Windows Mobile 6 announced

Microsoft's finally ready to take the wraps off Windows Mobile 6, the long-awaited successor to Windows Mobile 5 (what else?) that's been baking in the oven for a while now as "Crossbow." The platform formerly known as Pocket PC Phone Edition has become Windows Mobile 6 "Professional," while its more pocketable little brother, the Smartphone, has become "Standard" and plain ol' Pocket PCs are "Classic."

Major new features include:

- HTML support in email
- Windows Live for Windows Mobile
- File transfer capability in Windows Live Messenger
- New versions of mobile Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with rich editing
- Remote wipe capability for stolen and lost devices
- Call history in contact cards
- Tight Vista integration
- "Calendar ribbon" for more easily viewing schedule by day or week
- New versions of .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server built-in

No carrier or manufacturer announcements have been made at this point regarding availability or upgrades -- all eyes are on next Monday for that. Stay tuned for details to come fast and furious from us ahead of some fanfare at 3GSM in Barcelona, including full hands-ons with the new OS in both Standard and Professional form!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 7th 2007 7:28PM]

Where is the link?!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 7th 2007 8:57PM]

Can this be flashed to Windows Mobile 5 devices?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 7th 2007 11:53PM]

Demo video of Crossbow
http://www.ministryoftech.com/2007/01/25/windows-mobile-60-crossbow-video

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2007 3:24AM]

There is also a couple of demo-videoes here:
http://gnw.dk/news/windows-mobile-crossbow-6-0-review.html

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2007 10:16AM]

Can this be flashed to Windows Mobile 5 devices?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 19th 2007 12:54AM]

I read somewhere that T-Mobile would allow the Dash to be upgraded to 6. Does anyone know if Sprint or VZ will allow Qs running 5.0 to be upgraded?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 22nd 2007 10:04PM]

hey everyone! you can easily flash crossbow to just about any phone with pre-existing WM5. there are several upon several "hacked" versions of the ROM floating around the internet. i have already flashed my 8525 (HTC Hermes) with one version and it works like a charm....lots faster and lots of other little changes as compared to WM5.

if you are intrested in doing some more research on the subject i would recommend taking a gander at:

http://www.xda-developers.com

this is a great forum and meeting place for tips and tricks for several different phone. and you can also find several different Crossbow ROM's there!

good luck!