When Windows Mobile 6 was announced, one of the cool new features we noticed was the integrated Internet Calling capabilities. This would theoretically let us use our Windows Mobile phones for voice over IP calls, however, there was no obvious way to set this up nor was there any documentation about what services are supported. Furthermore, when Windows Mobile 6 devices started showing up, most of the carriers hid or removed the Internet Calling feature …
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What Gizmodo Thinks is Wrong with Windows Mobile
Gizomodo has posted some commentary about what’s wrong with Windows Mobile and how versions 7 and 8 are going to fix it. The first problem they have is that the UI is not more like Windows. There’s no easy way of seeing which applications are running, and the general user interface convention of pressing the X button to close an application does not actually cause the application to close. My response to this, is that …
Continue readingChronicles of a Windows Mobile User Gone Symbian: Part 4
One of the things that has always been really difficult to do on a small screened mobile device is browse the web. Many phones don’t even attempt to render full HTML web pages, and the ones that do generally try to reformat the page so that it’s easier for the user to read. Windows Mobile’s Internet Explorer has options to collapse the entire web page into one long-scrolling column. This is great for smaller pages, …
Continue readingChronicles of a Windows Mobile User Gone Symbian: Part 3
It’s great that the Nokia N95 has all of these awesome media features, but what about the phone part? How is it at making calls? Well, it’s pretty simple. When you slide out the keypad in the home screen view, you can dial numbers and then press the call send button like you would on any other phone. However, pressing these number buttons does not offer contact matching options or any kind of call prediction. …
Continue readingThe T-Mobile Shadow: Miller vs. Pogue
Matthew Miller of ZDNET recently posted an article debunking and responding to David Pogue’s review of the T-Mobile Shadow for the New York Times. Pogue seems to have a lot of problems with the Windows Mobile 6 software implementation, and Miller’s article points out his ignorance. Deleting messages seems to be a big deal for Pogue, but I guess he didn’t notice the new “Delete” softkey in the message list or the keyboard shortcuts. For …
Continue readingChronicles of a Windows Mobile User Gone Symbian: Part 2
In part 1 of my experience with the Nokia N95 I talked about some of my frustrations with the syncing and messaging implementation. Now I’d like to talk about some of the impressive features that make the N95 shine. First of all, the multimedia features on this phone are really top notch. It’s got a 5 megapixel camera with a flash. This works better than any other camera phone I’ve used. While the photos are …
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