Windows Phone Thoughts: Windows Mobile 2003 SE Overview

"Between added support for landscape and higher resolution screens, it seems that many longtime Pocket PC enthusiasts are finally having their prayers answered. Little niceties have been added as well, included a better looking icon set and further refinements to the Connections control applet."



Great article! This is one of the best Windows Mobile 2003 SE overviews I've read, and it taught me a few new things about the OS. Assigning the screen rotation to a button is a clever move, and is certainly easier than the hidden option that Microsoft buried deep in the control panel. The article doesn't mention the font size slider, which is one of the best new features for my needs: smaller fonts mean more data on the screen at once. And we're not talking about a registry hack for font size that messes up dialogue windows - it's a smooth, system-wide font change. It only changes it in "content" windows though - so, for example, in the Contacts application it displays your contacts in a smaller font, but the menus at the top and bottom are in the same font. 2003 SE is a decent update, but it won't really show it's true power until we have more VGA devices and new form-factors such as square-screen devices with keyboards.