The dirty secret about windows smartphones has long been this: the Windows Mobile operating system kinda sucks. The shortcomings of the software date back to it’s origins as a pocket pc operating system. This explains why what should be core features of a smart phone seem to be implemented like so many afterthoughts.

So good news today in a long post on gizmodo revealing a) What is wrong with Windows Mobile b)Microsoft understands that windows mobile is broken and plans to fix it. Hint: better dialing interfaces, better SMS, better (read: real) web browser.

Note that vendors and power users have long been dealing with WM’s shortcoming through 3rd party software and other hacks (the advantage of a reasonably “open” platform) but it’s nice to see these fixes are finally coming to the core operating system.

link: What’s Wrong With Windows Mobile and How WM7 and WM8 Are Going to Fix It

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