Photos: Windows Mobile 6.1 
Published: 03 Apr 2008 11:14 BST
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Device management has also had a bit of a lift. For example, when it comes to pairing with Bluetooth devices, Windows Mobile 6.1 tries common pairing codes automatically in an attempt to spare you from manually entering a code for your Bluetooth headset (or other device). This may be a rarely used feature, but it could help novices in those all-important early stages of setting up a new device.
Similarly there's a Getting Started Wizard that helps you personalise the device, transfer music and get going with Bluetooth. Once this has been run, it can be deleted.
More usefully in the longer term, the Task Manager finally allows you to actually close rather than simply minimise applications. This should enable you to free up system memory more easily than in the past.
Windows Mobile Standard devices get Cut, Copy and Paste — which Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional users have had for some time. This will allow you to transfer text from web pages, emails and SMS messages. We have yet to experiment with the 'select' portion of this function on a non-touchscreen device, and so can’t comment on its usability.
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