Having used WinMo since the first SPV back in 2002 I have to say that the iPhone can only be a good thing for all of us. The progress that WinMo devices have seen over these 6 years are to be frank worrisome. Maybe it would be forgivable to accept such an unintuitive user interface if it was the first iteration of the software, but with 6 years development time the current user experience is very poor. The iPhone should provide the kick up the rear that Microsoft needed to actually produce a less buggy, more user friendly platform.

And just to illustrate this point, my non technical friend just bought a Touch Dual instead of the iPhone as the later doesn't have push email. After me spending a day with him getting the user interface to something he felt comfortable with (installing 3rd party calender, home screen apps etc) he still has the large learning curve of using a Windows Mobile device. Compare this to the iPhone, where after 5 minutes of playing with it I felt I knew everything about it, in fact being the tinkerer I am, I was bored and handed it back to the owner unimpressed. Having played with a jailbroken iPhone since, I can truly see the possibilities of the platform you get almost all the functionality without the frustration.

When I informed my friend of the fact that the iPhone will soon have push email his face clearly dropped, I'm sure when it arrives his Touch Dual will be on ebay.
Lets hope Microsoft can close the gap with the release of WinMo 7, and by 2009 Apple doesn't already have an unassailable lead.

Thanks colincliff,

In the process of downgrading.

The clicking seems to appear at the beginning and end of any system sound, so while you are navigating it is now a cacophony of noise.
Not a major fault I know but after playing with WM10 for 10 minutes I know I'll be sticking with Betaplayer.

Also the added symbols freak me óût!

I highly recommend leaving your C500 in the state it is in.

Moosery, I can confirn the update causes all manner of clicks and humms to the headset. Which makes my purchase of decent headphones a joke. It also means WM10 is pointless.

Congrats Orange on another fine reason to buy a C550!! :evil:

Anyone know where I can get the old rom file so I can downgrade?

The Yahoo problem occurs because the first character isn't entered correctly. Simply delete it and enter it again. Then Yahoor away... :roll: