Windows mobile 6.5

Windows mobile 6.5 Smartphones Coming Soon, But What Will They Bring? Unless you are into the habit of flashing your windows mobile phone with user-made ROMs there currently is no Windows Mobile 6.5 device out there yet. If you are interested in flashing your Windows Mobile device by the way, check out the following website (only the best website there is for custom ROMs (made by people other than phone companies): search for XDA-Developers. But Microsoft has announced that the first Windows Mobile Smartphone's are just around the corner. 6 October is the date. So what is all the fuss about? What will they bring to the table that we haven't already seen in 6.1? Windows Marketplace Well for starters; Windows Marketplace (see screenshot below). Windows Mobile users will finally have proper way to get over the air applications and games, payed and free. Microsoft is quite the late bloomer in this department as both iPhone OS and android mobile phones have had applications shops for more than a year now. Let's hope there will be a bit of a catch-up in development soon. Handsets like the HTC Touch HD have had little attention from mobile game developers, of course there are exceptions. New home screen Windows Mobile 6.5 by default features a new home screen called Titanium. It's very finger friendly and looks to be beautiful and smooth to the eye. From the new homescreen you can control all of your phone functions like SMS, E-Mail, SMS and more. New lock screen The new lock screen offers a new slide left or right to unlock, which is very finger friendly. Not only does the lock screen allow for a nice unlock mode, but also shows the current background you are using for your home screen. You can also see a battery, sound and reception indicator in the top right of the screen. Next to these features the lock screen offers notifications for SMS, voicemail, missed calls and new e-mail. The great thing is that like how you unlock the phone with sliding to the left or right (as indicated by the arrows in the screenshot, you can also slide the missed calls, sms, voicemail and e-mail notifications to the left or right. This will take you directly to the notification you decided to drag. The phone will unlock and you will see your item directly. Kinetic scrolling Next to some other smaller UI tweaks Microsoft has made for Windows Mobile 6.5 one of the better ones is system wide kinetic scrolling. This means that when you scroll your contacts, a website, or just a file structure of any type it will not only look a lot better than before but also feel much more natural. What the kinetic scrolling really means is that when for example you give your phone a quick 'flick' and move your finger really fast, the list you are navigating will gain a much bigger acceleration, speed and longevity then for example a soft touch would. For all us Windows Mobile 6.5 enthusiasts lets hope Windows Mobile 6.5 will not disappoint and brings some great hardware and software with it in the near future. For more information, screenshots/videos see: http://www.htc-smartphone.net/windows-mobile-6-5-smartphone%E2%80%99s-coming-soon-but-what-will-they-bring/ ---------------------------------------- The Samsung Omnia Lite is Highly Anticipated The Samsung Omnia Lite is a phone with a majestic style and feel to it. The phone offers a comprehensive list of functions all packed within a small and effervescent unit. The handset measures in at 107 mm x 51 mm wide whilst being 12 mm thick. At 103 grams in weight it is lightweight too. The handset uses the ARM 1176 667MHz processor whilst the operating system is the well known Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, which can be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5. The centre piece of the phone is its 3.0 inch TFT resistive touch screen which has the ability to display up to 65,000 colours. The Touchwiz user interface deployed with the phone is version 2 and is simple to use and responsive to touch. Auto rotation of images to their correct aspect for viewing is facilitated by the accelerometer sensor. The camera is a 3.15 mega pixel camera, which operates at 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution. The handset comes with additional features such as auto focus, Geo tagging and smile detection which helps to ensure pictures taken are of the best quality available. Anyone who prefers the ability to record video will be pleased with the ability of this handset to capture video. Quality of the recording is VGA quality and at 30 frames per second. Video calling is also available by virtue of a secondary camera. Internet access is provided by HSDPA and Wi-Fi capabilities. Wi-Fi ensures that access can be provided via nationally available hotspots. GPRS, EDGE and HSCSD are also included. Whilst the addition of the universally available Blue tooth and microUSB ensures compatibility and connectivity with suitably enabled devices for file transfer and synchronisation purposes. An MP3/MP4 player and FM stereo radio provide media entertainment, with the majority of audio formats catered for including MP3/AAC and WMA as well as DviX/MP4 and WMV9 video formats also catered for. The phone also provides a document viewer, voice memo facility as well as an organiser and a TV out. GPS with A-GPS support provides navigational support. The Samsung Omnia Lite is a comprehensive handset which ticks all the right boxes. Its feature packed which ensures the owner will be fully occupied. The simple and effective use of the functionality is down to a simplistic navigation and access system which is integral to the phones desirability The author writes on a variety of subjects including the Samsung Omnia Lite, Samsung OmniaLITE More info http://www.phoneslimited.co.uk/Samsung/B7300+Omnia+Lite.html http://www.phoneslimited.co.uk/Samsung/B7300+Omnia+Lite.html