Update: A very interesting auto-reply from sean (the PC guy)

Earlier Ad “Shoe Circus“

Starring himself, Brian Williams, Steve Ballmer, Matthew McConaugheyr, Robbie Bach, Jay-Z, Bono, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Jon Stewart, Kevin Turner, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie.

A must Watch.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEWMC4usElM&rel=1]

Can check out a wide screen version of this clip in high quality at http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080107/bill-gates-last-day-microsoft-video/

Also, take a peek at the full keynote speech by Bill Gates at http://www.microsoft.com/ces/

This time its just home screens (utility software which can change the look and customize your first screen) which can work wonders if you customize them properly. One can get a lot of info just on the top screen, like unread sms’s (recent 3 or any number), unread mails (recent 2-3 mails or so), next meeting time and location, upcoming birthdays, stock quotes, weather in the city, rss feeds etc. etc

Lets get on to the list and not waste time

SPB Pocket Plus (The best available software for WM in this category)

SPB Pocket Plus 4.0 has just been released and it is truly a time saver if you use your mobile a lot.

Check the video demo for the possibilities and new features. The best features in my opinion will be the customizable today screen (icons and shortcuts), tabbed browsing in IE, smart scrolling, Close button extension and Better file handling which includes zip support. I would suggest going through this review on unwired once to realize the full capabilities and to the extent you can customize with tons of icons and settings.

SBSH iLauncher (a similar looking one but not that great other than the home screen)

Goodwin Pocket PC home screen

iPhone home screen for PPC

This post wont be complete without the mention of this home screen which is like God for all the pocket pc junkies who just care for looks. Yo baby, check out this cool video and see for yourself.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t do much to pretty up the exterior of the device, but it does manage to successfully emulate some of the iPhone’s more notable *bells ‘n’ whistles*, including its trademark finger-touch scrolling, its slide-to-lock feature, and its now-familiar menu system, all of which was apparently written in PPL (Pocket Programming Language).

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IE 7+1
IE VIII
IE 1000 (think binary)
IE Eight!
iIE
IE for Web 2.0 (Service Pack 2)
IE Desktop Online Web Browser Live Professional Ultimate Edition for the Internet (the marketing team really pushed for this one
Ie^2.079 (we might still use this for the Math Major Edition)

but sadly they settled for IE8 … read more here

I can suggest some more .. how about

IE X-2 …. the Xmen version
IE Tigeress
iBrowse
IE GO (pronounced as ayeeee go)
IE Beta .. for earth and we will never come out of beta .. coz its the name *lol*

They will have to still decide the various edtions it will ship as, like

Web Developers edition, Children edition, Student edition, Home edition, Professional edition (tuned for social networking and digging), Ulitmate edition, Live edition, Offline edition, Web edition …

Can you think of more?

How will you name it? OR What can be the name if someone else would have developed the next version of IE, say apple or google or a new start up?

In case you are not lucky enuf to use vista you can enjoy the video preview here

The good part is that you can have this installation side by side with the old version which can let you go back if you have to use other features.

Download a copy from here.