RSSWindows Mobile 2005 Leaks to the Web
by Ed Oswald
A downloadable copy of Magneto, the code-name for the next version of Windows Mobile, again leaked onto the Internet Wednesday, two months after pictures of Microsoft's new operating system were first reported. Details and screenshots of the new leak have already begun to circle.
Microsoft made waves across the blogging world the last time Magneto details were leaked by sending cease-and-desist letters to several Windows enthusiast sites. "We hereby give notice of these activities to you and request that you take expeditious action to remove or disable access to the material described above," the letter read.
According to reports, however, most of the improvements with Magneto will not be visible.
At CES in January, Bill Gates gave some inkling as to what Windows Mobile 2005 will provide feature-wise, including updated versions of Pocket Word, Excel, and Windows Media player, the addition of a PowerPoint slide viewer, and a new Pictures application.
It is unclear how Microsoft may handle this latest leak as screenshots of Magneto have been up since Monday night. According to sources, however, Windows Mobile 2005 is expected to be shipped to manufacturers shortly and will appear on devices beginning this summer.
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LOL! Screenshot with SPB Pocket Plus Today plugin.
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Many things need to be improved from current version (2003)
- Need battery indicator in main window (maybe near the clock), same as mobile phone battery indicator is OK.
- Need minimize button (not only close X button),
- And can access minimized applications easily.
- Need better active sync (now still many problems, such as cannot copy multiple cascading folders)
- Do not limit menu to 12 only. use cascading menu if needed.
- Option to remove programs which built in in windows but not needed by user.
- Better word and excel file size. I try to change little things using pocket word (example just the header font size), but the file size jump to double from the original size.
- Need password for folders.
- Better Contact and Agenda.
- Built in good image vewer.
- Upgradeable from older version (and not so heavy for 250-300Mhz processor, and 64 Mb memory). or we can install to old hardware. example Toshiba E400.
- How about built it Pdf reader ?
- How about built in Divx ?
And others (please add your suggestions)
Thanks
Additionals (6 jan)
- Options to install country specific language word completions, and options to choose which to use.
- Word completion drop down is better than current word completion which only single.
- Word completion editor, now we cannot edit the word completion if we want, example there is error on sometmes, which must be sometimes
- Zoom for word and others better if 100, 125, 150, instead of jumping from 100 to 150.
- Text size view in Help
- Sand clock is missing, example it is needed when I open 500Kb Word documents, opening 300Kb HTML, etc.
- Make Home as default screenview, instead of current screen view which less usefull like now.
- Release activesinc 4 for windows mobile 2003 first to solve many problems such as cannot copy cascading folders, many word and excel conversion problems, HTML not working correctly, etc.
- Add Screen capture and image editor.
and many others.
Additional ( 8 January)
- Better File explorer: now the file name length is not enough, we need option to show longer name, and option to hide the date which maybe most people did not needed.
- Activesynch need to be able to create folder in the PDA from PC, not must create on the PDA.
- Better memory management, it look like there maybe memory leak, which make my memory run by time. without even adding more data, and I already close the running program,
ETC.
I hope I can get windows mobile 2005 beta PDA so I can give more suggestions.
Report based on Win Mobile 2003, on Toshiba E400.
originally posted on http://www.neowin.net/fo...owtopic=266874&st=0
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The leak probably came from within Microsoft, and odds on it was intentional.
Who better to test the software and find issues in a real world environment than the enthusiasts who seek and put this sort of software to the test?
All the have to do is leak it, and watch for comments, reviews, and such - then they know what the "power users" are finding wrong, and know where to focus... and what problems are quiet enough to sweep under the rug.
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*gasp* ms leak its own software? well thats a first... NOT. windows became the monopoly it is now through many factors, one of which was ms pirating it's own os onto known warez websites
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...software leaks to the web, and will continue to do so. Why? All it takes is one of the thousands of MS employees to leak it. It happened with Windows 2000, Windows XP and Server 2003, and I'm 100% sure it will happen with the final version of "Longhorn" too.
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I'd bet the leak came from a test unit of one of Microsoft's partners.
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