Over at GPS Passion they have a sneak peak at the upcoming Crossbow Phone edition. They have some great screenshots revealing some very interesting new features to Windows Mobile (WM) Smartphone. WM Smartphone is getting Mobile Office and Voice Command look to be the biggest items, they also have a Live Search Today plug-in.
A lot of “convergence” has happened…, with PocketPCs having had GPS and GSM/CDMA modules grafted on and Smartphones acquiring more power and the higher resolution screens of the PocketPCs. Today, the main differences are the touchscreen that remains a PDA exclusive and a more limited number of applications running on Smartphones, notably Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and GPS related.
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Windows Mobile “Crossbow” Preview! - Smartphone Thoughts
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Windows… “Crossbow” on Smartphone - GPS Passion
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It would appear no matter how careful you are search caching will store something. News of the new Windows Mobile OSes “Crossbow” due out first half 2007 and “Photon” due out first half 2008 the next full release. Photon is to include a new modular system and the new “Yamazaki” CE Kernel.
Google cache caught a leaked presentation which told us that Crossbow will be released to manufacturer in Q4 2006 ready for release in Q1/Q2 of 2007 and that the next operating system (codenamed “Photon”) will be released to manufacturers in Q4 2007 ready for release in Q1/Q2 2008 (Photon is set to include a new, flexible shell with modular containers and utilise the “Yamazaki” CE kernel).
Source: New Windows Mobile OS “Crossbow” shows its face - MSMobileNews.com
Resource: Smartphone Thoughts
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