I thought I’d write a short review on the latest incarnation of Windows Mobile — Windows Mobile 6.5 — because of how long it’s been since I’d last touched Microsoft’s operating system for mobile devices. The last device I used that utilized a Microsoft mobile OS was the Compaq Aero 1550 that I got 2000-2001. It had Microsoft Pocket PC on it (which was basically a slightly updated version of Windows CE 3.0). Jump forward 8-9 years and they’ve managed to rename that OS another time and release 6 more versions of it.

I installed an Alpha build of Mozilla Fennec on my new phone that’s running Windows Mobile 6.5 and uninstalled it about 5-minutes later.

It’s an alpha release… and it’s a damn good thing that it is. It looks like it might have potential to take on Mobile IE and Mobile Opera, but at the moment it didn’t even resize to fit my screen. That kinda makes it unusable.

This is a fairly-early-in-my-time-with-the-device review, but I think I’m almost done getting it set up close to how I want it.

Last week, Wednesday or Thursday I think, I carelessly didn’t pay attention getting into my car after work and shut my phone (that was in my jacket pocket) in the door with enough force to pop the battery out bending a plastic support piece. The outer display screen was completely shot — still lit up, but nothing was displayed. The inner display was only about a third shattered, but that third was more than half of the area used to display info. So I quickly went online and ordered a new phone.