Saw an interesting Tweet today. In the August 2009 Mobile Metrics Report from admob.com, they were referring Symbian and Windows Mobile as LEGACY platforms. Windows Mobile 5 , 6 and 6.1 are getting hammered by the press all over, hope WM6.5 can repair some damage ( not much hope there though ). Now that Microsoft has realized that WM is in need of serious upgrade and with a new Windows Mobile 7 team of 1000 members everything rides on the shoulder of WM7. It will be a make or break situation for Windows Mobile as a Mobile Phone OS.

HTC’s “Manilla” is basically a customized interface that’s on top of the standard Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS. BoyGeniusReport.com reports that “Manilla” is not technically TouchFLO 2.0, TouchFLO 2.0 just has a few updates to the scrolling part of it and the cube, nothing more than that.

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ASUS’ new touchscreen GUI prettifies Windows Mobile 6.1

Regardless of the cause, we certainly like the trend of these enhanced touch-screen UIs dominating the high-end cellphone market. Now meet ASUS’ GUI slickness destined for their newest touchscreen devices including the ZX1. Starting with a Windows Mobile 6.1 core, ASUS slathers on a new customizable Multi-Home 3D interface meant to simplify access to your today screen, life and business applications. Think HTC’s TouchFlo only sexier. ASUS even threw in some “album cover flow” to the media app and the ability to more easily manipulate all your digital media with enhanced figure gestures.

Check out this sweet Video :

Source : engadget.com