| Version of the Windows Mobile operating system | |
 | |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation |
|---|---|
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Closed source |
| Released to manufacturing | February 12, 2007 |
| Kernel type | Windows CE |
| Preceded by | Windows Mobile 5.0 |
| Succeeded by | Windows Mobile 6.1 |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported as of January 8, 2013[1] | |
Windows Mobile 6, formerly codenamed "Crossbow",[2] is a version of Windows Mobile released on February 12, 2007[3] at the 3GSM World Congress 2007. It comes in three different versions: "Windows Mobile 6 Standard" for Smartphones (phones with touchscreens), "Windows Mobile 6 Professional" for Pocket PCs with phone functionality, and "Windows Mobile 6 Classic" for Pocket PCs without cellular radios.[4]
Windows Mobile 6 is powered by Windows CE 5.0 (version 5.2) and is strongly linked to the then newly introduced Windows Live[5] and Exchange 2007 products. Windows Mobile 6 Standard was first offered on the Orange's SPV E650,[6] while Windows Mobile 6 Professional was first offered on the O2's Xda Terra.[7] Aesthetically, Windows Mobile 6 was meant to be similar in design to the then newly released Windows Vista. Functionally, it works much like its predecessor Windows Mobile 5, but with improved stability.
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- ^ Langridge, Jason (April 11, 2007). "Windows Mobile 6 offered on Orange, HTC Vox". Microsoft MSDN.
- ^ Hess, Arne (April 24, 2007). "Windows Mobile 6 offered on Xda, HTC Herald". The Unwired. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved June 4, 2007.