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As you probably remembers, we all went bunkers this time of year, some time ago, because all the new machines were starting to emerge, with the latest version of WinMob or Win for PPC, but then HTC went solo, and new machines started to pop up on a monthly basis, all year long, taking some of the exitement of waiting for news away.
Around the same time, MS decided to make a brand new way of running WM, instead of just improving on what was already there, just like when we went from 9x to XP on our PC's, and the next version will be the Vista of PDA's. The good thing about going to WM5 was that we got rid of the loss of data when the power went, but at the cost of sheere speed when opening apps, and even the boot time became vissible.
Add to that, the fact that we now have just about every feature build in to all devices (WiFi, GPS, Keyboard, Camera, Cellphone........), so what is there to wish for in the next generation? Back then we got new build in gizmos every year, but now they all have every thing, so why upgrade. WM6 didn't bring any ground braking news to WM5, so that wouldn't lure any one, like WM5 did to WM2003SE, which gave landscape mode to WM2003 which gave better network support to Win2002 for PPC, etc. etc.
Now Apple has set the bar for what a non geek user device should look like, and how a sleek GUI should look, and some WM OEM's are all over the place trying to make their devices look like Iphones, just like they did every thing to make them look like Blackberries a few years ago.
But what are we realy waiting for in the next PPC, do we realy want an Iphone clone, or is it a better browser that is on top of the wish list? For me it's the perfect support for external displays/projector and a mouse, which is the last missing piece to make my PPC a full Laptop replacement. A WM version of App store/Itunes to make application install a breze to non power users wouldn't hurt (I think), and let us choose what GUI we like. I can see the point in the Touch Flo, but I don't want it, I have learned to tweak the WM UI to my liking, and I like it that way, just like I like to personalise my PC desktop.
The last device that got me worked up, was the Ipaq 210, and I bought it and like it. As a power user a big screen is the thing for me because it makes it finger friendly and readable, only whish it had a build in phone/modem.
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