Microsoft released a new upgrade for their Marketplace for Mobile application. In short, not much changed. Nothing you can tell, I should say. There were some heavy bug fixes that were more prominent in certain devices over others. Either way, it’s a good idea to install this update, regardless of your Windows Mobile 6 version (6.0, 6.1, 6.5).
Before you even try to do this, you should make sure that your Pocket PC or Smartphone can browse the web with its 3G/GPRS. If it’s not working, then fix it or get it somehow. Some carriers (especially in the US) might require you to active this feature.
Here is how to share your Windows Mobile phone’s internet connection with laptop:
Not a whole lot was changed in the Windows Mobile 6.1 to 6.5 upgrade. That’s why it was only a 0.5 upgrade. Microsoft has some work to do, but I have a strong feeling that they know this.
The overall user interface is slightly different from 6.1. It almost looks like they smashed the Zune UI and Windows Mobile 6.1 UI together.
SMS Messaging and e-mail were left pretty much untouched.
A new lock screen allows you to view missed calls and text messages with a simple swipe of your locked device. A small improvement over 6.1.
Lastly, the most obvious change is the “honeycomb” redesign of the start menu. In order to make their OS more touch friendly, they created a honeycomb style display. The idea behind this is to make it more touch friendly. Users won’t be accidentally opening programs as much since the icons are farther away from each other.
Hot off the press is the HTC Touch Pro 2 update to Windows Mobile 6.5. HTC published an official 6.5 ROM for the HTC Snap.
Once again the update is a ROM update that will clear all data on your device and replace the current Operating System with the new one.
After a long wait it’s finally available from the support section of the Toshiba site: