Windows Mobile 6 unveiled: Mini-Vista
New Windows Mobile 6 to Be Presented at 3GSM in Barcelona.
First details about Microsoft’s new operating system for mobile phones have emerged on the Web, with analysts saying it is a Vista in miniature.
Windows Mobile 6, code-named Crossbow, brings a new Vista-like interface and a lot of improvements concerning interoperability with other services crafted at Redmond. The new mobile OS will be available in the second half of 2007, and its newest features will be presented next week at the 3GSM conference that takes place in Barcelona, Spain.
Suzan DelBene, vice president for the company’s mobile-device marketing, said that she expects the OS to be installed on smartphones all over the world in the next few months.
Among the new features included in Windows Mobile are:
- Email in Rich HTML Format.
- Live links to SharePoint sites.
- Windows Live for Mobile included in Windows Mobile 6.
- New Security features such as remote wiping capabilities if your device is lost or stolen.
- Enhanced Windows Vista Synchronization through Windows Mobile Device Center.
- Calendar ribbon gives you your important appoints quickly.
- Contacts with context – call records now attached to individual contact cards in Windows Mobile 6.
- .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server built in to Windows Mobile 6.
Windows Mobile 6 is built using the same core as the WM5-the Window CE 5- so all applications which run on WM5 should work fine with the new edition. "We hope to be 100 percent compatible," said John O'Rourke, a general manager in Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded devices unit. "If an application works in Windows Mobile 5, it should work on Windows Mobile 6."
Windows CE (sometimes abbreviated WinCE) is a variation of Microsoft's Windows operating system for minimalist computers and embedded systems. Windows CE is a distinctly different kernel, rather than a "trimmed down" version of desktop Windows. Windows CE kernel is built to run even with less than a megabyte of memory. Windows CE 5.0 is the most open Microsoft Operating System to date, though not all of the system is available under shared source agreements.
Since the kernels are similar, users of WM5 will be able to upgrade their OS just like an XP user upgrades for Windows Vista.
All Windows Mobile 6-powered phones will include the previously introduced Direct Push Technology for always up-to-date E-Mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server.
Windows Mobile 6 will also offer a set of important device security and management features including the ability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, ensuring that confidential information remains that way.
Users of Microsoft Office on the PC – of which there are nearly 400 million worldwide – will feel right at home with the new mobile versions of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint built for all Windows Mobile 6 smartphones. Windows Mobile 6 addresses extensive user feedback and incorporates enhancements from the new Microsoft Office Mobile, making information management easier and more convenient.
The software also offers a new Windows Live search engine that combines Internet search with the ability to find and map nearby locations, DelBene said.
Thus, the Redmond behemoth is trying to surge into Google’s market share, which is about 5 times bigger than Microsoft’s in search engines domain.
The Windows Mobile 6 platform will offer a variety of other security options, giving IT departments the choice of how best to secure a device, from new Exchange Server policies and certificate options, storage card encryption, and continued support for remote and local device wipe.
Organizations using Information Rights Management (IRM) technology to control the viewing, storing and printing of confidential information on PCs will be able to extend those same rights to Windows Mobile 6 devices, a feature not available on any other mobile phone platform.
Powerful, new mobile versions of the .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server are built into Windows Mobile 6 make it even easier to create and access sales tools, inventory tracking, and many other applications from a smartphone.
With another WM6 built-in application users will be able to easily transform their smartphone into a high-speed modem for their laptop ("one-click easy") with either a Bluetooth wireless or cable connection.
Windows Mobile 6 also makes it easier for operators and device makers to integrate a VoIP solution into a device they're building.
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