Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3, the touch friendly update to Windows Mobile 6.5, has broken cover. Microsoft showed off the tweaked version of Windows Mobile on a Toshiba TG01 during CES 2010.
Windows Mobile 6.5.3 screen leaked at the end of last year but now Microsoft has seemingly confirmed that it’s set to perk up its mobile OS.
Windows Mobile 6.5 devices like the HTC HD2 have not inspired oodles of excitement since they started to appear back in October. Could Windows Mobile 6.5.3 help?
The Windows Mobile 6.5.3 screens we previously spotted now seem to be official. The enhanced Windows Mobile 6.5.3 UI includes new buttons at the bottom of the screen and a drop down dock to get at system tools while the QWERTY keyboard has had some adjustments.
Check out the video above to see Windows Mobile 6.5.3 in action and let us know what you think. Microsoft has yet to announce when the OS update will go live but it’ll have to be soon with Windows Mobile 7 due this year.
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The HTC HD2 didn’t inspire oodles of excitement, because it had quite a lot of annoying bugs (you can search the web to find details), and its Windows Mobile operating system is not very popular.
The latest Windows Mobile 6.5.3 does not help much, and is mere window dressing. It still uses the same kernel as WinMo 5 did. So it is not optimized for the newer ARM processors, like the Tegra, or the Snapdragon that is inside the HTC HD2. That’s why Windows Mobile disables the Snapdragon’s 720p video hardware, because WinMo’s kernel can’t recognize it.
You’ll notice that on all the Snapdragon phones that run the Android operating system, the 720p processor comes alive.
Microsoft seems unable to make substantial updates for Windows Mobile. Who knows what kind of calamities are going on over there at Redmond.
yes this does seem to still be the ‘Vista’ of the mobile world, maybe mobile 7 we be as good an improvement as windows 7………maybe!
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