Windows Mobile OS 6

Windows mobile OS 6 has a lot to say for it. Much more stable then its predecessor, Windows mobile OS 5, it still has some bugs and flaws that prevent it from being a ‘trouble’ free operating system. In its defense, it has come a long way and is pretty far ahead of its ancestors, and does make for relative ease of use on a mobile system. It doesn’t offer anything that I would call ground breaking, most of the apps and abilities it has have been on previous versions, but the stability factor it has over OS 5 has a lot to be said about it by itself. It does offer you some new shortcuts that weren’t previously available and that is nice. There are some of its features that have additional functionality too. Email ability has been improved (HTML Support now…need I say more!) Also, the calendar seems easier to use now with some added functionality not available in earlier versions. The fact that it has mobile Office added to it as well is a welcome addition that I think is long overdue.

One thing that I’m glad they didn’t change is the interface. It looks pretty similar to OS 5, and I like it. It has a nice look to it, very Vista like. It is soft and functional. In fact, OS 6 looks much more Vista like than its ancestor, OS 5. Most of your shortcuts are available at the top of interface, and with the new Google mobile app it adds some much needed functionality to the interface. For one thing, all your most recently used applications are lined up at the top. Overall I’d have to say that the Windows mobile OS 6 is much more user-friendly then previous versions have been. Now that it has been out a couple of years, Microsoft has worked out most of the kinks and I would recommend it. Of course, now they are almost ready to unveil OS 7. It is supposed to come around the mid point of this year. We’ll see if it offers significant improvement over OS 6. In the meantime, enjoy OS 6. I recommend it as a mobile device operating system.