The Windows Powered Smartphone OS supporst much smaller handsets than the Pocket PC phones. Both platforms are based on Windows CE 3.0, but while the Pocket PC phones were designed as PDA solutions, the smartphone OS was designed from the ground up as a mobile phone. It is designed to compete with a company like Symbian, whose OS is in the lion's share of mobile phones.

Only one company has made a Windows Powered Smartphone so far, French-owned operator Orange SA, which is selling its Windows Powered Smartphone in the United Kingdom. Orange's SPV (sound, pictures, video), which is manufactured by Taiwan's High Tech Computer, costs 179 pounds ($276.8). The device, launched along with the Windows Powered Smartphone OS back in October, looks just like any other mobile phone with an actual keypad, but with a slightly larger 65,000 color, 176 x 220 display. It has 132MHz processor and 16MB of RAM and promises 2.5 hours standby and 100 hours of talk time. It can also run many of the Pocket PC/ Windows CE applications currently available. In the United States, AT&T Wireless announced plans to bring Windows Powered smartphone-based handsets to market by the middle of next year.

Orange SPV Windows Powered Smartphone