Jim Lynch: Off the Top of My Head…

Well better late than never but still not soon enough for me. :roll: Brighthand has the scoop.

It has been known for some time that this will be based on Windows CE 5.0, while the current version is based on Windows CE 4.2.

Because of this change, Magneto will include Direct3D Mobile (D3DMobile), a graphics solution built on DirectX, Microsoft’s desktop technology. This will allow Pocket PCs to offer even higher-performance graphics and multimedia, similar to a desktop experience.

Next Version of Pocket Word According to information on Microsoft Germany’s web site, both Pocket Word and Pocket Excel will be revised. Not many details on this are available at this point, but it is known that the ability to view tables will be added to Pocket Word, and so will the ability to display numbered lists.

In addition, Pocket Internet Explorer will get support for Security Zones, like the desktop version already has.

As much as I like my iPAQ 2215 Pocket PC, some of these changes are long overdue on the Pocket PC platform. Microsoft seems to have dragged its feet on improving the Pocket PC experience (yes Windows Mobile 2003 was better but still didn’t go far enough). I guess they don’t have too much to worry about with Linux being a no-show (for the most part) in the US PDA market and the Palm folks having screwed up enough times to give Microsoft a chance to make Winows Mobile “just good enough.”

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