Motorola has announced a new device called the ES400. This is a ruggedized phone with a barcode scanner, similar to the MC55. At the announcement, Steve Ballmer (Microsoft Chief Executive) had this to say:

"In the next six months we will release a new embedded OS called Windows Embedded Handheld, based on Windows Mobile 6.5 technologies ... [and] in the second half of 2011, we will release a version of Windows Embedded Handheld based on Windows Phone 7 technology,"