making windows Mobile better
I have many ideas for Making Windows Mobile Better ....
so i started a new Discussion here . now everybody can share ideas and opinions.
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- It would great if you could share your ideas with us.
Pocket PC Mauritius http://PocketpcMauritius.blogspot.com/ http://PPCMUDownloads.blogspot.com/ - Hi NEWVGAc12!
Sounds like a great idea. I am going to move this discussion into the Windows Mobile Suggestion Box forum as I think that will be the best place to capture your ideas and others. Our colleagues from Microsoft look at the information posted there so we can be sure they will hear your ideas.
Thank you from the Microsoft Windows Mobile Team
http://www.WindowsMobile.com/TotalAccess at the first - whats this ?? a graphical probelem in the red part of wm6.1 start menu icon
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/d0623928d0.jpg
iknow wm6.5 is on the way and i know it's not a critical Problem but it most be solved.
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definition of Task Manager :
Task Manager shows you the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that is not responding.If you are connected to a network, you can also use Task Manager to view network status and see how your network is functioning. If more than one user is connected to your computer, you can see who is connected, what they are working on, and you can send them a message.
Tip
You can also open Task Manager by right-clicking an empty area on the taskbar and then clicking Task Manager, or by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
//copied from Microsoft Windows Vista Help and support.
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but in Windows Mobile accessing to task manager is too hard when a program stops responding (hang) and you need to soft rest(reboot) your device and wait a long time until device completely boot up.so you need restart your device about over 5 times in a day (with third party software).
In PC >>quote>> You can also open Task Manager by right-clicking an empty area on the taskbar and then clicking Task Manager, or by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
but in Windows Mobile There is hot Key for fast lunching task manager.
in PC task manager is the best Option to close a program that is not responding but in Windows Mobile users prefer to soft reset.
my idea :- adding a hotkey for taskmanager.
- adding some possibilities to task manager "processes , services"
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WWW.Microsoft.com : Unfortunately you can't upgrade your Device From WM03 or WM05 to WM6.5.
Upgrading Windows Mobile version(ROM) in most Pocket PCs in impossible but in some devices you can change your ROM easily .
for example :
1- you can Upgrade your WM05 to WM06 or even WM6.5
2- you can copy your ROM to PC and alter some part of ROM (Splash Screen - add pre installed program - change About - Change some Part off Registry ) and Then copy it into an old device.
///its one of critical Windows Mobile Problems : ~ Microsoft release new version of Windows every 6 month. in PC, you can buy a new installation Disk But in Pocket PC you most buy a new device.
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~ Picture SMS is supported in all other devices.
in Windows Mobile When You receive a Picture SMS device Screen Will turn ON and then turn OFF... there is no sound there is no alert ...and you can`t receive Picture SMS or SMS TEXT that contain Picture SMS.this problem is persist in ALL VERSION of Windows Mobile (2000,2002,2003,2003,5.0,6,6.1 and i know in 6.5)
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- you can`t receive file when device is in suspend mode (but you able to pair your PC with your Device)
- you can`t see the name of file sender. (how is the sender ??)
- you can`t see the percent of the incoming file. (how much i most wait)
- you can`t see speed of Connection.(how much far away i can go ???)
- you can`t save it in your favorite place (before full receiving )
- you can`t ignore a single BT address (useful for Protecting your phone Against Spammers)
- you can`t see the file type (if file name is long)
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where is the camera software ??? there is no built In standard camera software.... camera and camera software in every WM device is different and it cause :
- you cant use your device as PC camera(there is some third part software --but you cant use that in all brands)
- you cant install a camera soft ware in your device (cuz your device is not supported-every camera software designed for a brand and you cant use that in other devices)
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heem----- the next problem : user inter face :
WM6.1 (user interface) is like WIN98 .you can only change wallpaper and some colors.there is no standard , power full theme maker for windows Mobile devices .
i know Microsoft can easily make a theme maker software.but .....
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i started this Thread for feedback windows mobile Problems...its not enmity...
What's the Problem.....
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file Explorer in Windows Mobile is very Weak And simple ...- you cant see the type of file.
- you cant send two or more files with Bluetooth.
- there is no new feature.
- there is no address bar.
- there is no tumbnail or icon mode.
my idea : combination >> "Picture and video" with "File Explorer".
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lack of a new version of DirectX cause many problems:- weak 3D APIs(weak 3D games with no Effects"like motion blur").
- device needs more CPU and GPU for render 3D APPs.
- no standard video output API.
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Internet sharing is best way for sharing Internet connection in Your Windows mobile based device.
Internet sharing top rated built in Application. its unique app.
http://images.maketecheasier.com/2009/07/wm-tether-ics.jpg
active sync is not included in network connection
the problem is sharing internet from device when internet connection is from Active sync...
For Exp : you have a laptop and your laptop connected to the fast or private internet connection and you want share your laptop internet connection for your home pc...you can use your laptop internet connection but you cant share it cuz "Internet sharing" applet cant share this iintetnet connection....
active sync can only share internet connection that you created in your device ....
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My idea :
Sync SMS.
Remote Regedit.
Remote Monitor.
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Thank you from the Microsoft Windows Mobile Team
http://www.WindowsMobile.com/TotalAccess 
Messaging :
1-there is nothing in this Pic but Scroll bar is still visible. there is nothing for Scrolling
2-after Writing many lines you cant see this part(this part will hide in back of on screen Keyboard)
3-you cant select 2 - many or """ALL""" contacts in each season so when you want send a Message to many contacts you must click this part and add a single contact >>SEVERAL times
4-when you press send button you cant reject your command and When you raise your hand it will send message .even When you minimize this Window<<< its critical Problem that is persist in all part of Windows Mobile Platform
threading mode is not comfortable too
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The next Problem is lack of Screen Saver applet...
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I’m really disappointed from the features of Windows Mobile, which I believe don’t satisfy or give what expected to it’s targeted customers!
I will list below some of the features that annoy me and then some of the features I hope they take in consideration.
1. Contacts information:
a. The supposed to be owners of the mobiles having your operating system are executives and business men. Many of these owners have many mobile numbers (private, business, and other mobile numbers in the different countries they stay or have business), and the have as well many office numbers (two or three office lines in addition to direct number), and the same applies to fax numbers. Unfortunately windows mobile software and outlook program don’t allow us to have option to add all these numbers!
b. When two persons have the same contact number (for example two persons from the same company or living in the same house). If it’s the company number it should display the company name instead of any of persons name, and if it’s home name it should display “…….... Home”
2. Messages:
a. Windows mobile software compared to other mobile softwares make it very difficult to send same message to different recipients, or if we want to send same message to two different numbers! If we want to do that we have to do it manually and add them one by one!
b. Windows mobile software makes it impossible to send a message in certain day in future contrary to other mobile softwares!
3. Alarms:
a. Three alarms are not enough for the category of people using mobile with your software. I believe we should be allowed to put as many alarms as we need, as other mobile softwares do.
b. When we snooze a pop list should come asking us to choose the time from a list of 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 1h, 1 ½ h, 2 h, 3 h.
4. Reminders:
a. We should be allowed to choose the snooze time that is suitable for us.
b. When we snooze a message asks us if we want to choose snooze time, if we ignore it or if we say No, a default snooze time is considered (which should be possible to set through reminders setting). If we say yes a pop list should come asking us to choose the time from a list of 10, 20, 30, 45, 1h, 1 ½ h, 2 h, 3 h, 6 h, 9 h, 12 hrs, 1 day, 2 day
c. I wish you can introduce a simple reminder or alarm that starts after a pre defined time such as 30 m, 1 hr, 1 ½ hr, 2 hr, 3 hr, 4 hr, 5 hr (this useful in case we want to call someone again, if we have to follow up or pick up something that takes certain time, or in case of paid parking, etc.)
5. Calendar:
a. There should be an option to display a list of all coming appointments, as well as all recurring schedules and anniversaries
b. Whenever we select “New” we should have an option that ask us to choose between, meeting, birthday, anniversary, task, or etc
6. Synchronization
a. I find it illogical that we can’t back up SMS messages (or back it up through the internet only!).
b. We hope that active synchronization make it possible to back up and modify the messages through PC as other software does.
c. We hope that we can import the old messages that we had on our old mobiles to our new mobiles that uses Windows Mobile softwares.
I hope they find my comments useful and they consider them to improve the software.
Hi eveybody,
after on week of use, I find that Win mobile would benefit form a major rethinking. The interface is unpleasant, complicated, and should be more oriented to users. The iphone and symbian are light years ahead in terms of usability and user friendliness (sincerely sorry, and I hope that I do not hurt the engineers who must have worked on this system). As examples, I would suggest the immediate following improvements:
· possibility to organise all the apps in "pages", so that the do not appear altogether in the same screen.
· possibility to customize the shortcuts bar by adding or removing elements (I have this bar on my touch 2, not sure if this is a standard feature);
· possibility to access all options related to an app from within the app (manage folders etc) . Sometimes it is not the case.
· possibility to delete any kind of app. Eg. I do not care of MS money, Ms live etc. and even, I do not want Facebook ! Or, at least, I should be able to put them in a folder (see above, that I may hide away and open only when needed). Solution : implement a comprehensive uninstaller application.
· I needed to do hard restore of my phone. All the customisations I had made got lost. Very, very annoying. This because the active sync backs up data, not the configuration. Solution: Introduce a complete phone backup.
· better management of contacts : no need to duplicate contacts or chose between outlook and sim. It is unnecessarily cumbersome. Plus, there should be the possibility to customise the fields you want for the contacts. I do not care of the mager, kids, birthdays etc... While I mmay need to have 2, 3 different mobile numbers or anthing else (eg: occasion we met, etc). Solution : a better contact manager.
· Apps remain in background even when you think that they are closed. They continue to appear in the drop down box top right on the screen, and the continue to consume unnecessary memory. They appear to remain in background mode, because when you shut them don from this list, memory is freed. There should be a way shut the app down. e.g. if you take a pic, and then go to something else, the camera will remain in the list of active tasks; Unnecessary. Solution : allow for minimisation AND quick shutdown of apps, from within the app.
· Reintroduce hand writing recognition. Small keyboards are a pain to enter data.
- WM05 is so much better than WM03
And WM06 is so Much better than WM05
WM6.1 is just like WM06
WM07 most be so much better than WINXP ...WM07 most be REVOLUTION...
we are here ... WE are part of WM ... we love to WIN..
I hate IPHONE
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bill gates : DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.
Where is CMD.exe ?????
Where is Edit.com ?????
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I managed to add categories of contacts, that was easy, but not how to delete them. Could someone explain, please?
Also, when you have categories, it is useful to be able to see only certain categories ignoring the others. Eg: I want to see all the restaurants in my list, all the hotels, but not all the friends etc. Or, I may want to see only the contacts not in categories, like in "good" old palms. That does not seem possible for the moment.- Me again, sorry for multiposting.
does anyone actually read and make use of the comments here? does it make sense to continue to provide inputs?
Thanks for answers.
Greetings! Windows Mobile is TOO SLOW...
its too slow even in .NET Windows Mobile Emulator (Debuger)
why ???
its too slow even with 522 Mhz CPU !!!
its too slow even When its Fresh !!!
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Professional ????
the calc is very old....I don’t believe what I’m seein !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
there is no change !!! even in WM 6.1 !!!
the time and date is ... too
you cant update your time and date from internet....
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you cant change the installation directory (programfiles\aaa\aa\program)
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A simple start would be to keep the finish program / OK in the top right hand corner - not DONE in bottom left like it does at annoying times in TouchPro. Another would be to return to the previous window when a window is closed.
I run a HTC TouchPro 2 which is a fantastic piece of kit reduced to rubbish through some p***-poor design features, like stupidly positioned buttons. For example writing a SMS txt is a not helped by the on/off switch being where you hold the phone when the keypad is pulled out. You therefore get half way through a TXT and whoops the phone goes off. Windows mobile ensures that it takes over 10 clicks to get back on the same screen, sigh.
My first Synchronise with Outlook 2008 on Vista was interesting. What is the logic of synchronising an empty Outlook with a very populated Outlook and transferring over the blank database? Thanks Microsoft for wiping out my contacts list, luckily I have years of experience based on lack of trust, and I had a backup.
The most recent annoyance was to lose my wife's contact details, as I discovered that they were merged into mine (ie my details got her picture and her details disappeared). I do wish the system would credit me with the intelligence to manage my own contacts.
TOUCHFLOW- I have to use the Touch Flo menu system to get the big numbers for the time display, as strangely Microsoft has removed this useful feature from the old interface. For me TouchFlo is a menace to use - take for instance:
The one TXT message shown - why that one? and not the most recent, or even the unread ones??? bizarre
The Windows explorer thing - why doesn't it show your last session easily - and why limited to 2 tabs???
It is so hard to select a link in the Internet Browser
It never seems to do the same thing twice
The Favourite list seems to clear every week
Alarms for a calendar event ring at midnight of the day of the event
The menu bar disappears when in landscape
Pressing the top bar only gives the outstanding txts - not the battery, date or other relevant settings
VERY LARGE MENU OPTIONS THAT GO
OFF THE
PAGE
VERY BIG ICONS IN START MENU THAT ALSO GO
OFF THE
PAGE
(Sorry, I just find capitols and large icons annoying - its a bit like being patronised)
Strange applications that I do not understand - One Note Mobile, Remote Desktop Mobile, WordCard Mobile
Note defaults to a massively zoomed format (?)
So hard to change anything
Txt messages seem to be sorted into conversations - but sometimes it would be nice to see ALL MESSAGES, especially when you press the ALL MESSAGES button. For instance I sent bus times to my daughter, and could never find this txt when I wanted to catch the same bus. This was infinitely easier in the old version.
I realise that I come from the old school that is typified by the fact that I double click to run an application, but I do feel that the Microsoft guys should pay a little more attention to detail when releasing an entirely new interface (TouchFlo, Office 2008, etc).
Phil
Vista UserThanks for opening this topic and I would like to share with you my ideas.
Excellent suggestions. I second it and suggest the following as well:I’m really disappointed from the features of Windows Mobile, which I believe don’t satisfy or give what expected to it’s targeted customers!
I will list below some of the features that annoy me and then some of the features I hope they take in consideration.
1. Contacts information:
a. The supposed to be owners of the mobiles having your operating system are executives and business men. Many of these owners have many mobile numbers (private, business, and other mobile numbers in the different countries they stay or have business), and the have as well many office numbers (two or three office lines in addition to direct number), and the same applies to fax numbers. Unfortunately windows mobile software and outlook program don’t allow us to have option to add all these numbers!
b. When two persons have the same contact number (for example two persons from the same company or living in the same house). If it’s the company number it should display the company name instead of any of persons name, and if it’s home name it should display “…….... Home”
2. Messages:
a. Windows mobile software compared to other mobile softwares make it very difficult to send same message to different recipients, or if we want to send same message to two different numbers! If we want to do that we have to do it manually and add them one by one!
b. Windows mobile software makes it impossible to send a message in certain day in future contrary to other mobile softwares!
3. Alarms:
a. Three alarms are not enough for the category of people using mobile with your software. I believe we should be allowed to put as many alarms as we need, as other mobile softwares do.
b. When we snooze a pop list should come asking us to choose the time from a list of 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 1h, 1 ½ h, 2 h, 3 h.
4. Reminders:
a. We should be allowed to choose the snooze time that is suitable for us.
b. When we snooze a message asks us if we want to choose snooze time, if we ignore it or if we say No, a default snooze time is considered (which should be possible to set through reminders setting). If we say yes a pop list should come asking us to choose the time from a list of 10, 20, 30, 45, 1h, 1 ½ h, 2 h, 3 h, 6 h, 9 h, 12 hrs, 1 day, 2 day
c. I wish you can introduce a simple reminder or alarm that starts after a pre defined time such as 30 m, 1 hr, 1 ½ hr, 2 hr, 3 hr, 4 hr, 5 hr (this useful in case we want to call someone again, if we have to follow up or pick up something that takes certain time, or in case of paid parking, etc.)
5. Calendar:
a. There should be an option to display a list of all coming appointments, as well as all recurring schedules and anniversaries
b. Whenever we select “New” we should have an option that ask us to choose between, meeting, birthday, anniversary, task, or etc
6. Synchronization
a. I find it illogical that we can’t back up SMS messages (or back it up through the internet only!).
b. We hope that active synchronization make it possible to back up and modify the messages through PC as other software does.
c. We hope that we can import the old messages that we had on our old mobiles to our new mobiles that uses Windows Mobile softwares.
I hope they find my comments useful and they consider them to improve the software.
1) Able to put more mobile numbers to the SAME contact. Presently i think many are duplicating contact names like John1 John2 John3 with different sets of mobile or SMS number.2) Mobile number and SMS numbers can be edited to be different. It must be able to be different to be functional. Currently it can only be the same for my omnia2. This is a big issue as if overseas, the sms cannot be used. If i change the sms to with a + in front, the mobile number also will have a + in front. Or if i add a budget call code in front of the mobile number, the sms number will also have the code and making it useless. Symbian phones are able to do this years ago.3) Currently i am using a PIMbackup as i don't have windows to save to my microSDcard. This would also be a good standard software to backup phone data into the midroSD. Microsoft myphone is excellent and most welcome. But as a portable safetynet when the data is gone and there is no wifi or GPRS. current phone backup can only be to SIM card which is pointless as it can only store the phone numbers and lose the other phone contact data.4) Camera with option of silent photo shot.5) Not sure if it is me but windows mobile device centre leads to sites that keeps hanging or loading. Also the contacts of the windows vista can't be activated to synchronised.6) Additional Remark or customizable field in the contacts.Hope these comments are useful. It will be good if they are implemented as it will make the basic phone more usable especially for travellers and businesses. Thanks!- If this provides any insight, the picture messaging implementation is carrier specific. As such there is some amount of customization that occurs on the part of the OEM for the carrier for what ever that carrier's implementation of picture messaging may be.
Joel Ivory JohnsonIt takes all the running you can do to stay in one place.If you want to get somewhere else,you must try to run at least twice as fast as that. - Direct3D and DirectX are something else that are hardware dependent. Currently for Windows Mobile Microsoft isn't enforcing any minimul level of performance for DirectX. This makes sense as it enables an OEM to make an inexpensive phone without being forced to add acceleration (ex: I would not expect a 99 USD unsubsidized phone to have 3D acceleration). Unfortunatly this becomes a problem in that higher end phones don't have hardware support for Direct3D either.
Right now this is rumored to be address in the next version of Windows Mobile in that there will be a stricter set of requirements for devices running the OS as opposed to leaving the feature set completly up to the OEM.
Joel Ivory JohnsonIt takes all the running you can do to stay in one place.If you want to get somewhere else,you must try to run at least twice as fast as that.
I run a HTC TouchPro 2 which is a fantastic piece of kit reduced to rubbish through some p***-poor design features, like stupidly positioned buttons. For example writing a SMS txt is a not helped by the on/off switch being where you hold the phone when the keypad is pulled out.You are the second person that I've heard make mention to this complaint. I've wondered how the buttons on these Touch Pro IIs are arranged. Here in the USA the four major carriers have the Touch Pro II but they are not identical. There are slight differences in their button arrangementss, two of the models have 3.55mm jacks and the other two do not, and so on. On the one I have the power button is on the edge of the part with the screen and I've not seen how one can accidentally hit is while using the keyboard. Is your button in some other location?
The most recent annoyance was to lose my wife's contact details, as I discovered that they were merged into mine (ie my details got her picture and her details disappeared). I do wish the system would credit me with the intelligence to manage my own contacts.
When you set up the partnership between the device and the computer can can select whether or not it will sync your contact information. There's an assumption made that people with different sets of personal information on their phone will be syncing their phones with seperate logins on the desktop. IF both you and your wife use the same login then the desktop will assume that both of you are the same person. It is possible to set up profiles in Outlook to get around that, but that solution is a bit more complex.
TOUCHFLOW- I have to use the Touch Flo menu system to get the big numbers for the time display, as strangely Microsoft has removed this useful feature from the old interface. For me TouchFlo is a menace to use - take for instance:
The one TXT message shown - why that one? and not the most recent, or even the unread ones??? bizarreTouch Flow isn't a Microsoft product. That's a customization that HTC did. I believe the previous clock that you mentioned was the one that was some what iconic on the TyTn II. That was also a HTC (and not Microsoft) product.
Joel Ivory JohnsonIt takes all the running you can do to stay in one place.If you want to get somewhere else,you must try to run at least twice as fast as that.- a suggestion:
i like the basic windows standard today menu (WM 6.5), because it enables a reminder of how many tasks you have, next calendar appt etc, if these items are included in the today menu.
however, there is no favorite contacts widget. it would be good to be able to quickly pull up favorite contacts from the today screen to make a quick phone call. currently, you need to go into contacts and find your contact. there is no differentiation in the degree convenience of calling a frequently or rarely called contact. one needs to get third party apps to get this functionality.
Also, the Notes program should be able to be added to the today screen.
in fact, an important appeal of the today screen is the degree to which it can be customized. as many different types of programs as possible should be able to be added to the today screen.
this is what makes it responsive to individual taste, not the overall pretty look or some predetermined style.
thank you
peter - eeem :-s ... and what about GUI ?????
in windows mobile "theme" is only a background image and tint color of ....
IPhone has veeeeeeeeeeeery interesting and user friendly GUI with animated icons :(((((
iphone is not powerful but its very user friendly
there is some critical Problems in WM (Criticism) :
1- speed (windows Mobile is Very slow)
2- BUGs (all bugs are persist in newer versions)
3- GUI (very basic GUI -like WIN98 :)) - there is no standard theme maker)
4- Windows Mobile operating system cannot be directly upgraded by the user
5- ...
6- ...
....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile#Criticism
Device: MODEL : I-mate Ultimate 6150 ROM: WWE.6.1.3.08 RIL version: 9001_v31.0[M] IPL : 1.00 SPL : 0.733.1 Desktop: OS : Vista SP1 Rating : 4.9 Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness - if you are sending a sms you cant close sms windows (real close) ....
Device: MODEL : I-mate Ultimate 6150 ROM: WWE.6.1.3.08 RIL version: 9001_v31.0[M] IPL : 1.00 SPL : 0.733.1 Desktop: OS : Vista SP1 Rating : 4.9 Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness - For the Phone Book search, how about including A to Z on the top or bottom. Then the user can just click on the first alphabet of what the user is searching for and the phonebook will search out contacts of the alphaet chosen.This instead of scrolling up down and down or pressing the Search button, Press the keypad, select and select.. lots of extra steps.This would be way much faster in searching within the phonebook.
- Iphone is 16M color ....
Windows Mobile is limited to 65K
Device: MODEL : I-mate Ultimate 6150 ROM: WWE.6.1.3.08 RIL version: 9001_v31.0[M] IPL : 1.00 SPL : 0.733.1 Desktop: OS : Vista SP1 Rating : 4.9 Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness - a suggestion:
i like the basic windows standard today menu (WM 6.5), because it enables a reminder of how many tasks you have, next calendar appt etc, if these items are included in the today menu.
however, there is no favorite contacts widget. it would be good to be able to quickly pull up favorite contacts from the today screen to make a quick phone call. currently, you need to go into contacts and find your contact. there is no differentiation in the degree convenience of calling a frequently or rarely called contact. one needs to get third party apps to get this functionality.
Also, the Notes program should be able to be added to the today screen.
in fact, an important appeal of the today screen is the degree to which it can be customized. as many different types of programs as possible should be able to be added to the today screen.
this is what makes it responsive to individual taste, not the overall pretty look or some predetermined style.
thank you
peter
I absolutely agree Peter!
in fact, an important appeal of the today screen is the degree to which it can be customized. ... this is what makes it responsive to individual taste, not the overall pretty look or some predetermined style.
Jack Cook
http://www.experiencemobility.net
http://www.mobilitysite.comWindows Mobile is Basic ??? user friendly ??? professional ??????????
What's the Problem ?????????????????????
WM is 66 of 100 Points !!!
so there is some problems .... there is't ????
we can't say "there is no problems , wm is very good , its inovation"
FROM WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_mobileIn 2004, Windows Mobile accounted for 23% of worldwide smartphone sales.[75] By 2008, its share had dropped to 14%.[76]
Microsoft apparently has 50 handset partners,[78] 80% of the 50 million Windows Mobile devices made have been built by one contract manufacturing group, HTC, which makes handsets for several major companies under their brands, as well as under its own brand.[79]
An October 2009 report in DigiTimes said that Acer will shift its focus from Windows Mobile to Google Android.[83]
ZDnet said that "for all practical purposes, Windows Mobile is a dead platform"',[89]
Device maker HTC Corporation created some work-arounds to allow multi-touch to work on some applications it installed on its Windows Mobile phone. However, Microsoft applications within Windows Mobile 6.5, such as the Internet Explorer web browser will still not work with multi-touch.[104]
The interface of Windows Mobile 6.5 shows jarring inconsistencies, with some applications, such as Windows Media Player, requiring the user to hold a stylus pen to make it operate.[105]
Unlike Windows desktop computers, the Windows Mobile operating system cannot be directly upgraded by the user. Instead, phone owners are at the mercy of their telephone service provider to issue an upgrade, which often does not happen.[106] However, users with hardware that is capable of running the newer Windows Mobile releases, can install the newer releases by using official, unofficial, unmodified or modified firmware files and flashing utilities for their hardware, that can be found at the xda-developers forum.
Several analysts from both Gartner and J.Gold Associates have expressed concern about the long-term future of Windows Mobile.[107] Motorola and Fedex said that Microsoft had given a commitment to continue supporting Windows Mobile, at least for use in rugged industrial devices.[108]
On 25 September 2009, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer indicated that the company "screwed up with Windows Mobile". He lamented that Windows Mobile version 7 was not yet available. He said he had recently changed the Windows Mobile team to try to recoup losses.[109]
A survey by CFI Group showed that Windows Mobile users had a low level of customer satisfaction when compared to users of other smartphones. Out of a possible 100 points, Windows Mobile rated only 66, compared with BlackBerry (73), Palm Pre (77), Google Android (77), and iPhone (83).[110]- Edited byNEWVGAc12 Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:42 PMBUG FIXED
@NEWVGAc12 - There is something wrong with the HTML in your last post that is totally messing up this forum page.
It takes all the running you can do to stay in one place.If you want to get somewhere else,you must try to run at least twice as fast as that.
i have same problem in IE 8.0.7600 but there is no problem with opera (i am using opera Internet browser Instead of Internet Explorer) i think its just like a bug...i cant edit my post (with Internet Explorer ) but there is no problem in opera Internet browser ...now ..what should i do ??? we can report this problem to Internet Explorer Development team@NEWVGAc12 - There is something wrong with the HTML in your last post that is totally messing up this forum page.
It takes all the running you can do to stay in one place.If you want to get somewhere else,you must try to run at least twice as fast as that.
Device: MODEL : I-mate Ultimate 6150 ROM: WWE.6.1.3.08 RIL version: 9001_v31.0[M] IPL : 1.00 SPL : 0.733.1 Desktop: OS : Vista SP1 Rating : 4.9 Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness- some problems from wm (in all wm 03-05-06-6.1 and maybe 6.5 too)
1-when you recive a sms(contained with picture sms) /just Light Up and there is no alert no LED flash
2-when you recive flash sms /just Light Up and there is no information - save conframtion - sender number ...and it will hide automatically
3-when you are on hold /just Light Up and there is no alert no identification Icon and no ...
4-when you are dialing and phone is busy there is no redial conframtion
5-there is no try agin conframtion with "sms sending failed" its very hard to resend failed sms
6-there is no way for editing number that your typing...you cant use left and right buttons to edit one numer and you most erase all numbers
7-there is no way for send sms or do anything else when incoming call (its always ontop - you cant minimize it)
Device: MODEL : I-mate Ultimate 6150 ROM: WWE.6.1.3.08 RIL version: 9001_v31.0[M] IPL : 1.00 SPL : 0.733.1 Desktop: OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Rating : 4.9 Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness - It's not an IE bug. I looked at the HTML that makes up your previous message and it is not well formed HTML. There are some unbalanced and misplaced tags (example: There are <LI> elements all through out the post and such tags should only exists in <OL> or <UL> tags, but you have no <UL> or <LI> tags in the previous post). So it looks tha the method you used to copy and paste the HTML fragments into the message resulted in a malformed message.
Update: I see that you edited the last post. The page is rendering correctly again. Thanks.
It takes all the running you can do to stay in one place.If you want to get somewhere else,you must try to run at least twice as fast as that.
