Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6

While details on Windows Mobile 6 (or Crossbow) have been leaking for months now, it looks like Microsoft has officially announced the next generation of its mobile operating system.

Here's some of the new features:

• There's support for HTML email (using Internet Exlorer Mobile's rendering engine).
  
• There's a new Windows Live client for Windows Mobile.
• Office Mobile is included on the Smartphone version.
• You can transfer files using Windows Live Messenger.
• Call history is added to your contacts, so you can see when you last drunk dialed your ex.
• There's a mobile version of Windows Update that performs a daily check for operating system updates.

Microsoft's also attempted to clear up the confusion surrounding its naming conventions. No more Windows Mobile Smartphone, Pocket PC, and Pocket PC Phone Edition. Now you've got Windows Mobile 6 Standard (Windows Mobile phones without touch-screens), Windows Mobile Professional (phones with touch-screens), and Windows Mobile Classic (no phone). Gee, that should be easier to remember.

Here's a roundup of reviews and first-hand impressions:

• Mobile Gadgeteer Matt Miller
• Geek.com
• Modern Nomads
• The Unwired
• Engadget photo gallery
• Mobility Site photo gallery
• Clinton Fitch photo gallery

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