Kris Kumar
11-11-2007, 02:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2213489,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2213489,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"We've taken Microsoft to task for the company's various faults in Windows Mobile 6. But despite our qualms, it's still our Editors' Choice for the best mobile operating system. Windows Mobile has been around in one form or another for a decade, but only came into its own a few years ago, when Microsoft's policy of encouraging a wide variety of manufacturers to produce smartphones based on the OS really started to pay off. Devices like the T-Mobile SDA, Cingular 8125, and Motorola Q proved that Microsoft was capable of taking on Palm and Research in Motion. ... What does Windows Mobile 6 offer compared with, say, BlackBerry, Palm, and Symbian operating systems? For starters, it integrates beautifully with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office, including out-of-the-box connectivity to corporate Exchange servers. Handsets running WM6 also serve as nifty portable media centers that synchronize well with Windows Media Player. But Windows Mobile's real strength is in its diversity, much as it is Windows' strength in the PC world. Hundreds of developers are working on third-party applications for the platform, and you can find Windows Mobile phones from every carrier in the land in all sorts of different shapes and sizes."</em></p><p><img border="0" alt="" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/spt/auto/1194739715.usr266.jpg" /></p><p>PC Magazine is praising Windows Mobile. Am I surprised by that? Yes. We are living in an era where apparently only Apple and Google can make cool useful products. At least that is what the media wants us to believe. So that is why I have this expression of disbelief when I read a main stream media praising Microsoft and Windows Mobile platform. Windows Mobile has definitely come a long way, and I am happy to see the partners improving the designs especially on the hardware side. Check out this PC Magazine article, the Motorola Q9m and Q9h are second and third respectively on the best Windows Mobile device list. It seems like the PC Magazine editors haven't had the chance to check out the T-Mobile Shadow yet, that would have surely taken the first spot which is currently being occupied by a Windows Mobile Professional device.</p>