8
Feb
2010
WinMo Maldives: Better Than We Thought
Just because the number was changed to 6.5.3 does not mean that the Maldives update is any less than it would have been if it retained the previously announced 6.6 designation –or so Microsoft would want us to believe. Obviously, the pressure to prematurely bring out the update for the upcoming Mobile World Congress this month at Barcelona, Spain would have forced some features out the Window.
Still, from what has been announced about version 6.5.3, there seems to be a lot to look forward to with the OS. For those who may remember, WinMo 6.5 and previous versions of the operating system had plenty of critics due to the way the user interface was made. It was designed to be used with resistive touch screens and stylus controls. This made for small icons and buttons that were hard to press if the user was using a finger –which made using WinMo incompatible with capacitive touch screen phones. The HTC HD2 had a workaround using a skinned WinMo OS with the HTC Sense user interface.
Anyway, the Maldives update has been looked forward to since it was originally announced and it looks like we are going to see it active on a device during the MWC.
This week, it was announced that the Sony Ericsson Aspen with be the very first mobile phone to have the 6.5.3 version of WinMo. The business edition smart phone will come equipped with a 2.4 inch touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard –a nice match for the Windows Mobile OS. Maldives is reported to be compatible with gestures, multi touch and other finger input commands –a vast improvement over the previous version which relied heavily on the use of a stylus.
Read more about the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Maldives and its’ new features from Tech Radar.
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