There's been a fair bit of talk about Windows Mobile 6. Possibly, however, just because it's something "new" and it is one number up on Windows Mobile 5 (which has been around for a few years now).
This afternoon I was quite excited when I managed to get my hands on the ROM update (firmware) for Windows Mobile 6 for the Palm Treo 750 - one of Telstra's Next G PDAs. I've used several different Windows Mobile 5 devices, and so was looking forward to seeing the differences that WM6 brought to the Treo. The ROM was only a pre-release (as it's not due in Australia for several months yet) and so I was told there'll likely be some differences to the final copy.
The upgrade was semi complex - I was hoping for a self install program that I just ran on the PC with the device connected. But no such luck. Instead, I had to place the 85MB ROM onto a miniSD card, put that in the device, hold down a combination of buttons to reset it to boot from the SD card. Kinda cool actually. It updated itself without fail (thank goodness... I wouldn't have looked forward to walking into work with a $1200 brick on Monday morning).
I anticipated some sweet changes as it started up, now running WM6......... but was bitterly disappointed. From my point of view and having spent about 10-15 mins playing around with it, it just seems to be the same as WM5, but with a bit of a colour change, a minor face lift... and that's about it. I'm guessing there's a whole lot of background changes, because the general usage feels slightly quicker. But it's definitely something that could've passed as a service pack or something... not a brand new version of software.
So all in all, quite an anti-climax!
update #1: Just read Wiki and noted that WM6 supports HTML email. That is actually awesome. Keen to see that in action next week once I get back to work.
update #2: Unfortunately, the over-cautious IT people at Telstra have blocked the ability to receive HTML email. That sucks.
This afternoon I was quite excited when I managed to get my hands on the ROM update (firmware) for Windows Mobile 6 for the Palm Treo 750 - one of Telstra's Next G PDAs. I've used several different Windows Mobile 5 devices, and so was looking forward to seeing the differences that WM6 brought to the Treo. The ROM was only a pre-release (as it's not due in Australia for several months yet) and so I was told there'll likely be some differences to the final copy.
The upgrade was semi complex - I was hoping for a self install program that I just ran on the PC with the device connected. But no such luck. Instead, I had to place the 85MB ROM onto a miniSD card, put that in the device, hold down a combination of buttons to reset it to boot from the SD card. Kinda cool actually. It updated itself without fail (thank goodness... I wouldn't have looked forward to walking into work with a $1200 brick on Monday morning).
I anticipated some sweet changes as it started up, now running WM6......... but was bitterly disappointed. From my point of view and having spent about 10-15 mins playing around with it, it just seems to be the same as WM5, but with a bit of a colour change, a minor face lift... and that's about it. I'm guessing there's a whole lot of background changes, because the general usage feels slightly quicker. But it's definitely something that could've passed as a service pack or something... not a brand new version of software.
So all in all, quite an anti-climax!
update #1: Just read Wiki and noted that WM6 supports HTML email. That is actually awesome. Keen to see that in action next week once I get back to work.
update #2: Unfortunately, the over-cautious IT people at Telstra have blocked the ability to receive HTML email. That sucks.
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that heading is extremely nerdy! but cool
I have just upgraded mine and it was really easy to do. But and you there is one coming, I seem to have lost my NextG connection. It works fine in 3G mode but will not pick up NextG.