On Monday, Microsoft revealed Windows Mobile 6 at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona, Spain. Formerly known as Crossbow, the new mobile operating system has many interesting features. Some of the features that interest me most are:
- Better support for Office applications like Excel, Word and PowerPoint. The mobile versions of these applications are available on SmartPhones as well.
- Extra security features like storage card encryption and the possibility to wipe a storage card with Exchange's remote wipe feature.
- Exchange 2007 AutoDiscovery support.
- Support for HTML e-mails and hotkey support.
- Easier to use your phone as a modem for your computer. Although I have no issues connecting my HTC MTeoR (Windows Mobile 5) to my laptop using bluetooth.
- Easy to search e-mails on the device but also on the Exchange server (requires Exchange Server 2007).
- Sending v-cards to others using an SMS. This should have been part of Windows Mobile from day one though.
- Much easier to add trusted root certificates. This was definitely a pain with Windows Mobile 5.
A great resource for Windows Mobile 6 information is Jason Langridge's blog. Check out the post about the new features, and the video.
Devices with Windows Mobile 6 should start to appear in Q2 2007. I really hope HTC releases an update for the MteoR!
