Windows Mobility Center: Once we got over our initial excitement of reviewing WMP 11, we proceeded to open Control Panel to see if we could find a new icon. There is a brand new feature in Windows Vista that gives you access to commonly used functions in a notebook such as battery charge, switching between the LCD and external display, wireless properties, brightness and much more.

This is an interesting feature as most notebooks come with manufacturer’s default utility that does the exact same thing. In fact, one of our test notebooks even contains dedicated keys for all of these features, but its thoughtful to group them under one roof instead of manage numerous windows to manage these configurations. It probably reflects the design philosophy behind Vista: usability is priority number one.

Moreover, it also has a way to configure portable devices directly; we’ll analyze this feature more closely to see what it’s capable of. Could Microsoft have integrated Active Sync into Vista? Possibly. Active Sync is an application that’s bundled with devices running Microsoft Windows Mobile Edition OS.

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