Microsoft is getting ready to take the wraps off the latest version of Windows Mobile, according to a report out Tuesday.
Pocket Lint is claiming that Microsoft will release Windows Mobile 6.1 next Tuesday, which happens to be the day that Microsoft's Robbie Bach, head of the Windows Mobile team, is planning to give a keynote address at the CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas. Purely a coincidence, I'm sure, although it will be April Fool's Day.
Windows Mobile 6.1 will be the first major update to ship since version 6.0 made its debut last year. Screenshots that leaked out earlier this year hinted that 6.1 would use a sleeker interface, cutting down on some of the clutter in the 6.0 version.The sixth version came with some incremental improvements to Windows Mobile 5.0, according to CNET's review of WM 6. But next year, Microsoft is expected to take a nod from Apple's OS X and release a touch-screen-oriented user interface as part of Windows Mobile 7.
I'll be at CTIA next week for Bach's keynote address along with several colleagues, as we check out the latest from Microsoft's smartphone group. At the moment, Windows Mobile phones are quite popular with the CNET News.com crowd, but there's not a single company in this industry that isn't re-examining its future road map after watching the debut of the iPhone.
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Daniel Gara
26/03/2008 03:34 PM
Still unimpressed. Is anyone out there actually happy with this OS?
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Dean
27/03/2008 11:00 AM
I loved my Windows Smartphone. It had some really cool features. The only problem I had was the phone itself was a piece of junk. The keys got stuck (and there's no way to clean them), the little joystick thing fell off and I lost it, and the battery died -- all after only about 18 months. That's the big problem with Microsoft. They do actually create some good software, but then OEMs ship it with junk and it degrades the whole experience.
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