RELEASE: Microsoft introduces Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Professional for Windows Phones

[fowljr]

Via Arne Hess over at The Unwired...


With today's announcement of the new Sony Ericsson Aspen Windows phone, Microsoft also officially introduced Windows Mobile 6.5.3Windows Mobile 6.5 only is a little bit more, especially because it changes the graphical user interface Microsoft introduces with Pocket PC back in 2000 and adopted later with the introduction of Windows Mobile 5.0. Furthermore Windows Mobile 6.5.3 also includes some minor and major under the hood updates for browser performance and quality. Professional. What sounds like a minor update to

Windows Mobile 6.5.3 GUI and ease of use enhancements include capacitive touchscreen support, platform to enable multi-touch, touch controls throughout system (no need for stylus), consistent navigation, horizontal scroll bar replaces tabs, magnifier brings touch support to legacy applications, simplified out-of-box experience with fewer steps and drag and drop icons on Start menu:

Under the hood improvements include browser performance for a page decreased load time, improved memory management, smoothed pan & flick gestures and speed improved zoom & rotation speed. Quality and customer satisfaction includes updated runtime tools (.NET CF 3.5 and SQL CE 3.1) as well as Arabic read/write document support.

[waveydavey]

Those buttons just bring one word to mind. Ugly.

[johnston411]

Originally Posted by waveydavey

Those buttons just bring one word to mind. Ugly.

of course you can always skin them

the real plus from 6.5.3 is the checkboxes and drag and drop start menu for me

much more pleasant to use

[waveydavey]

They still look like they've been put there by the council even when skinned.

[johnston411]

[windows]

Yeah but the skinning does make all the difference, I can't manage without them now!

[johnston411]

i hold my device in my left hand so it makes perfect sense for those buttons to be at the bottom to me.

i've been after it for ages. anyone remember start bar to bottom bar?

[waveydavey]

Don't get me wrong, functionally I think they're fantastic but they look like they were an after thought. I know they are, but still, you know what I mean!

[johnston411]

if good looks are your thing wavey ever considered one of these?

they do look like they sit on top of the task bar as opposed to being part of it. pretty odd looking i'll agree

[waveydavey]

Wow, that's cool, can I UPGRADE it to Windows Mobile 6.5?

Lets put it this way, if you were the MS head honcho, and someone gave you a build like the first image wouldn't you send them back to have another crack at it?