Microsoft's new platform for PocketPC's is here and it is called Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC (Pro and Premium available). My favorite newspage already has an article (http://www.brighthand.com/article/Windows_Mobile_2003_Overview) about it - make sure you don't miss it!

Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC New Features List:

Enhanced Connection Manager user interface
Zero Configuration connections
Improved animated connectivity status icons
Improved connectivity bubbles
Always-on Bluetooth discoverability
Use of Bluetooth modems
Bluetooth beaming
Auto-correct spelling
Auto-suggest in Inbox
One-touch turn all radios off
802.1x support
Certificate Management UI
IPSec/L2TP
Support for Multiple VPNs
IPv6 support
New Today screen
Smart Lookup in Contacts
Windows CE 4.2 operating systems
.NET Compact Framework
Enhanced developer support
128-bit encryption strength for Crypto API
Improved power management
Windows Media Player 9 Series for Pocket PC 2003
Plus! Sync & Go
Support for Plus! Photo Story
Windows Movie Maker 2
Pictures
New version of Pocket Internet Explorer
"Jawbreaker" game
vCard and vCal support
Inbox signature support
New user notifications

Some of the enhancements are quite breathtaking (communication and multimedia). Makes me wonder what my next handheld will be.

You can also download the Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC Emulator, but it is quite big.

You must can download the Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC SDK here (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=57265402-47a8-4ce4-9aa7-5fe85b95de72&DisplayLang=en) and in addition, you need to download the eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0 from here (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F663BF48-31EE-4CBE-AAC5-0AFFD5FB27DD&displaylang=en) (about 200Mb big).

Hurray! It is finally here! I have been waiting for PPC 2003 for a while now. I just wish it was free.

I just bought myself an ipaq 1930, and discovered I already have WM2003, so I'm a happy camper :)

Regards,
Craig.