Windows Mobile 6.5 vs. Windows Phone 7 Series - Microsoft Phone OS Battle!

Comparative Table between Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Phone 7 Series.

Detail/Feature	Windows Mobile 6.5 (NOTE: Not 6.5.3)	Windows Phone 7 Series
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Minimum Screen Resolution	None	WVGA
Preferred Touchscreen Technology	Resistive	Capacitive
Preferred Touchscreen Input Device	Stylus	Fingers
Multi-touch Gestures Support	No	Yes
Required Hardware Buttons	Start	Back, Start, Search
Browser	Internet Explorer Mobile 6	New! But still based on IE Mobile
Zune	No	Yes, built-in
X-Box live Mobile	No	Yes, built in
Facebook & other social networking site Integration	No (connect via apps)	Yes

As you can infer from looking at the table, WP7S is almost a completely different OS from its predecessor - so much so, that it becomes hard, if not impossible, to tell which one is better. My take on it is, if you are business user who's comfortable with using stylus on your WM touchscreen phone, then you might not find the need to upgrade to WP7S that urgent. On the other hand, if you see yourself as a part of the 'touchscreen' generation and you like doing multi-touch finger gestures on capacitive touchscreen phones, then you are likely to appreciate Windows Phone 7 Series more.

Learn more about Windows Phone 7 Series HERE.

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