Benefits of WM5?

12-10-05, 02:13 PM

Wanted to know what were some of the obvious benefits of WM5 over WM2003se. just post your opinions,facts.

tiger_splash · 12-10-05, 02:22 PM

Not limited on how much stuff you can have open on startup. I have Wisbar Advance 2, Pocket Breeze, COntact Breeze, Pocket Weather, Pocket RSS, Resco Plug-In, iLauncher, and CalliGrapher all open on startup. It was impossible with WM2003SE. Also, the new BT stack supports HID. This is good, especially if you have or ever plan on using the BT virtual laser keyboard. BTW, Snood played too slow on WM2003SE (even with GAPI tweak), but with WM2005 it runs just fine. Web-surfing is much nicer. I love having a status bar so that I know if I'm frozen or just taking awhile to load a page. I haven't gotten to play too much with the built-in Power Point, but I do like the new Excel much better. The new operating system is excellent!

12-10-05, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by tiger_splash

Not limited on how much stuff you can have open on startup. I have Wisbar Advance 2, Pocket Breeze, COntact Breeze, Pocket Weather, Pocket RSS, Resco Plug-In, iLauncher, and CalliGrapher all open on startup. It was impossible with WM2003SE. Also, the new BT stack supports HID. This is good, especially if you have or ever plan on using the BT virtual laser keyboard. BTW, Snood played too slow on WM2003SE (even with GAPI tweak), but with WM2005 it runs just fine. Web-surfing is much nicer. I love having a status bar so that I know if I'm frozen or just taking awhile to load a page. I haven't gotten to play too much with the built-in Power Point, but I do like the new Excel much better. The new operating system is excellent!

I have the bluetooth laser keyboard, and it works perfectly on my X50mid running WM2003se A05.

tiger_splash · 12-10-05, 02:38 PM

I never could get mine to work on a PPC using the serial port. Now that I have WM2005 with HID protocol it works without a problem and I didn't even have to find a driver for it. I do know that the keyboards were working for some on 2003Se, but it was tricky to set up for many and impossible for some (like me).

12-10-05, 03:00 PM

true it took me 3 days to get it working

12-10-05, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by alphonso

Wanted to know what were some of the obvious benefits of WM5 over WM2003se. just post your opinions,facts.

it gives you something to try to fix and waste, i mean take your time. and to give dell a headache

12-10-05, 03:37 PM

I haven't had any problems with my install of WM5. I really like it so far.

mgupta · 12-10-05, 03:58 PM

Good battery life.
Soft buttons at the bottom.

:approve:

12-10-05, 04:18 PM

They say it causes baldness in men.

a_skeptic · 12-10-05, 07:04 PM

You will learn a lot while fixing/tweaking a lot of pitfalls of the new OS

12-10-05, 07:24 PM

Hands down - it's persistant memory.

Hegemony · 12-11-05, 03:58 AM

Persistent storage is cool. I like the soft keys so I don't always have to pull my stylus out. But I don't like the bluetooth. I can't get it to connect to my computer. I spent like 3 hours trying to get it to work and finally gave up.

SolSie · 12-11-05, 09:56 AM

Everything you need to know about WM5 is here:
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=102947