Monday, October 9, 2006
First Looks At Crossbow
Posted by Jon Westfall in "NEWS" @ 01:04 PM
"Windows Mobile 5 is the current OS of choice for Windows Mobile users however the next iteration, codenamed Crossbow, has shown its face, check out the full Pocket PC homescreen shown above! It has a glossy title bar and soft keys and will feature Vista-esque folder icons etc. Pieter Knook, a Microsoft Sr. VP, has commented that Microsoft plan to release an upgrade to their mobile platform yearly which is interesting and could mean a new OS with every yearly upgrade for pay monthly contracts. Knook has also commented that Crossbow will have strong links with Office 2007 and Exchange 12 as well as including the mobile version of Office Communicator, an Instant Messenger tool for enterprises."
Crossbow is still a long ways off, but for now we can be content with seeing how the Today screen will change (slightly) in the next version of our OS of choice. I can't say it is anything breathtaking, but it's good to see something starting to leak out. It does have that blasted battery icon in the top bar - Please MS - tell us that we can disable that with a registry change!
Crossbow is still a long ways off, but for now we can be content with seeing how the Today screen will change (slightly) in the next version of our OS of choice. I can't say it is anything breathtaking, but it's good to see something starting to leak out. It does have that blasted battery icon in the top bar - Please MS - tell us that we can disable that with a registry change!
