Having snagged an early copy of the upgrade, I give it two thumbs up.
TMO's rendition of WM6 seems to be much more stable than WM5 (IMO worth the extra 5MB or so of memory usage overhead the new firmware uses), the UI seems snappier, and it's nice to have Office Mobile installed now.
The best part of the refreshed UI is the optional music plugin for the home screen. It works pretty well and is a nice alternative to having to use the full Windows Media Player app.
As for the warnings to back up things, I'd still heed them. I simply backed up my personal data to the micro SD card on my Dash, ran the upgrade application (it was a breeze), rebooted twice, and in less than 15 minutes from starting, I was finished upgrading.
All in all, well worth downloading and installing...
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Having snagged an early copy of the upgrade, I give it two thumbs up.
TMO's rendition of WM6 seems to be much more stable than WM5 (IMO worth the extra 5MB or so of memory usage overhead the new firmware uses), the UI seems snappier, and it's nice to have Office Mobile installed now.
The best part of the refreshed UI is the optional music plugin for the home screen. It works pretty well and is a nice alternative to having to use the full Windows Media Player app.
As for the warnings to back up things, I'd still heed them. I simply backed up my personal data to the micro SD card on my Dash, ran the upgrade application (it was a breeze), rebooted twice, and in less than 15 minutes from starting, I was finished upgrading.
All in all, well worth downloading and installing...