Windows Mobile "crossbow" in the wild?

by Thomas Ricker, posted Oct 9th 2006 at 8:16AM

Here ya go WinMo lovers, a screen shot of the purported next generation Windows Mobile OS codenamed Crossbow, courtesy of MS Mobile News. Sure, it could just be a WinMo 5.0 theme for all we know but if this is the full Pocket PC homescreen above, then we can expect a glossier look, continued softkey support, and a smattering of oh so Vista icons when this, and the SmartPhone version are released in the first half of 2007. As we already heard from Microsoft, Crossbow will feature a new version of Office Communicator and "strong links with Office 2007 and Exchange 12." If all this still leaves you aching for the hotness of Photon, well, suck it up son 'cause that's not scheduled to hit until the first half of 2008.

Filed under: Handsets, Windows Mobile

Tags: crossbow, microsoft, pocketpc, smartphone, windows mobile, WindowsMobile, winmo

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momchil karabulev @ Oct 9th 2006 11:26AM

here is the source with additional screenshots:
http://asukal.net/blog/2006/09/wm6_crossbow.html

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austin @ Oct 9th 2006 12:10PM

So is this available only on new pocket pc devices, or can current devices with windows mobile 5.0 on them be upgarded to the new os?

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Johnny @ Oct 10th 2006 9:04PM

Austin, dude I don't think there has ever been a Windows Mobile device that allows you to upgrade to a newer version of the OS.

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E71 @ Oct 11th 2006 4:43PM

MMM. I'd love to make love to it and spawn little smaller lawsuit-prone pda operating systems.

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Charles @ Oct 12th 2006 11:55PM

looks to me like wm5 with a flashy theme on it!

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M. Dizzy @ Oct 15th 2006 1:00AM

Johnny, this is not true. Although there are no official upgrades, any device that can technically run a newer version of windows mobile can be upgraded to use that newer version. Usually the OEM doesn't release official upgrades because well it wouldn't be worth it to them financially.

But you can upgrade your device. I have windows mobile 5 running on my Siemens SX66 (which shipped with pocket pc 2003). And fully plan to upgrade it to Crossbow when that releases (if it can handle it).

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mfin @ Oct 11th 2007 12:28PM

I have been trying to figure out how to put Windows Mobile 5 or 6 on my Siemens SX66. I was fascinated and impressed when I read your comment that you had already put WM5 on your SX66. Would you mind sharing info on how I could do the same? I can't even find a copy of WM5 to work from. WM6 upgrades are available for 2 T-Mobile devices, but I would expect that modifications would be necessary on my AT&T/Cingular device?

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Sean @ Nov 22nd 2006 5:06AM

There were a number 2002 devices that were oficially upgradeable to 2003 Ipaq's for one

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alperen @ Dec 2nd 2006 2:46AM

merhaba tesekkür ederim

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rasheed @ Dec 9th 2006 5:58AM

Hi every1,
I have qtek9090 in italian rom and want to change in english,downloaded software also but whenever i go to install dat it give me country id error.plz help me how can i solve it
regard

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