Microsoft: new Internet Explorer Mobile and Windows Mobile 6.1

Microsoft is updating its smartphone operating system with new, improved Windows Mobile 6.1, while Internet Explorer Mobile is revamped too

Microsoft is promising a significantly improved version of its smartphone browser and a more consumer friendly experience on Windows Mobile smartphones, with the release of a new version of Internet Explorer Mobile and its latest Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system update.

The latest version of Internet Explorer Mobile adds the ability to see full web pages on mobile screens, as you would on a desktop PC, allowing you to scroll and zooming in on parts of the screen. It supports Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight and H.264 standards too, enabling users to view multimedia on smartphone web-browsers, such as video clips on YouTube and other sites.

The Windows Mobile 6.1 OS update brings more useful information easily to hand on Windows Mobile smartphone home screens, simplifying and speeding up access to information and enabling users to respond quickly to new messages, diary update, missed calls, and so on. Access to other features and functions, such as music and imaging, will be improved too. Message management has also been given a revamp, so users can flag, delete or move groups of messages and read text messages as threads..

Users setting up Windows Mobile 6.1 devices will also get an improved experience, with a new Getting Started Center helping users to easily configure features such as email, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity.

Microsoft has added enhancements for corporate IT departments too. System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 helps remote device management, with support too for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 for managing secure mobile email and remote synchronisation.

Microsoft expects Windows Mobile 6.1 to be introduced in products or be available for upgrades from the second quarter of 2008, while the new version of Internet Explorer Mobile will be available on new devices by the end of 2008.

 

Windows Mobile 6.1 devices announced by Microsoft at CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas
(Mobile operators:)

• Alltel Wireless: HTC PPC6800, HTC Touch
• AT&T: Samsung BlackJack II, MOTO Q 9h global, Pantech duo, AT&T Tilt by HTC
• Sprint: A new Palm Treo and updates for the Mogul by HTC, Touch by HTC, MOTO Q 9c, Samsung ACE
• T-Mobile International: T-Mobile MDA Ameo 16 GB, T-Mobile MDA compact IV

(Device-makers:)

• ASUS: New phones including the P320, ZX1, P560, M536 and updates for the P527, P750, M930
• HTC: A new Touch Dual for the U.S. and updates for the AT&T Tilt, Touch by HTC, Mogul by HTC from Sprint, TyTN II
• i-mate: 8502, 9502, 8150, 6150
• Intermec: CN3
• Motorola: MOTO Q 9c, MOTO Q 9h global, MC70, MC9000
• Pantech: Pantech duo
• Samsung: BlackJack II
• Toshiba: Portégé G810,Portégé G910

 

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