Pros & cons of crossbow

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i thought I must write a small description about the differences between WM5 aku 3.X and WM Crossbow

1.A refreshing new look the taskbar has a new shine to it,looks crisp and clean ,even the icons and loading(graphics have been changed)
2.more stable ,real good stability when compared to other AKU 3.X of WM5
this I quote because of the fact that I can stay w/o soft resetting the device for 3 days because there is still some ram left in the 3rd day
WM crossbow =18 mb
WM 5 AKU 3.X = 15 mb
3.new smart dialing-this one consumes much lesser ram and has a brand new look..much more responsive than that of the previous smart dialer
4.Voice Command 1.6 comes with Crossbow
5.all new sounds (no more annoying Default tone)

Cons
this is the only disadvantage I found as of now
THE BATTERY CONSUMPTION-the battery drains like crazy...
the PDA runs hardly for 16-17 normal hours
when compared to 1- 1.5 days using WM5 AKU 3.x
Most Important: NO VIDEO CALL

Rest all using Crossbow may know more.

And in crossbow there is no Video call no?

i have to agree - the battery drains faster

con:
if you use BT hands free and also use it for music playback, you can't then use it for voice recognition. so it's either one, not both
will try to find a way arround it, though...

Originally Posted by pbocsak

con:
if you use BT hands free and also use it for music playback, you can't then use it for voice recognition. so it's either one, not both
will try to find a way arround it, though...

Very true.One has to keep making registry changes.

Battery drains faster? really? I didn't notice that.. maybe it's because of my power settings..

The real PRO about WM6 would be the speed.. it is a lot faster than WM5.
I just hate the loss of video call.. this is one of the biggest features of the Universal and you can't use it..

Originally Posted by DaVince

I just hate the loss of video call.. this is one of the biggest features of the Universal and you can't use it..

I have a feeling this will be fixed very soon... keep your ears out

Originally Posted by SpyderTracks

I have a feeling this will be fixed very soon... keep your ears out

I hope you're right man.. I really hope you're right..
I hope the (great and awesome) developers out there don't get tired of what they're doing..

Well, the battery drains much much faster than with the previous ROMs. And I have a number of other problems (I have to softreset 2x a day, ...), so I have to go back to AKU 3.2 - worked fine with me. And I can not see REAL improvement in speed. I mean I do not care if the device boots in 25 or 22 seconds, or if it takes 0.05 sec. or 0.03 sec for menu to open.

With regards to the battery drain try

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...wer+management

It is from one of the other forums but the registry setting seems to improve battery life by allowing SD card to go into a standby mode. Also it does appear to work.
(Though I tend to recharge daily I've not had my battery die midday for a while.)

Also reducing the brightness of the backlight to minimum on battery power seems to increase life considerably.