MWG Atom Life Upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1

I was feeling brave so decided to upgrade my MWG Atom Life phone to a unofficial custom build as mentioned in this post.

My phone is now running Version 6.1.0.9 by Medkid who has done a great job. There are plenty of new utilities in the programs and everything seems to work

The new “Instant Messaging like” threaded view of SMS messages in WM 6.1 is great but I tend to agree with Paul Thurrott that the Windows Mobile platform looks like a dinosaur in comparison to something like the iPhone.

I installed the SBP Mobile Shell product which is slick but is only a thin veneer over the standard windows mobile menus and navigation and you eventually get dumped back into the tired user interface when you need to do anything