[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by SteveHoward999

2 years and everybody wets their pants over HTML email? The only email I get that 'needs' to be viewed as HTML is the SPAM. If this is the only thing your average user is going to be excited about, I'll be happily avoiding this version ..

It isn't the only thing, but many will like it. I hate getting my eReader.com newsletters on the device because until now, they were worthless. You can turn it off. WHen you set up an email account, HTML and Text are your receiving options, so you aren't forced to view HTML.

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by SteveHoward999

2 years and everybody wets their pants over HTML email? The only email I get that 'needs' to be viewed as HTML is the SPAM. If this is the only thing your average user is going to be excited about, I'll be happily avoiding this version ..

It isn't the only thing, but many will like it. I hate getting my eReader.com newsletters on the device because until now, they were worthless. You can turn it off. WHen you set up an email account, HTML and Text are your receiving options, so you aren't forced to view HTML.

[mm]

Will WM6 Word application be able to read the "new" Office Word docs? I heard that the WM5 Word will not be able to read Office 2007 docs. Excel too?

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Avalanche

Using it for 2 month(s) now! How do we get it?

I can't speak for him, but more than likely it's an illegal ROM leak (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). You won't find us posting instructions on how to do that here.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by mm

Will WM6 Word application be able to read the "new" Office Word docs? I heard that the WM5 Word will not be able to read Office 2007 docs. Excel too?

No, unfortunately it won't read the new document formats at the moment. :?

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Lex

BUT - - Will alarms and reminders sound on time and does 'X' really close ?

The "X" doesn't close (and never will)...regarding alarms, it's a bit too early to say, but let's hope so.

[bnycastro]

I don't think any OEM will be offering WM5 to WM6 upgrades, they want us to buy new devices after all [I've given up on OS upgrades]
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It's good to hear that the Smartphones will be getting Word, Excel support finally!
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I hope we see more Crossbow devices soon [not old devices with Crossbow but the new toys :P].

[huangzhinong]

Originally Posted by Avalanche

Hey!

Are we just going to ignore Huangzhinong's
comment?

Using it for 2 month(s) now!

How do we get it?

You shouldn't. Check www.xda-developers.com, thousands of people are using wm6 now.

[bnycastro]

WM6 files have been removed but the discussion is still there [WM6 on Wizard Thread] it's quite long

[JonnoB]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

I believe it is a read-only HTML, using PIE to render. Don't think an HTML composition window is part of the package. So, you can't send out more than plain text, but when you get a newsletter, you can at least see something resembling what was intended. In fact, if you click on the link that allows you to edit the HTML that came in as part of your reply, it converts it to text at that point.

Hmmm, well that put a real damper on it. In my office and in between offices, we send emails back and forth and use color, font type, size, etc to communicate ideas. HTML email is excellent for spammers I know, but it is also a real productivity tool. Currently, I hate it when someone says to view their comments in red and I cannot see what is red! Even in this forum, we can use forum codes to highlight and bring attention to certain aspects of our post. I guess at least we can read the message, but once responded to, all of the original content is lost. This is just like the round-trip formatting loss on Word and Excel files. I don't understand the half-way implementation...

[melsam [MS]]

Originally Posted by JonnoB

Hmmm, well that put a real damper on it. In my office and in between offices, we send emails back and forth and use color, font type, size, etc to communicate ideas. HTML email is excellent for spammers I know, but it is also a real productivity tool. Currently, I hate it when someone says to view their comments in red and I cannot see what is red! Even in this forum, we can use forum codes to highlight and bring attention to certain aspects of our post. I guess at least we can read the message, but once responded to, all of the original content is lost. This is just like the round-trip formatting loss on Word and Excel files. I don't understand the half-way implementation...

Jonno: even though you cannot edit html, existing formatting will not be lost. Your original (sender's) message is kept intact and will persist the highlighting and formatting it came with. ONLY if you want to edit text inline will you lose existing formatting.

-Mel