Windows Mobile 5.0 is out; new product announcements, upgrades follow
Okay now that the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system - formerly codenamed Magneto - is officially launched by none other than Chairman Gates himself, what can we expect from the device manufacturers?
Two of them are certain: Samsung announced that its hard-drive smartphone the SGH-i300 will be Windows Mobile 5.0 powered, and HTC does the same with its world’s first 3G PDA phone Universal design, to be carried by the likes of (firstly) T-Mobile Germany with the name MDA IV.
Just as eagerly expected, both Dell and HP announced that they will be offering Windows Mobile 5.0 as an upgrade option to its customers:
HP will offer Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrades for the HP iPAQ hx2100, hx2400, hx2700 and hx4700 series of handhelds. These software upgrades are expected to be available this summer and can be purchased directly from HP.
- excerpt from HP press release, read the full document here
Dell will offer a Windows Mobile version 5.0 software upgrade for the Dell AximTM X50 handheld family later this year.
- excerpt from Dell press release, read full document here
Plus, a whole barrage of announcements from various software houses and peripheral manufacturers, pledging their support for the new mobile OS at the ongoing Microsoft Embedded Developers Conference (MEDC 2005) in Las Vegas. Get links to individual press releases at Microsoft’s Windows Mobile webpage.