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Microsoft just couldn’t wait for 3GSM and have announced Windows Mobile 6.
Windows Mobile 6 must be one of the industry’s worst kept secrets with screen-shots and even complete (illegal) ROMs leaked on the internet weeks ago.
It has also been confirmed that Windows Mobile 6 will come in 3 different flavours depending on the type of device upon which it is installed:
Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone becomes Windows Mobile 6 Standard
Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition becomes Windows Mobile 6 Professional
Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC becomes Windows Mobile 6 Classic
Windows Mobile 6 feature highlights:
Full support for HTML email (within the limitations of IE Mobile’s rendering engine of course)
Office Mobile now included, with support for reading and editing Office documents on the Smartphone
New streamlined functioning of email client: one click delete, reply, etc. Set email flags for follow-up.
Set “Out of Office” function directly on the device (with an Exchange server of course)
Windows Vista synchronization with Windows Mobile Device Center
Calendar ribbon in the calendar application gives you the ability to see your free/busy time easier
Windows Live client
Call History is now a part of the contact itself, so you can see when you last phoned that person, etc.
Internet sharing: there’s a new built-in application to make using your device as a modem much easier
Matt
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