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Japanese WM6 and Office Mobile 2007

John Chan | Jun 06, 2007

Microsoft today announced that Windows Mobile 6 (WM6), the latest version of its mobile operating system, will be available in Japanese. Devices using that from HTC, Sharp and Toshiba will be available in June.

Of greater significance to non-Japanese Windows Mobile users is the simultaneous announcement of Office Mobile 2007. This is the newest version of Office Mobile, and will be available as a free update starting Q3. This upgrade is compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0 touchscreen devices and all WM6 (Professional and Standard) handhelds and smart phones. Devices shipped with WM6 will have this new version of Office Mobile pre-installed from Q3.

This will allow Windows Mobile to open documents created with the desktop software Office 2007. Documents created using older versions of Office will still be supported by Office Mobile 2007. Another added feature is support for fax, which means that users who choose to receive their faxes via email will be able to open these fax documents too.

Look out for more information and screenshots as these become available. The screenshot shown is that of the current version of Office Mobile.

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HTC to announce new device

John Chan | Jun 05, 2007

HTC will be announcing a new product in the US today, and speculation is rife that it will be the Elf, a compact PDA-phone.

According to various online media sites, the device manufacturer will hold a US press event on June 5. Images of the HTC Elf were already leaked a few weeks before this. This included unboxing pictures of the device on blog site The Boy Genius Report. A separate rumor goes even further to suggest that multi-touch technology (similar to that found on the iPhone) will be incorporated into the new Windows Mobile 6 PDA-phone.

In another hearsay, Digitimes said Dopod will be releasing six new devices in China. The codenames of these are said to be Athena-c, Cruiser, Kunlun, Nike-c, Elf and Sedna-c. Four of the six codenames (without the -c suffix which may denote the Chinese variant) have been talked about before in rumor sites, with the Athena (Dopod U1000) and Cruiser already launched in various markets. The Kunlun and Sedna-c are new and expected to be launched in the second half of 2007.

HTC devices have been under the Dopod brand in the Asia-Pacific region. Dopod International was recently acquired by HTC, and will use the HTC brand name in this region come July. Devices in China will continue to be marketed under the Dopod brand.

When contacted, Dopod declined to comment on the rumors regarding the product to be launched and the supposed impending release of the six new devices in China. Check back with CNET Asia tomorrow as we bring you the details of the HTC announcement.

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