[deemota]

Gee, what would I change about WM6? Ummm, I don't know- maybe release it.... Are you listening Palm? My Treo 750 is in need of a tune-up...

[deemota]

Gee, what would I change about WM6? Ummm, I don't know- maybe release it.... Are you listening Palm? My Treo 750 is in need of a tune-up...

[jasoncli]

Working alarms & working notifications right out of the box. I am soooo tired of missing appointments because I rely upon my PDA to be a PDA and miss an appointment. I use AlarmToday and it helps but still only 90% of my alarms go off.

[Kacey Green]

Originally Posted by SkyBoy

#1 thing to change, why did they make the left softkey in Calendar the "Reply" button?!?!?!?!? there is no "reply" function in the calendar! why did they waste the softkey on a useless function?!? it should be "new"
slightly related is their decision to make the left softkey in Messaging the "Delete" function. because of the confirmation step, it takes 2 steps to delete. under WM5 it took 2 steps to delete (menu-delete). they managed to reduce 2 steps to 2 steps. now THAT's progress! and now, the "new" function takes 3 steps (instead of 1 in WM5). once again, progress!

If your device has a keyboard, you can just hold down the "D" key for one second and you can delete items without getting the confirmation dialog.

[TheMouseMan]

Below is my Top 3 issues. I have not yet had a WM6 device in my hands... (but that fact that my list is not related to any particular version of the OS just shows that MS could/should have fixed it loooong ago).

1) Most important!!! Microsoft to disallow PDA manufacturers to tamper with the OS. Device specific features to be included as .cab-files. Hopefully thereby make OS upgrades easier available to all (with only minor hardware restrictions - i.e. fair enough that an iPAQ 2215 cannot run Windows Mobile 8.0). 8)

2) Microsoft to employ Chris McKay (www.lakeridgesoftware.com) - and give him a small team of excellent geeks to lead (and pay him a lot!!!). We could then see Wisbar Advance as an integrated part of Windows Mobile... SWEEEEET!!! 0X

3) MS to impose minimum requirements to PDA manufacturers with respect to memory (256/512 mb might be extreme at present... but... :roll: ). MS has a monopoly on the PDA OS - use/abuse it for the sake of the end user (for once!) :devilboy:


All for now - have to get back to work!!!

- TheMouseMan

[TOCA]

Originally Posted by TheMouseMan

Below is my Top 3 issues. I have not yet had a WM6 device in my hands... (but that fact that my list is not related to any particular version of the OS just shows that MS could/should have fixed it loooong ago).

- TheMouseMan

Oh yes, spot on 8)

1) I have a Orange SPV1000, for which I can not get anny ROM updates, since Orange is no longer operating in my country, and no one has taken over the support for their devices :evil: I know there are newer ROM versions out there, but not for that exact model

2) Sweet and then some 8)

3) And devices with WiFi should have at least 400MHz CPU, to support deasent VoIP/Skype :!:

[wbuch]

1. Have the D-pad actually do something in the phone app (like Up for call history, Down for speed dial, etc).

2. For alarms, have an option to a) set the amount of snooze to *any* value you want (rather than just their preset values) and b) to be able to go to the relevant item (task, appt, etc).

[Russ Smith]

ScottCC makes some good points. Before MS released the first OS labled Pocket PC, they did a huge market research project. They talked to people who were using WindowsCE devices. They talked to people who were using Palm devices. They even talked to people who had bought and returned said devices. The result was a pretty decent user interface for the time. MS needs to open the channels _very_ wide to user input. Of course they'll get a lot of "It doesn't work." without the "how", but they'd also learn a thing or two about how their products are really used and what would make us jump to upgrade or buy new.

Along with the ideas previously suggested, I'd add a few really wild ones:
* How about some way to look at the WM device as your _primary_ PIM point as opposed to an adjunct to your desktop? Major changes in ActiveSync/Windows Mobile Device Center would be required, especially doing away with the "erase everything on the handheld when you stop synching it" polixy.
* See my "Synch-less" thread for a really odd/wild idea.
* Buy out DataViz or just license their "Documents to Go" so synching docs doesn't lose formatting and so you can read native desktop formats.
* Through it all, keep in mind that customers buy these devices to have quick, easy access to their data on the go. To that end, make sure you don't lose instant-on operation and streamline the user interface for faster (and less confusing) navigation. (As mentioned above, watch some real users to find out where the bottlenecks are.)