It was hard standing idly by, snapping a few pictures, while everyone else was busy taking video of Microsoft's demonstration of the next-generation Internet Explorer Mobile for Windows Mobile 6.1. Not having a video camera on hand was hard, but not being able to show you readers what Microsoft had in store for Internet Explorer [...]

Microsoft went ahead and met our expectations of a Windows Mobile 6.1 announcement at CTIA Las Vegas 2008. The revised Windows Mobile UI looks good, works well, and gives the Windows Mobile platform the aesthetic boost that it's been needing for a few years now. The homescreen has been reorganized with a "sliding panel" UI. [...]