Windows Mobile 5: "Crossbow" Picture Emerges


 

It seems that MSMobilenews.com has acquired a picture of what the next version of what the PDA-OSS of choice for most people will look like. In short, it’s Vista in a smaller screen, which isn’t necessarily a good thing:

windowsmobile5 Windows Mobile 5: "Crossbow" Picture Emerges

Although you can configure it to be set vertically, as shown in this other picture:

windowsmobile5 2 Windows Mobile 5: "Crossbow" Picture Emerges

Even though it looks “nicer”, it appears that Microsoft continues to insist on making their toolbars bigger, when the trend for mobile device screens is to make them wider and thinner. In practical terms, this means that if you’re using the OS horizontally, as shown, a big percentage of your working area will be occupied by that thick toolbar on the top.

I don’t know about you readers, but as soon as I install Windows XP I quickly change it’s theme to one that has a thinner start-menu bar so I can make the most out of the reduced height my wide screen laptop has.

Via Engadget


 

0 Responses to Windows Mobile 5: "Crossbow" Picture Emerges

  1. Jim McTim says:

    No, I tick “Auto-Hide” in the start menu properties. Job done.

  2. I use multi-tasking way too much to get used to that :P

  3. Elisa says:

    Hi people! Great job!
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