Arne Hess

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As
announced before, today Microsoft provided a preview to its latest Windows
Mobile version, now called Windows Mobile Second Edition and I'm happy to give
you - who are not able to attend the MDC in San Francisco - a sneak preview of
what you can expect.

Please keep in mind that Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition isn't a complete new OS but also based on Windows CE.Net 4.x; therefore
you will not find so many new features except the display improvements you can
see here:

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Arne Hess

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This is really sweet.  Now it's being a handheld for all types of people... those who want more data... or those who want bigger text.

Carlo

Cesar Fong

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nice shots Arne.. in what device has been installed this version of wm2003 se???

Regards

Cesar

pecos

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Am so glad someone saw the need to update the looks of the pocket pc platform or the way its presented. 

However ,am disappointed as it still doesn't look like XP . We could have seen nicer tool bars and scroll bars . What about the nice green  start icon ?

pocket facelift does  a better job.

APA

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The screen rotation & the higher resolution is really a urgent upgrade. Developing apps for the fixed tiny screen was a pain

Arne Hess

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@pecos: Well, the icon itself is exactly the same as that of XP...  but it does lack the green background which might have been thought to be too heavy for the eyes with such a small screen... Remember it still supports 240x320...

As a consolation though... I you will see the new MRU display looks like that of the XP's. :-)

Carlo

Russ

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Arnie, any idea which version of .net compact framework this release has?

Russ

Arne Hess

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@Cesar Fong: It a Phone Edition... ;-)

@pecos: I'm not sure if I would like to have a XP kind of styled PPC. It's a PDA, not a Tablet PC, therefore I think the look and feel should be lighter, less graphic oriented and therefore faster.

@APA: Not sure if it makes developing easier! Now you have to keep landscape GUIs in mind as well plus different screen resolutions we will see soon. So I'm sure developing for a fixed layout was much easier at all! But anyway - I'm addicted to landscape!

@Russ: To be honest I have no clue but also no information that anything is changed. Therefore I expect the same .NET CF as we had with WM 2003 before.

adamz

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Any Bluetooth improvements? Can you confirm Voice Tags support?  Are those activatable through a Bluetooth headset?

I don't want an XP interface either.  Never liked those waste-of-space graphics. All my XP machines are changed back to a classic theme as soon as they're installed.

Arne Hess

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The version I have here for testing is an early one which use the same Bluetooth like the previous 2003 edition. Therefore I don't know if there are any improvements or not.

Regarding the XP styles - I like them but not on small displays, which might change with the coming VGA resolution for Pocket PCs... ;-)

Marc

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Hi everyone,

I've posted an overview of WM2003 SE with a section concerning HP's upgrade plans for the iPAQ Pocket PC's at this link. http://www.ipaqabilities.co...

Cheers!

Will T Smith

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We need some pictures of the soft keyboard in landscape mode.  Has Microsoft provided a "streteched/flattened" keyboard for input in landscape mode????

Arne Hess

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@Will T Smith: You can check out the other screenshots at http://www.theunwired.net/index.p...

Mabuhay!!! ~ Carlo

SHoTTa35

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Hey Arne, in this SS:

http://www.theunwired.net/images/...

Is that by default or did you set up your start menu that way?

Arne Hess

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That's a good question! No, it's not by default but my personal preference on how to sort the apps on my Pocket PC and Smartphone like I also have it on my PC and Notebook!

So I have these folders in both, the start and the Programs folder.