Old or new, the real question is why they would go with a non-free OS over a free one? Had they gone with Android, they could have shaved another $10 off the price, or whatever MS is charging for a WinCE license these days.
@Chip Probably so they can show screen shots on the outside of the package and people think "oh, its running XP, so I can run everything I normaly use!"
@project109x Good eye. But look closer - it's also a different model. There are several differences, if you look closely.
Good question as to why there is a picture of another model in the gallery about this one, or at least without any comments that it is a different model.
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I was about to write "CE? Geesh, when was the last time they came out with a new version of that?". Wikipedia shows 6.0 came out in 2006. Then after a little digging, discovered 6.0 R3 came out just last year. Zune HD is apparently 6.0 R2. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/windowsce/default.mspx Got silverlight, flash, etc. May not be a bad deal. They should take those Windows Phone 7 series themes from a few days ago http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/windows-phone-7-series-themes-for-winmo-abound-in-dev-forums/ and tweak it out for what this machine has to offer.
@NXTwoThou
Old or new, the real question is why they would go with a non-free OS over a free one? Had they gone with Android, they could have shaved another $10 off the price, or whatever MS is charging for a WinCE license these days.
@Chip
Probably so they can show screen shots on the outside of the package and people think "oh, its running XP, so I can run everything I normaly use!"
@NXTwoThou
Is it just me or is that last pic in the gallery an XP screenshot??
@project109x
Good eye. But look closer - it's also a different model. There are several differences, if you look closely.
Good question as to why there is a picture of another model in the gallery about this one, or at least without any comments that it is a different model.