It appears that Microsoft has finally wised-up and will stop using year numbers in their product names. So, instead of Windows Mobile 2005, we’re gonna get “Windows Mobile 5″:1. Thank goodness!

WM5 will upgrade the default applications like Word Mobile (the artist formally know as _Pocket Word_) and Excel, support hard drives, enable syncing over Bluetooth, support USB 2.0 and — best of all — keep your data persistent when the battery dies. I’ve put together a bunch of links related to WM5.

* Dave’s PDA “reviews”:4 of all the new features — a good round up.
* “Here’s”:2 a video of Bill Gates introducing it (look for the video entitled _Bill Gates Keynote from the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas_)
* A Microsoft “presentation”:6 on WM5.
* Engadget’s “take”:3 on it
* And a “post”:5 saying that Dell will offer an upgrade for Axim x50 owners. Giddy up!

[6(theunwired hosts a presentation on WM5)]http://www.theunwired.net/photo/index.php?gallery=./Gadgets/Windows%20Mobile%205.0

[5(Dell will offer upgrade to WM5... yippie)]http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=83371

[4(DavesPDA blog on WM5)]http://www.davespda.com/special/wm5/

[3(Engadgets post on WM5)]http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000923042798/

[2(Bill gets his mobile 5 on)]http://www.microsoft.com/events/executives/billgates.mspx

[1(MSFT Windows Mobile 5 site)]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/5/default.mspx