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Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3 change log [Capacitive screen support]

Categories: Windows Phone
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 1:54 PM

Earlier today Sony Ericsson announced the Aspen, the first official Windows Mobile smartphone to run version 6.5.3 of Microsoft’s mobile operating system. What’s different compared to other versions of Windows Mobile? Mary-Jo Foley from All About Microsoft, arguably the best Microsoft related blogger out there, went ahead and asked Microsoft and without any hesitation they sent her this list:

Ease of Use features

* Capacitive touchscreen support
* Platform to enable multitouch
* Touch controls throughout system (no need for stylus)
* Consistent Navigation
* Horizontal scroll bar replaces tabs (think settings>system>about
screen)
* Magnifier brings touch support to legacy applications
* Simplified out-of-box experience with fewer steps
* Drag and drop icons on Start Screen

IE Browser Performance

* Page load time decreased
* Memory management improved
* Pan & flick gestures smoothed
* Zoom & rotation speed increased

Quality and Customer Satisfaction features

* Updated runtime tools (.NET CF 3.5, SQL CE 3.1)
* Arabic read/write document support
* Watson (error reporting) improvements and bug fixes

Not the most exciting update, but capacitive touch screen support is a big one. Lots of people complain about resistive screens, so this should shut them up. With only 13 more days until Mobile World Congress, we’re still left wondering what Windows Mobile 7 might bring to the table. Will it give Apple that swift kick in the ass they deserve?

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • roiji

    what i want for WinMo to update or support is more colors… WinMo ruins my AMOLED screen T_T

  • Svelpur

    I wanted to enable the system log just like on PC environment. Not the application/call log or event logs. we are working on WM 6.5.3 based embedded product.