Overcoming Shadow and WM shotcomings with software?

[Guest guiyoforward]

I really wanted to get a shadow. I've been using palm for a decade, but they are just pathetic and they won't get their act together. The centro keyboard is too small, and since I use outlook, I thought I might as well switch to wi mo.

however, the review by pogue is quite bad:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/technolo...amp;oref=slogin

do you think you can improve the pitifull win mobile experience with software additions?

thanks!

[Guest jennyfur]

That article just shows his own personal distaste for windows mobile. A few of the items are true (the gripe about the task manager for instance) but many others are just personal preference. And often many of them can be changed through the many hacks and registry modifications you can find on these forums, as well as software. It really comes down to how you use the device and what your own needs are.

[Guest Nightwind Hawk]

I haven't had any of the annoyances he's talking about. To delete a text message, you press the soft key "DELETE". It takes one button, unless you have the confirmation (Are you sure?) enabled, then you'd have to press Yes as well.

I also don't see the wait cursor often... Give the Shadow a try - see if you like it or not. True, it can be a little laggy sometimes when you're first starting things, but overall I have no trouble with it.