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Old 08-12-2009, 09:00 AM
Nurhisham Hussein
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Default New Version Of WM6 After WM6.5?

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/10/...finger-friendl/

"While WinMo 6.5 build 23022 is still pretty clumsy, those finger-friendly (well, at least, "finger-friendlier," or maybe "not as finger-hostile") buttons grace the bottom of the display, and there is an iPhone-esque magnifying glass option for zooming in on and editing text."

While for many WM6.5 is little more than a half-way house to the complete makeover that is WM7, it still represents an advance over the menu driven UI of WM6.1. Whether that's enough to regain the ground lost against WM's competitors is an open question. Now there's rumours of another interim step between WM6.5 and WM7 that will feature some further finger optimzation including: moving the ok/close button to the bottom, a sliding notification popup tray, and a zoom facility. Are these WM7 features being tested on a WM6.5 build, or signs of a new version of WM6? More important (to me at least), is this a potential sign that WM7 will be delayed? I hope not.

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Old 08-13-2009, 01:42 PM
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Nice and useful improvements..... that will not be in 6.5; I just hope that MS will push it as a direct update to the OS and not through manufacturers or, even worse, carriers.

Besides offering this update directly would benefit the image of the OS tremendously...... so probably MS will not do it.
 
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