In a presentation from the Microsoft Tech Days ‘06 held during March 23-26, 2006 in Switzerland it was revealed that Crossbow, which is supposedly a second edition of WM5.0 like WM2003SE was to WM2003 is slated for a Q4′06 release with a Q1/Q2 ‘07 marketing launch. Photon, which is suppose to be the next big mobile OS upgrade, it seems will not be until late 2007 and marketed in Q1/Q2′08.

Some new features:

?Photon? (Q4 ?07)

New, Flexible Shell
Modular Containers
?Yamazaki? CE kernel
Q1/Q2 ?08 Marketing Launch

?Crossbow? (Q4 ?06)

Great mobile messaging
Advanced Business and Enterprise propositions
Strengthened phone experience
Faster, easier application development and distribution
Q1/Q2 ?07 Marketing Launc

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