arstechnica.com - 3/20/2009
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When Windows Mobile 6.5 was officially revealed last month at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2009 in Barcelona, it sported the honeycomb Start screen that users couldn't quite agree on, even when early screenshots began to leak. Apparently, soon after Microsoft started dogfooding Windows ...
wmpoweruser.com - 3/26/2009
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wmpoweruser.com —
Here are some more shots showing the Windows
Mobile 7 UI as presented in the built-in apps....
The first screen would also be the first to show the look of the Windows Mobile Marketplace. As can be seen it will also play a role in promoting Microsoft’s ...
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More Windows Mobile 7 goodness
blogs.msdn.com - 3/19/2009
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blogs.msdn.com —
Hello, this is Jorge again ready to share
new information about what I’ve been doing since we...
shipped 6.1 and the sliding panel home screen update. Lots have been said already about the end user features of Windows Mobile 6.5 like ...
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Windows Mobile 6.5 – What’s in for developers?
share.skype.com - 3/24/2009
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share.skype.com —
For those of you reading this in an
RSS reader, you can watch the video here ....
You can also grab the embed code if you want to use this video in your own blog. Just over a month ago, I mentioned on this blog that we were gearing up to launch Skype 3.0 ...
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Skype 3.0 Beta for Windows Mobile - Skype Blogs
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Windows Mobile 6.5 Honeycomb Menu Gets De-Honeycombed [Windows Mobile]
Gizmodo —
Now that the public has made their sundry judgments about Windows Mobile 6.5's UI overhaul, Microsoft has made a few changes. Most obviously, they've removed the honeycomb! OH GOD! Well, mostly. The Honeycomb Inexplicably Offset Icon Grid is still arranged in the same way, but the actual honeycomb graphics—that is, the hexagonal icon containers that filled the original matrix—have been done away with. The second most apparent change is the new scrolling behavior, which limits flick scrolling to a page at once to prevent ...
Video: Windows Mobile 6.5 now with less Honeycomb, more Trix
Engadget —
... sure that's an actual improvement. Check it for yourself at about 6:50 into the video posted after the break. [Warning: Silverlight install required] Continue reading Video: Windows Mobile 6.5 now with less Honeycomb, more Trix Filed under: Cellphones Video: Windows Mobile 6.5 now with less Honeycomb, more Trix originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 gets a pre-release facelift
SlashGear —
... and now the lines that separated the touch zones have disappeared and the icons are magnified, making them much easier to read and visualize.
The scrolling function has also been changed to respond more like the iPhone in that the scrolling stops when you stop moving your finger. Windows Mobile 6.5 is expected to be completed next month, so this is a rather significant change for the last minute. You can expect phones that come with Windows Mobile 6.5 in the fall.
[via Ars Technica] ...
Honeycomb be gone!
SolSie.com —
... this week, for the first time, after a product has been shown publicly, Microsoft has decided to change the interface. The icons are getting larger and the honeycomb grid is gone. And the scrolling action also got a minor tweak. Lifting the finger will stop the scrolling action. In the screencast below (Silveright required) entitled "Windows Mobile 6.5 Overview" , the presenter mentions the changes (6:60) [Via Arstechnica ] [image] Leave a comment Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment Notify me of followup comments via e-mail
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