[dj_mysha]

Well, here's a play-by-play of my first impressions of grooveROM 4 6.5 HD Manila version. I'm pretty sleepy, so some of this may be a little random!

Fast flash
Rad new animated splash screen
Slow initial boot
Tap the screen to set up your Windows(r) phone, not Windows Mobile anymore
Whatsup pea****?
Holy long customization
Alright, here we go
Windows orb start icon seems to be squished horizontally
Honeycomb is visually interesting, doesn't scroll very well
ok and close button is really small
Data works on Telus EVDO network
Manila is nice, customized tabs without issues
Love the look of the new menus, they don't scroll very well though
Try to setup Exchange Server connection in ActiveSync
Text messages in edit server settings? Odd...
ActiveSync won't synchronize
Can't exit ActiveSync, first hang, crap
First reset button soft reset
Slow boot again, get to enjoy the new splash screen
Soft reset appears to have become a hard reset, crap
Whatsup again pea****?
Long customization... again
Alright, here we go again
Straight to ActiveSync to attempt Exchange connection
Big zero, error code 0x80004005
Exited ActiveSync successfully this time
Hung on Honeycomb, crap
Second reset button soft reset
No hard reset this time, but hung on Touch Diamond screen, crap
Third reset button soft reset, leaving the battery cover off now
Unzipping grooveROM 4 WM6.1, just in case
Trying to launch TF3D, cycling from "Tap here to launch TouchFLO3D" to "Launching TouchFLO3D"
TFd3D autolaunch finally failed
Now all screen touches bring up the System Status screen except the Task Manager button and the Contacts soft-key, both of which bring up the Task Manager oddly enough
Battery pull, hard reset
Whatsup again pea****?
Final attempt
ActiveSync failed again, error code 0x800700E
Played with Titanium for fun, works very well with DPad, finger scrolling not so much
Couldn't figure out how to change background in Titanium, only managed to get a weird sea-foam green background colour after selecting a wallpaper in Settings/Today
Bedtime, flashing back to 6.1 in the morning

And so ends my initial adventure in the world of Windows Mobile 6.5 as I just can't live without my Exchange Server. I'm super stoked to flash the 6.1 version tomorrow morning, I'm sure I'll be posting a much more glowing review! Thanks indagroove, I hope you can find some useful feedback amidst my sleepy ramblings!