| Now you can have what I call the moldy green donut | | | | inquiries. |
| on your Treo 750--that new Microsoft symbol, which | | | | • Issue voice commands over Bluetooth in |
| replaces the waving flag in the WM6 OS. Upgrade | | | | English, French, or German. |
| your Treo 750 Windows Mobile 5 system to Windows | | | | • Enjoy USB cable charging for the first time. |
| Mobile 6. It has been long promised and is finally | | | | • Mute or put calls on speakerphone with single |
| available as a free download at [ Actually, it has been | | | | tap from active-call screen. |
| available since December 2007, but I missed it and | | | | • Experience streaming video within 3G |
| thought some of you would appreciate knowing about | | | | coverage areas. |
| it. Or, you can simply purchase a new Treo 750 with | | | | You can feel comfortable that almost all of your old |
| WM6 pre-installed. | | | | Window Mobile 5 applications will continue to function |
| What are some of the advantages of upgrading? | | | | under WM6. But it's probably also a good time to take |
| There are many improvements over WM5, and there | | | | advantage of new functionality as developers issue |
| are many articles detailing the virtues of WM 6. A | | | | WM6 upgrades. All the same Palm enhancements to |
| good please to start if you want to learn about WM6 | | | | the Windows Mobile platform remain intact. |
| features is with Rich Hall's article in Smartphone and | | | | Supposedly, WM6 will sync quickly with Vista's new |
| Pocket PC magazine: [ But let me gloss over some of | | | | Sync Center. Frankly, I have found that it hardly ever |
| the highlights to give you an incentive. | | | | works, and the Sync Center is really worthless, at |
| • Use your 750 as a modem for your laptop. | | | | least on all my Vista computers. This is a project I |
| • There are several email improvements that | | | | want to explore but have not had time to get into yet. |
| allow HTML emails for receiving tables, colored text, | | | | I'll share my results when I delve into it. |
| bullets, etc. | | | | Note that there is only one upgrade allowable per |
| • A smart filter allows contact searches on | | | | customer and is only available through October 31, |
| exchange servers. | | | | 2008. Be careful that you do not interrupt the |
| • Send an out of office message from your 750. | | | | download or run other applications once the upgrade |
| • Email hot keys let you press R for reply, A to | | | | starts or you could experience some difficulties. |
| reply to all, and M to move an email to a folder. | | | | I have noticed in the forums that some people have |
| • Access a company Sharepoint for document | | | | experienced problems in making the transition, but |
| retrieval via HTML email links. | | | | never fear, there's lots of help available. I encourage |
| • Dowloading is faster and great for large | | | | you to convert and to get a moldy, green,revolving |
| attachments, streaming etc. | | | | donut on your machine. I did, and I love it. |
| • System sounds bug has been updated. | | | | I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate |
| • Enjoy a more secure environment to make IT | | | | Palm and to express my appreciation for being among |
| managers happy. | | | | the few manufacturers to offer a WM6 upgrade. |
| • The Calendar has been improved with a new | | | | Most want you to buy a whole new machine. I |
| top line bar in the agenda view showing when you are | | | | appreciate it all the more because it is free. Thank you |
| free/busy or have conflicts. Display meeting attendees, | | | | Palm. |
| contact info, acceptances, reply to or forward meeting | | | | |