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Windows Mobile 6.5 Launched, Panned
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.'"
Seriously people. The shipping version is always "just a stopgap" with Microsoft. It's always the NEXT version that will be the Next Big Thing(TM). This is what keeps everyone hanging on. It allows CIOs and IT managers to address user complaints and keep competing products out while covering their asses. "Hey, Microsoft is the industry standard. Besides, just wait for the next version!". No one ever got fired for recommending Microsoft, after all.
Who knows though, with Linux finally getting some much-needed polish and OS X maturing, not to mention Android and-the-like coming into their own on mobile devices, maybe people are starting to wake up to the alternatives.
Nah...
"terrorism" and "pedophilia" are the root passwords to the Constitution
Microsoft are some kind of joke company.
No. Microsoft are an abuse company. They are supremely good at selling software that abuses their users. They're very successful at that...