I wasn’t a fan of Windows Mobile 6.1. I found the interface clunky, old-fashioned and hard to navigate. But part of my New Year’s resolutions for 2009 was to be more open-minded about Microsoft’s mobile OS (despite being an iPhone/Apple girl), and although the year is mostly over, I’m still trying to remain true to my word. So I had a brief, yet close up, look at 6.5 earlier this month, and you know what? I’m still not feeling it. An improvement, yes (especially the homescreen), but unless you’re well-versed with WinMo to begin with, it’s not an easy transition, especially if using a stylus is not your favorite thing.

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Whether DroidDoes or iDon’t, one things for sure: Apple’s raking in the cash. Today’s fiscal Q4 2009 conference call confirmed that the gang in Cupertino know how to sell gadgets, even in a recession. Apple netted a cool $1.67 billion of profit on just under $10 billion in revenue this quarter, good for a rise in profits of over one half a billion dollars as compared to Q3 of last year. A jump of half-a-billion, during a recession. Not bad.

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