Fresh Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots
By Chakkaradeep Chandran, 13 February 2009 - 12:04 39 comments
Mobile World Congress is not far away and we have had already many screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.5 leak. Except for the new Honeycomb interface, the screenshots didn't look that good. pocketpc.ch have managed to install the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 in HTC Touch HD and have provided with some high-quality screenshots which certainly looks better than the previous ones leaked.
Enjoy these screenshots for now without that (cute) bird in the background!
The Home Screen
Home screen with missed calls info
Device locked
Home screen with the music player
Honeycomb interface
Option to move an item to top in the Honeycomb
And the inner-honeycomb after you open Office Mobile folder in the above screenshot
Honeycomb in landscape mode
Incoming Call
Missed Call and other reminders
Full QWERTY Keyboard with WLAN Configuration
Mailbox
Images Courtesy: pocketpc.ch
Comments (39)
kiddingguy - 13 February 2009 - 14:26
sweet. wonder if it's a free upgrade to my htc touch diamond.
DanCADMan - 13 February 2009 - 14:55
Those are great screen shots!
Marshalus - 13 February 2009 - 15:01
The touch screen keyboard is a bit... ugly?
+Kirkburn - 13 February 2009 - 16:09
Well, it's readability over prettiness, but yeah ... courier? Eww.
(It appears to be the large version too, I expect there's a smaller version available)
ramik - 13 February 2009 - 16:21
This is the HTC Touch keyboard and has nothing to do with WM6.5, it is available on HTC touch series since some time..
ShadowlineDesigns - 13 February 2009 - 17:10
The board is from HTC, I am using it on my Kaiser/Tilt... Though those arrows arent present in it...
profets - 13 February 2009 - 15:05
looks like some promising improvements so far. i hope they have even better plans for wm7.. i'd really like to see everything finger touch based. no more need for stylus please
LTD - 13 February 2009 - 15:08
More of the same, really.
profets - 13 February 2009 - 15:39
at least the bird is gone in these screenshots, lol
+Kirkburn - 13 February 2009 - 16:10
LTD, you really don't have any experience of Windows Mobile, do you?
LTD - 13 February 2009 - 16:21
Doesn't look like there's a whole lot to experience.
+Kirkburn - 13 February 2009 - 17:08
Oh you're very drole today, aren't you. Can't you just leave Microsoft-related topics alone for all our sakes?
GP007 - 13 February 2009 - 22:12
I think the new screenshots with the updated UI look like a great move up from winmo 6.0 and 6.1.
LTD is posting "more of the same" bias apple fanboy comments.
The update looks cleaner, more touch friendly and most important simple. Anyone who's used WinMo or even Windows can go through and use that device without any problems.
ObiWanToby - 13 February 2009 - 15:30
I just hope the performance is improved. They need a "Windows 7" of phone oses.
ilaugh - 14 February 2009 - 06:31
Done:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/is-this-windows-mobile-7/
It will arrive on new phones next year, and a private beta will be released this year.
ivdubvr6i - 13 February 2009 - 15:56
I like the new direction they are going, however what is with the inconsistencies with their UI lately... Some screenies the menus are transparent/opaque while others they are solid black. They did similiar UI enhancements to 6.1, the default 6.1 theme the top is a solid color while the bottom has a "glassed" look to it...
GP007 - 13 February 2009 - 22:15
You don't get it? In the screenshots that have a solid black menu are ones where you have a menu or an app open. When you're back to the home screen they are transparent showing that you don't have anything "open".
That's how I see it.
JonathanMarston - 13 February 2009 - 16:00
I'm still not sure about that honey comb. It looks alright I guess, but how is that more functional than a grid? Seems more like a waste of space...
The other changes look nice. Generally more touch-friendly and a bit more pleasing to the eye.
+Kirkburn - 13 February 2009 - 16:11
I can imagine that a grid may be more touch friendly - for example, your finger is more of a circle than a rectangle.
ilaugh - 13 February 2009 - 16:21
From PocketNow:
"What's with the hexagonal honeycomb style application icon layout in the new Windows Mobile 6.5 leaked screenshots we've seen? Was this design implemented purely for the sake of being different? What's the point?
Well, there actually is a point. If you'll notice, there are no more scrollbars in the honeycomb interface. However, with the hexagon-shaped grid layout, you are easily able to recognize a pattern to the layout and instantly see that the pattern continues towards the bottom of the screen. That visual cue should indicate to users that they can pan in that direction in order to see more icons. The areas where the hexagonal grid pattern do not continue are obviously the limits to the content dimensions.
Most other touch-scrolling smartphone operating systems really don't take these kinds of usability issues into account. Android and the iPhone's scrollable lists really have no visual indication that they are continuous since the lists simply stop at the bottom of the screen. Microsoft's design makes it instantly clear to new users that this pattern can be panned."
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_de...&t=news&id=6820