{"id":189,"date":"2007-02-07T22:58:05","date_gmt":"2007-02-08T08:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/07\/windows-mobile-6\/"},"modified":"2007-02-07T23:23:47","modified_gmt":"2007-02-08T09:23:47","slug":"windows-mobile-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/07\/windows-mobile-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Mobile 6?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" alt=\"WM6 Home Screen\" id=\"image188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/wm6home.png\" \/>The wraps are off of Windows Mobile 6 (WM6). Other sites will give it much fuller coverage than I will. So, I won&#8217;t focus on new features. If you want to read about that and see more screenshots, take a look at some of the items on the <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketpcthoughts.com\/\">Pocket PC Thoughts<\/a> site as well as many other great sites that focus on Windows Mobile. ModernNomads, for example, has a detailed WM6 description for you to read in the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernnomads.info\/articles\/read.php?article_id=15\">What will Windows Mobile 6 bring for the highly mobile people?<\/a><br \/>\nMy limited experience with WM6 left me lukewarm. I suspect it is because I am not a Microsoft Exchange Server user. From a non-enterprise user perspective, WM6 will probably seem like Windows Mobile 5 Second Edition: Nice little enhancements, a smattering of new features in the mail and PIM areas, and a slightly different  start page look.<\/p>\n<p>With WM6 devices set to roll out after the Apple iPhone, WM6 may look like less of an upgrade by the time devices get past the FCC, through the carriers&#8217; test cycles, and actually are available for purchase by consumers and businesses. Businesses, especially those using Exchange Server, will definitely prefer a Windows Mobile 6 device to the Apple iPhone. They won&#8217;t be limited to a single carrier (only Cingular will carry the iPhone), be able to add custom applications, have a wide-base of third-party applications to choose from, and have reasonably well documented practices to manage the devices in an enterprise setting.<\/p>\n<p>But for consumers? That will be interesting. Although we&#8217;ve heard howls of protest at the iPhone&#8217;s $499 and $599 price points, consider this&#8230; The Cingular 8525 and Palm Treo 750 (both touch screen Windows Mobile 5 devices) cost $399.99 (after subsidizing is figured in). That is not much less than the lower-end iPhone. And, neither one has 4GB of storage like the low-end iPhone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wraps are off of Windows Mobile 6 (WM6). Other sites will give it much fuller coverage than I will. So, I won&#8217;t focus on new features. 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