Image Gallery: Windows Mobile 6 Professional screenshots

Office Mobile appears on the Start menu, along with other selected applications.

You can view the status of different Windows Live applications by tapping the left or right arrow.

Live Messenger status and Live Search are easily accessed.

Programs on a Professional device

More preloaded applications

Voice Command 1.6 is included in this device's ROM

Storage card encryption and Customer Feedback are new features

The Professional devices now include a Remove Programs utility like Standard devices have for years. There is also a GPS applet to help manager GPS connections.

You can access and manage all your connections from here.

You can encrypt files so that they are only readable by this specific device.

You can enable different functions to activate with your voice.

The Comm Manager on the Pro edition is similar to the Standard edition.

You can access and manage WiFi and Bluetooth settings from the Comm Manager.

The utility is present in the Programs area and allows you to connect to your PC via USB or Bluetooth and use your device as a modem.

You will be able to try, purchase, and download apps from the Marketplace catalog. It is not up and running yet as you can see in the screenshots.

Only development team and software distributors can current access the demo catalog.

The Pro devices can access and control a PC remotely with this utility.

The look and feel of remote desktop control can be managed with these settings.

Email and Messenger status appear on this display.

A new skin comes with the latest version of WMP

The about screen also still says Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for Pocket PC. This new naming convention may really confuse the issue.

You have to step through a couple setup screens to enable Windows Update.

Make sure you have an unlimited data plan before checking this box.

Last step in the initial update sequence

Ready to check now for updates.

Windows Update is active and setup to check automatically. You can access and change your settings with the Menu on the right.

Notice the ribbon bars up top to give you a quick status of your day?

Ribbon bars are visible in the Week view too.

Quickly filter your emails with the new Smart Filter functionality in Windows Mobile 6. This is one of the coolest new features!

The dialer skin has been updated and the calls and contacts have been added.

Smart dialing is now part of Pro and Standard devices to make dialing your contacts faster and easier.

There are several settings you can customize on the Pro devices.

Hopefully the new multiple vibrate and pulsing vibrate options will be added in the final ROM versions like they have on Standard devices.

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Mobile are still found on WM 6 devices.

Excel Mobile has better round-tripping support and adds a couple new features to the existing Excel Mobile program.

Internet Explorer Mobile is very similar on a Pro and Standard device with just a couple of small differences.