I agreee, although I had a conversation with our Microsoft Mobility Rep the other day and she claims that some of the changes are vendor specific and not Microsoft. The more cumbersome way to turn on the data line as one example. Of course she is an MS rep.

Supposedly WM5 manages memory better but the x in the top right corner still doesn't close programs, only minimize. One of the SBP products fixes that problem. That is one of my pet peeves with WM.

As to the speed, the CDMA versions (Verizon, Sprint) are running 416M processors while TMo and Cingular (as well as most if not all the GSM devices)run 200M OMAP processors. I presume this is for better battery life. These devices are all manufactured by HTC.

For those of you who are Outlook/Exchange users, Microsoft is, or will soon, releasing Micorsoft Messaging and Security Pak that provides true push email ala the blackberry. If you are a Lotus Notes user like me then you are still going to need an email client for that functionality. We are using Intellisync.

For coporate vpn and persistent connectivity we are testing both NetMotion and Ecutel. Right now I really like Ecutel Viatores as it allows Iintellisync to wake up my data line if it is not active. This makes it much more like a Blackberry.

Ah the keyboard. Well the MDA, 8125, XV6700, PPC6700 is an improvement over the previous version but nothing beats that Blackberry keyboard.

The next toy I'm waiting to eval is the Motorola Q. I've seen it and am just waiting for our rep to get me an eval device to play with.

And thanks for the tips on the other software.