Like Bigfoot, Windows Mobile 6.5 exists. Has same problems.

Gizmodo has Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer yelling “6.5! 6.5!.” We had Moto’s chief spill the beans not too long ago. And here I am talking about it again. What could a “point” upgrade be worth? Certainly not all this, right?

Well, my time with the Samsung Epix on AT&T service has gone pretty well and I’ve hopes 6.5 will bring WinMo out of the dark ages. While the OS has nowhere near the spit shine Apple products do, tons more usability was baked into this release. Things like threading text messages, one touch for speaker phone, using the touchscreen for simple things like unlocking the phone. Now, I am not saying all these things are comperable to other phones, merely just it is possible. All of it was extremely welcome on phones that us corporate drones must use.

Ballmer confirmed a 2009 delivery time for Windows Mobile 6.5 saying, “With releases we’ll make this year – releases we’ll make with 6.5 next year, Windows Mobile 7, I think we have a pretty interesting roadmap.” Sure you do, Steve, sure you do.

Yes, Windows Mobile is still ugly, is just as slow and falls down a lot; just like Bigfoot (but maybe I don’t understand him the way you do). I look to 6.5 to begin the beautification process. Surely Redmond can take a page from HTC right?

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