Windows Mobile 6.1 is officially official and we’ve had our hands on a unit running Microsoft’s freshest mobile OS for quite some time now. We’re pleased with the improvements in the new, easier-to-navigate user interface, and we especially like the streamlined text messaging.

Check out our full review of the OS, which we gave four stars. We docked a star because, while the whole Windows Mobile experience is more consumer friendly, Internet Explorer still didn’t live up to our expectations. For one, it still drags and doesn’t have multimedia functionality, but Microsoft did attempt to improve the experience by adding a panning feature, which lets you zoom around a Web page and select a specific portion to view.

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