Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard and Professional Reviewed!

[Prosper]

Just talked to a "Chat Analyst" on the Palm support chat - and he was sure that Microsoft would get the update out, not the manufacturer. o.O

Not sure how much information he actually had about WM in general and the WM6.1 release specifically though.

[Prosper]

Just talked to a "Chat Analyst" on the Palm support chat - and he was sure that Microsoft would get the update out, not the manufacturer. o.O

Not sure how much information he actually had about WM in general and the WM6.1 release specifically though.

[Perry Reed]

It's not bad and I'm glad that my brand new (as of yesterday) Sprint Touch will be among those upgraded. Still, there are a few things I would have liked to see...

- Improvements to the Today screen on WM Pro. Even with add-ins like the HTC panel, it's getting a bit dated.

- Better flagging of messages, to include dates when an item is due, much like in Outlook 2007.

- Better integration of flagged messages and to-do items, again like Outlook 2007.

- I use Exchange server for my email and also Outlook 2007 as my RSS feed reader, which means my RSS feed entries end up as messages I read in WM as emails. With WM5 I could forward them as emails, but I lost that ability in WM6. I'd like it back!

- Support in IE for Flash and Silverlight is great, but I'd really like to see better Javascript support so that AJAX pages will work. Actually, not just AJAX; many sites use Javascript to process logins, like Facebook and Livejournal, and without it you simply cannot login to those sites in WM.

- One thing that bugs me in the email app is that when on the message list, you can use the left menu key to delete a message, but from within a message, you have to hit the right menu and then the action button to select "Delete" from the menu. I wish it were more consistant so that the left menu key always deletes. I don't mind pushing "Reply" to the right menu, especially if it's the top, default item.

- This one may be just a pipe dream, but with all my email getting custom sorted into various folders, and my RSS feeds all going into their own folders, one of my favorite and most used features of Outlook 2007 is the "Unread Mail" search folder. I'd sure love to have that on WM!

- And really, I'd like all-over search on WM, much as in Vista.

- And more finger-friendliness everywhere. This is the age of iPhone, after all!

[eriqcook]

Eh. I could care less about this update. It's amazing I'm caring less about Microsoft updates these days. I used to be excited whenever a new ".x" update came out by Microsoft. They've lost their energy it seems. This is the first Windows Mobile update that I could care less about upgrading to. Aside from the relocated Task Manager, nothing stands out--and certain features like removing "mark unread" option that was easily accesible is plain silly. What is really going on @ Microsoft???

[alese]

I'm using WM 6.1 on my HTC Trinity and there is just one thing that is really good in WM 6.1 compared to WM 6.

It is faster, noticable faster...

[martin_ayton]

Y-a-w-n.

I'm with Eric - there doesn't appear to be anything substantial to this update and I honestly couldn't care less whether T-Mo release this for my Vario 3 or not.

Unless it really is faster... but that wasn't apparent from the YouTube video that Rocco referred to.

Martin.

[adamz]

Originally Posted by Perry Reed

- Support in IE for Flash and Silverlight is great, but I'd really like to see better Javascript support so that AJAX pages will work. Actually, not just AJAX; many sites use Javascript to process logins, like Facebook and Livejournal, and without it you simply cannot login to those sites in WM.

Facebook works for me. It automatically goes to the mobile version, which is great.

Originally Posted by Perry Reed

- One thing that bugs me in the email app is that when on the message list, you can use the left menu key to delete a message, but from within a message, you have to hit the right menu and then the action button to select "Delete" from the menu. I wish it were more consistant so that the left menu key always deletes. I don't mind pushing "Reply" to the right menu, especially if it's the top, default item.

Oh, no! That would be horrible! People are much more likely to REPLY to an open email than delete it. I have excellent spam protection on my accounts and see very very little use of the delete command at all. I would much rather see the "New" command on the message list left softkey and put "Delete" back into the menu where it has been in WM 5.0.

Originally Posted by Perry Reed

- And really, I'd like all-over search on WM, much as in Vista.

This has been in WM Pro since, I believe, 2000. Well, it doesn't search applications though.

[eNigmolysis]

Does anyone know if the 6.1 update will be available in the UK? As a design student I get annoyed with the mediocre effort microsoft put into the design of the WM interface and the continuous recycling of very irritating methods of navigation and alphanumerical input. Having installed the SPB keyboard I have bypassed that problem. When will MS realise that an easy to use interface will improve their product greatly?

[mrasmuss]

Question - I have the Blackjack I with WM 5.0, will I be able to upgrade to 6.1 when it is available? OR will I need to upgrade to 6.0, then upgrade again to 6.1??

[Rocco Augusto]

Originally Posted by mrasmuss

Question - I have the Blackjack I with WM 5.0, will I be able to upgrade to 6.1 when it is available? OR will I need to upgrade to 6.0, then upgrade again to 6.1??

There will be no official Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM for the original Samsung Blackjack. You will have to switch to the Blackjack II if you want an official ROM

[Rapide_23]

Will there be an update for the SGH-i608, since it already runs WM 6?