WM 6.1 on Moto Q9c
I upgraded my Sprint Q9c to WM 6.1 last night and so far have been fairly impressed. The exception would be that I lost all my personal settings but everything I really care about is synced to Exchange, so it was a quick 10 minute reconfiguration.
There are quite a few things I absolutely love;
1) The Delete key in E-mail is the left soft key again. I was pissed when I moved from WM5 to WM6 and found that I had to hit Menu -> Delete -> Yes every time I want to delete an e-mail. I get 40k messages a month and while the majority end up in the correct folders via rules, I end up deleting quite a few out of my Inbox manually still. This has made my life simpler.
2) I’m not sure if it’s true but that data seems a bit snappier. I just ran this speed test with the phone tethered to my laptop. I used to get in the mid 300s down when tethering. Even ActiveSync connections appear quicker somehow.
3) Threaded IMs – THANK YOU! This is an amazing feature, turning txt conversations into IM like conversations. Amazingly simplifies my life.
4) The new home screen. This is just beyond cool and amazingly useful.
I just upgraded mine on Sunday as well. I agree on the threaded IMs and soft delete key, but I’m not so sure if it seems snappier. It actually seems a bit slower. Mine is a Q9h. I’m not sure what difference there is though as I have not researched it. Probably nothing related to this.
The new look is cool looking, but I’m still trying to decide if it is as functional as the only home screen. I guess I could always change it back if I felt the need. ;)
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The Q9c has an X-Scale processor, the Q9h doesn’t. That’s the major difference that I know of.
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