Windows Mobile 6.1 launch

Take a look over at Boy Genius, which has a 100-picture gallery of Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, the upcoming update to Windows Mobile’s smartphone operating system. Take a look at all the pretty pictures, or rejoice in the changed or new features:

With Windows Mobile 6 you can:

• Stay connected to your e-mail, calendar, and contacts.
• Be productive read and compose Microsoft Word Mobile files, make Microsoft Excel Mobile charts, and view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations*.
• Find what you need quickly and easily including business listings, maps and directions with Windows Mobile’s powerful search and filtering features.
• Get access to corporate networks for data and documents stored on file shares and SharePoint sites.
• Fit your style with a variety of designs ranging from touch screen devices with slide out keyboards to sleek full-keyboard smartphones or compact flip phones.
• Now receive HTML e-mail support, improved security and encryption, greater integration with Microsoft products including direct SharePoint® intranet access from e-mail links and superior connectivity to Windows Vista™
• Copy and paste (no longer just limited to touchscreens)
• You can enroll your device in a domain for corporate purposes.
• New tiled homescreen, where you move side-to-side to get large-scale notifications. You’ll be able to slide between missed calls, currently playing music, appointments, voicemail, settings, all sorts of fun. Makes the whole OS bigger, bolder, and more in line with the demands of the modern consumer.
• New text input settings, changing the master security code
• Recent programs list on Start Menu
• Threaded text messaging (that’s a biggie)
• Auto-complete when entering email addresses
• Internet Explorer adds home page and zooming in and out

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