On a brighter note, our tech intelligence czar, Anton Kotov (http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/art...ssbow-en.shtml), has the skinny on Crossbow; all should read it.

From his report, its best 'feature' could be the now-embedded access to...Windows (Mobile) Update.

If this system works as suggested--and we're probably dreaming--the era of AKUs denied by carrier stonewalling could end and WM users will avoid a tradition of orphanage and Balkanization. (Of course, carriers can presumably maintain control over what updates are offered to users on a device-by-device basis.)

Overall, though, taking carriers out of the S/W maintenance business is a big plus.

--BAM