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Windows Mobile 6.5 Launched, Panned

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-the-grassroots-support dept.

Barence writes "It's not Windows Mobile 7, but at least it's here. PC Pro has posted its full review of Windows Mobile 6.5, as found on the new HTC Touch2 handset, which is also reviewed. If you're expecting something to challenge Apple OS and Android, prepare for a very large let-down. The damning quote: 'Business users, as much as consumers, deserve a phone that's quick and intuitive to operate as well as one that hooks in neatly to Exchange and Outlook and is easy to manage centrally. If this is the best [Microsoft] can muster in the year-and-a-half's worth of development time since Windows Mobile 6.1 appeared, we'll be dramatically lowering our hopes for Windows Mobile 7.'"

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  1. Re:Great by jimicus · · Score: 4, Informative

    (especially the PIM apps, which were so backwards I don't know how it even got mildly popular as a mobile OS).

    I'll tell you how. Certain managers (who I shan't name) decided they liked Outlook, saw the Microsoft name attached to a mobile phone and thought "Great! Outlook while out of the office!".

    In extreme cases, they are so locked in this mindset that they point-blank refuse to try anything else.

  2. Guess they got lucky then by SuperKendall · · Score: 3, Informative

    To me it's obvious that Apple would be lucky (and quite happy) to capture 10% of the smartphone market...

    Well "Captain Obvious", I guess they got Lucky after all.

    "RIM increased its share of the lucrative (smartphone) market to 19.5% (7.4 million units) from 10.9% while Apple more than doubled its share, up from 5.2% to 10.7% (4.1 million units)."

    That report is from March 2009. Before the 3Gs, and the $99 iPhone 3G...

    So who is that market share eroding from? Windows Mobile.

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