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Windows Mobile 6 Arrives

Microsoft at the 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona (one of my favorite cities) just announced Windows Mobile 6 for mobile devices.  You can get our PressPass announcement here.

Windows Mobile 6 is the latest update to our mobile software platform.  WM6 now provides updated mobile versions of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint that bring features previously only seen on PCs.  WM6 also introduces a richer email and calendar experience, including new one-click options for email and the new calendar bar for viewing appointments.  The release also ships with Windows Live for Mobile, bringing Windows Live's email, instant messaging, blogging and -- best of all -- web search, to your mobile device.

Check out some screenshots of WM6 over at The Hive.

With the release of Windows Vista just a few weeks ago, Windows Mobile 6 is designed to take full advantage of our newest operating system.  Managing your device and syncing photos, music, movies and Outlook information becomes easier than ever before with Windows Mobile Device Center.  Go here for more information on WMDC for Windows Vista.


Comments

  1. Posted on: February 13, 2007 at 7:10AM  

    Each release of WM6 is a further step in the right direction. But Microsoft need to snazz up the UI on WM a bit more and they also need to collaborate with a handset manfacturer a bit closer to compete with the upcoming iPhone and Samsung F700.

  2. Posted on: February 13, 2007 at 8:39AM  

    New release again...another innovation, wonder what options would be available for technical support on this...I've checked on my resources, couldnt find anything about this product yet...

  3. Bas
    Posted on: February 13, 2007 at 10:19AM  

    When will we see WMDC syncing support for Windows Mail, Contacts and Calendar?

  4. Posted on: February 14, 2007 at 9:27PM  

    Great stuff!!! Windows Mobile 6 is a huge leap in the future. It's great to see Device Manufacturers and Carriers willing to provide OS Updates to popular devices (T-Mobile Dash, Palm Treo 750 and i'm sure there will be more to come!)

    Check out the MOTO Q q9 handheld with 256MB of on-borad memory, a huge step in the right direction.

  5. Posted on: February 15, 2007 at 12:28PM  

    I have to second Bas' comment. Windows Mobile Device Centre is such a welcome application but for home users such as myself, the ability to synchronize with Windows Mail, Contacts and Calendar are a must.

  6. Posted on: February 16, 2007 at 3:45PM  

    What has been support for windows mobile has always been outlook, I wonder if they'll be able to make some changes and have windows mobile 6.0 accomodate windows mail...

  7. Posted on: February 21, 2007 at 2:32PM  

    Hello

    I use Windows Vista with mobile center and Pda Mio 168 pennies Windows Mobile 2003.

    Vista sees it well in the explorer and I can reach in my SD Card but impossible to make it synchronize with mobile center.

    It marks connection to me during one moment then posts error

    Have You a solution

  8. Posted on: February 21, 2007 at 11:07PM  

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  9. Posted on: February 22, 2007 at 5:24PM  

    Hi prodced,

    Thanks for your comment.  A few questions for you:

    1. Did you uninstall any previous versions of Windows Mobile Device Center and Windows Mobile Device Center driver update before installing the RTM version?  That is recommended.

    2. Can you repro the failed connection error and send me the wmdc.log and wmdhost.log?  Here are the instructions on how to enable logging: http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/wmdc/debug/index.htm

    3. You can send me the logs at dcinput@microsoft.com.  In your mail, summarize your issue and mention that the logs files are for Jane Ly to view.

    Thanks!

    Jane

  10. Posted on: February 27, 2007 at 11:42AM  

    I recently bought a Cingular 8525 running Windows Mobile 5. I'd like to get it upgraded to WM 6.

    Below is a link to the cingular users forum. Many cingular users are petitioning Cingular to allow them to upgrade their phones to WM 6.

    http://forums.cingular.com/cng/board/message?board.id=cingular&message.id=32865

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