Windows Mobile 6.5 Review...

[jbearamus]

or maybe its a way to cut motorola's already declining budget, WinMo has licensing costs whereas Android is free
probably wrong just a thought

[oldpueblo]

You want backwards compatibility with thousands of apps or a fancy new flashy interface that does what the old one does but breaks compatibility? You can't have both, has it ever occurred to many of you that the reason the underlying OS hasn't changed much because it gets the job done just fine AND keeps the compatibility flowing? Thats GOOD. WinMo 5 years ago was doing things an iphone STILL can't do, to compare the iphone to WinMo is a complete joke. It's like comparing a dumb good looking athlete to a computer nerd, at the end of the day the nerd is the one making money and actually accomplishing things. :P Embrace the nerdiness. Android is a different beast, but if you sat and did nothing but list all the capabilities of each phone OS, who really wins when it's all added up across the board? Would it be close? 6.5 is hardly the junk people are saying it is.

I have absolutely no issues with WinMo 6.5, it does exactly what I need it to do and more. Don't be fooled by all these naysayers with unnecessary and unrealistic expectations.

[nemoid]

How are these expectations unrealistic? It's unrealistic because MS can't accomplish these things, but RIM, Google, and Apple can? Who cares if 10 year old applications are going to get broken in WM7? If WM7 is a success, there will be developers developing whatever is needed. That's a non-issue

I'm not sure you even read these reviews. I'm not sure you even know what you're talking about. All these reviews are saying is that essentially all WM6.5 is, is a new home screen and a new start menu on top of WM6.1. That's it. It's not a new OS, it's not a game changer, it doesn't change anything.

What are you even talking about?

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by oldpueblo

It's like comparing a dumb good looking athlete to a computer nerd, at the end of the day the nerd is the one making money and actually accomplishing things.

actually a really good athlete probably makes more than most nerds punching the clock for $40k a year.

Originally Posted by nemoid

How are these expectations unrealistic? It's unrealistic because MS can't accomplish these things, but RIM, Google, and Apple can? Who cares if 10 year old applications are going to get broken in WM7? If WM7 is a success, there will be developers developing whatever is needed. That's a non-issue

I'm not sure you even read these reviews. I'm not sure you even know what you're talking about. All these reviews are saying is that essentially all WM6.5 is, is a new home screen and a new start menu on top of WM6.1. That's it. It's not a new OS, it's not a game changer, it doesn't change anything.

What are you even talking about?

If ALL people are saying is that it is basically the same OS with a new UI and a few upgrades; not a gamechanger, then that's fine. Seems like there is a lot more vitriol than that though, like some illogical underlying resentment for winmo. As far as I could tell NO ONE was claiming that 6.5 WAS a gamechanger, so how many times do we need to hear that it is not. Who the hell said it was? It is what it is. A better UI with some a nice sleek look a few upgrades to hold you over till WM7 comes out on phones with Hardware that can actually support it.

This is no different than people harping on how much the Iphone sucks saying the same stuff over and over. I would rather have my diamond over a 3GS any day of the week and twice on thursday, but to harp on how much better winmo is gets redundant AND redundant.

We get it, 6.5 isn't the second coming, get over it. We don't need a 2,000 word review to tell us that and bashing the same stuff about winmo that's been said a million times over.

[jbearamus]

Originally Posted by orangekid

actually a really good athlete probably makes more than most nerds punching the clock for $40k a year.

depends on the nerd...bill gates

[oldpueblo]

Originally Posted by nemoid

How are these expectations unrealistic? It's unrealistic because MS can't accomplish these things, but RIM, Google, and Apple can? Who cares if 10 year old applications are going to get broken in WM7? If WM7 is a success, there will be developers developing whatever is needed. That's a non-issue

I'm not sure you even read these reviews. I'm not sure you even know what you're talking about. All these reviews are saying is that essentially all WM6.5 is, is a new home screen and a new start menu on top of WM6.1. That's it. It's not a new OS, it's not a game changer, it doesn't change anything.

What are you even talking about?

Accomplish what things? Get specific. What are YOU talking about it sounds like you're exactly the person I was talking about. Where are you getting these expectations? Well said \/\/\/\/

Originally Posted by orangekid

If ALL people are saying is that it is basically the same OS with a new UI and a few upgrades; not a gamechanger, then that's fine. Seems like there is a lot more vitriol than that though, like some illogical underlying resentment for winmo. As far as I could tell NO ONE was claiming that 6.5 WAS a gamechanger, so how many times do we need to hear that it is not. Who the hell said it was? It is what it is. A better UI with some a nice sleek look a few upgrades to hold you over till WM7 comes out on phones with Hardware that can actually support it.

This is no different than people harping on how much the Iphone sucks saying the same stuff over and over. I would rather have my diamond over a 3GS any day of the week and twice on thursday, but to harp on how much better winmo is gets redundant AND redundant.

We get it, 6.5 isn't the second coming, get over it. We don't need a 2,000 word review to tell us that and bashing the same stuff about winmo that's been said a million times over.

Originally Posted by orangekid

actually a really good athlete probably makes more than most nerds punching the clock for $40k a year.

You get the idea. Athletes look good and play games really well, nerds keep the world functioning. Let's not analyze my analogy further.

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by jbearamus

depends on the nerd...bill gates

true. ironically he's the reason we're even having this discussion and that these forums even exist. +1 for The Nerd.

[jbearamus]

Originally Posted by orangekid

true. ironically he's the reason we're even having this discussion and that these forums even exist. +1 for The Nerd.

I wonder if he's ever on forums like these, just to see what people are doing. I mean its happened in the past that in the community we were doing something then all of a sudden HTC and MS were doing the same thing if not something similar

[nemoid]

Originally Posted by orangekid

If ALL people are saying is that it is basically the same OS with a new UI and a few upgrades; not a gamechanger, then that's fine. Seems like there is a lot more vitriol than that though, like some illogical underlying resentment for winmo. As far as I could tell NO ONE was claiming that 6.5 WAS a gamechanger, so how many times do we need to hear that it is not. Who the hell said it was? It is what it is. A better UI with some a nice sleek look a few upgrades to hold you over till WM7 comes out on phones with Hardware that can actually support it.

This is no different than people harping on how much the Iphone sucks saying the same stuff over and over. I would rather have my diamond over a 3GS any day of the week and twice on thursday, but to harp on how much better winmo is gets redundant AND redundant.

We get it, 6.5 isn't the second coming, get over it. We don't need a 2,000 word review to tell us that and bashing the same stuff about winmo that's been said a million times over.

Microsoft themselves said they wanted it to be a game changer. They are "responding" to Android and the iPhone with Windows Mobile 6.5. So I think when they make those claims and come out with essentially the same OS with a few pieces of eye candy here and there, there is going to be some resentment for WM. And there should be. As I said before, the operating system hasn't changed in almost TEN YEARS. They're late to the game, and they have little time left to salvage their place in the handset market. It's not a coincidence almost every review has been horrible.

[nemoid]

Originally Posted by oldpueblo

Accomplish what things? Get specific. What are YOU talking about it sounds like you're exactly the person I was talking about. Where are you getting these expectations? Well said \/\/\/\/

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