Windows CE 6.0 R2 to support videoconferencing

Although Windows Mobile generally gets all the attention, a whole spectrum of PMPs and GPS units run Windows CE (also known as Windows Embedded) with great results, so the feature list for Windows CE 6.0 R2 is a little sneak peek at what we might see in the next year or so. Microsoft isn't actually officially announcing R2 until Thursday at an event in Japan, but the changelog and a download have already appeared on the web for your eager eyes -- revealing the big addition of video over IP calling in addition to bolstered VoIP features and other obvious-but-welcome tweaks like SDHC support and Remote Desktop Protocol 6.0. No word on when OEMs will start rolling any of this out, obviously, but that's not stopping you from checking the whole list at the read link and dreaming of your own personal super-PMP, now is it?

[Via eWeek]

[Genjinaro @ Nov 13th 2007 12:28AM]

I read from a M$ developers' blog, this is what Windows Mobile 7 is going to run on.

I wonder if a new build of Skype Mobile would accommodate this? ;)

[Andrew @ Nov 13th 2007 12:40AM]

They better do something fancy with WM7. They can't get away with another mobile OS that isn't very touch friendly. Personally, I'm just really hoping that I can put Android on my Sprint Mogul when its released. I'm tired of WM6.

[Duscrom @ Nov 13th 2007 12:48AM]

I was gonna say, I thought WM6 ran on WinCE 5.

[boe @ Nov 13th 2007 1:04AM]

Three biggest things for them to do natively without additional software for the next WM
Better web browser
Better battery consumption
Customizable today screen

I think if MS is smart - they'll pay some company to make a better WM device clearly HTC doesn't know their ass from their elbow -
iPhone - better resolution than most WM devices
iPhone - much thinner than most WM devices
iPhone - much better battery consumption than most WM devices
iPhone - much faster processor than most WM devices
iPhone - much fater video response than most WM devices

[simon @ Nov 13th 2007 1:32AM]

i hope you die

[Olu O @ Nov 13th 2007 1:27AM]

okay, that is the dumbest comparison of the iPhone to WM devices. Apple produces the hardware and software for all iPhones. Microsoft has no control over who produces the phones that uses Windows Mobile. You're comparing apples to oranges here buddy. There's no way you can compare an iPhone to an WM device so your comment holds no weight.

[jason51873 @ Nov 13th 2007 1:51AM]

I have to agree, one of the main reasons I went with an iPhone over a WM device is that all the current and upcomming devices are so damn bulky. I mean I saw one unit that was almost .5" thick! Also many of the WM devices have very tiny screens :(

[Bobs @ Nov 13th 2007 2:28AM]

So.. its wm's fault that the phones are too thick and the screens are too small? hate the hardware, not the software, im sure palm has something that fits in your pocket

[lnx8 @ Nov 13th 2007 4:54AM]

Idiot.

Some of the best and worst phones out there are running WM. The fact of the matter is you get what you pay for. If you pay for crap hardware, more fool you!

[boe @ Nov 13th 2007 8:16AM]

Olu - it amazes me that you can't read yet felt compelled to post. You automatically go into I think anyone who says something good about the iPhone is dumb. I didn't say that WM sucks - what I said is there are very few good phones that run it! MS has plenty of money that they could either buy or start a company and improve the technology of the hardware running WM. Hell, they could buy the company that makes the iPhone for apple and slap WM on that device for all I know.

[Surur @ Nov 13th 2007 2:36AM]

Windows Embedded Win CE. Windows Embedded is a cut down version of Windows XP, also called Windows XPe. Its used in places like ATM's and cash registers.