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Thanks Bunnios...Microsoft Windows .NET Server Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for customer preview. The Windows .NET Server family takes the best of Windows 2000 Server technology and makes it easier to deploy, manage, and use.

Obtaining RC1
You can download individual products or order the CPP kit. This time-limited software expires 360 days after it is installed.

Ordering the CPP Kit
The following items are included in the kit:

• Windows .NET Enterprise Server, 32-bit CD.
• Windows .NET Enterprise Server, 64-bit CD.
• Windows .NET Server Resource CD.
• A unique Product Key; required for installation.
• Links to additional Web-based documentation.
• Credentials enabling access to a community of private Windows .NET Server newsgroups.

Note: The CPP Kit is free of charge, however you will be responsible for paying nominal shipping and handling fees. Orders from outside the United States may be subject to import duties and taxes, which are levied once a shipment reaches your country. When ordering from this site, you are considered the importer of record and must comply with all laws and regulations of the country/region in which you are receiving the shipment.

View: Windows .NET Server Customer Preview Program

What's it look like you say?



Heck, you can even get a Neowin theme for it from here.

To be fair I’m not gonna throw my Nokia away as there’s no way anyone would go out for a few beers with this thing in their back pocket. But that’s hardly the point of this device anyway. Its GPRS compatibility, along with the version of Pocket Internet Explorer that comes with Pocket PC 2002, means you can access both WAP and Web sites – including Neowin or Neowin Mobile Edition. You can, for example, pick up Web mail or access your company’s intranet and cache important pages to read offline. Pocket IE supports SSL, so it’s even possible to perform secure transactions.

As for email, I’m getting used to picking up my email using the wired or wireless ActiveSync, along with SMS messages which turn up in their own folder of the Inbox. No more being able to save only 10 or so on a SIM card, you get to save them all (sent, received, drafts etc.). This was a little weird at first but I really like it. As for using the phone app it’s a breeze, with all numbers being imported from the SIM card as well.

Courtesy of the version of Windows Media Player you can listen to music through the rather good headphones. However, with a view to the limited capacity its best to use the smallest sampling rate possible… leaving the sound a tiny bit rough on some tracks: although using Microsoft’s Media Player on my PC transferring them across is quite easy allowing for a higher rate to be selected if storing on a SD/MMC card.

So there you have it. If this is the sign of convergent devices to come then w00t.

By the way... yes this review ain't impartial: I'm too in love with the thing to be unbiased.

View: O2 XDA site