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Hobbbbit · 05-11-05, 01:57 PM

This fact sheet doesn't actually include anything that I would care about in WM 5. Things I'm looking forward to are:
.NET Compact Framework 2.0. Based on the tests done with CF 2.0 beta, it was at least twice faster then 1.0/1.1. More then that it includes a lot of new features, like auto docking and anchoring of controls (you can make an application look the same in qVGA and VGA, not just a quarter of the screen in VGA like it is now).
Native support for VGA resolution. No more seVGA/ozVGA, and hopefully no more reboots to switch from one to another.
Direct X: Much better games and much easier to port computer games to PDA.
And finally direct updates from Microsoft. In one of the interviews Microsoft mentioned that with WM5 they will be able to supplier updates directly to customers, bypassing vendors. So all new updates for WM5 should come from Microsoft and we don't have to wait for Dell to make new update.
I also read somewhere that WM5 should include driver for PDA to become a Removable Storage, which wouldn't be bad either.

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Hobbbbit Aximsite Minor League Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 108 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This fact sheet doesn't actually include anything that I would care about in WM 5. Things I'm looking forward to are: .NET Compact Framework 2.0. Based on the tests done with CF 2.0 beta, it was at least twice faster then 1.0/1.1. More then that it includes a lot of new features, like auto docking and anchoring of controls (you can make an application look the same in qVGA and VGA, not just a quarter of the screen in VGA like it is now). Native support for VGA resolution. No more seVGA/ozVGA, and hopefully no more reboots to switch from one to another. Direct X: Much better games and much easier to port computer games to PDA. And finally direct updates from Microsoft. In one of the interviews Microsoft mentioned that with WM5 they will be able to supplier updates directly to customers, bypassing vendors. So all new updates for WM5 should come from Microsoft and we don't have to wait for Dell to make new update. I also read somewhere that WM5 should include driver for PDA to become a Removable Storage, which wouldn't be bad either.