access its content, there’s one less reason to stay with winmo for me….

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Aleksandr Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Yep. However, there is big difference from the developer POV: really it was starting with releasing 6.1.4.. – now ISV can make their own home screen plugins supporting Sliding panels layouts, in case of original 6.1 Standard it was and it is disaster because only one “custom plugin” can be fully operable(did you hear these “collapsed panels hiding things”?). Anyway, making sliding panels for the 6.x Standard as well as for the 6.5 Professional is still undocumented. Shame on them…

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John Says:
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:34 am
6.5 is going to be the Windows Me of Windows mobile.

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the undude Says:
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:24 am
will 6.5 feature over the air updates”

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bobby Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:42 am
This doesnt show the neew homescreens they have. go to youtube and type SAMSUNG OMNIA PRO B7320. loooks like a jack but way cooler

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