I have been using WM6 for 2 month now, and I have to say I am very impressed. There is one thing the post didn't mention: speed. WM6 is much faster than WM5. HTML email, smartdialing (smarter than HTC smartdialer 1.0), becautiful icons, new email wizard and fast responses make it a must-have upgrade for WM5 users. BTW, the updated calendar is very nice too.
That will only encourage HTC and other penny-pitchers to use TI OMAP 210 Mhz processors and kill all the good agood thing in the name of a profits! 0X
> 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!
*obviously* it won't help _you_ in your office, but there are PLENTY of ways to make comments etc completely clear without the need to use HTML
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 ..
I'm getting a lot of newsletters in HTML, and they mostly loose their readabillity when converted to txt, so the possibillity to receve HTML mail, is a big thing for me 8)
I know that most spam is also HTML, but with a reasonable filter on the server, that is not a big problem, and maybe some day we will see a spam filter for PPC's as well?
I have been using WM6 for 2 month now, and I have to say I am very impressed. There is one thing the post didn't mention: speed. WM6 is much faster than WM5. HTML email, smartdialing (smarter than HTC smartdialer 1.0), becautiful icons, new email wizard and fast responses make it a must-have upgrade for WM5 users. BTW, the updated calendar is very nice too.
Does software made for WM5 work on WM6? Have you tried installing Flash player for WM5 on WM6?
*obviously* it won't help _you_ in your office, but there are PLENTY of ways to make comments etc completely clear without the need to use HTML
This is a "classic" argument with people on both sides of the fence. The reality is though that people ARE using HTML for email whether you like it or not, so people being able to read it on Windows Mobile devices is important. No one says you have to use it, but scolding others for being excited about it is a bit, well, odd. :wink:
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• Internet sharing: there's a new built-in application to make using your device as a modem much easier
This is the bullet that caught my eye. Using my WM phone as a modem has always been a nightmare - and just try asking Cingular for help. Thier usual response is "Oh, you have to pay for unlimited data access at $80 per month for that feature," which is, of course, complete BS.
Mobile Office on Smartphone is the other big feature I'd love to have on my 3125. It's pretty inexcusable that they limited it to PPC devices. Were they waiting for more Smartphones to have keyboards?
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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.
That is good to know... but it still lessens the ability for me to send messages with emphasis which defeats at least half of the value of html/rich email. I hope that this is just a step towards a final complete solution or perhaps an app like FlexMail will fill in the rest of the way. Also note that many people do occasionally do inline editing in a similar way that people use quoting on this forum people like to use the inline editing available in the desktop Outlook whereby people's name or initials are inserted in color along with the edits. Mostly, I at least want to respond and have the ability to select font and color.
As I see it, the original html email will be kept intact on a reply. Even if inline editing were not allowed, why not use the Mobile Word engine to create a richtext reply and combine the richtext response with the original email at the server?
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