Don’t hold your breath.. Microsoft Windows CE 6.0 and Vista might only come out in 2007. So that gives you plenty of time to save on a Vista Premium PC and Windows CE handheld device.

Microsoft will officially launch its Windows CE 6.0 OS for embedded and mobile devices in the first half of its fiscal year 2007 (July 2006-June 2007), a move which is likely to bring Windows CE 6.0-powered handheld devices to the market early next year, according to Eddie Wu, Microsoft’s senior director of device solutions sales, Asia and worldwide ODM ecosystems.

Wu made the remark yesterday in Taipei as the software giant launched a beta version of its Windows CE 6.0 in the Taiwan market.

According to Wu, Microsoft’s Windows CE embedded system currently accounted for 30% of the world’s handheld device market, with the percentage points climbing to 50% in the PDA segment. Overall, about 10 million handheld devices (excluding GPS devices) used globally are powered by Windows Mobile 5.0, Wu added.

Microsoft Windows CE 6.0 only in 2007 source