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Windows Mobile 6.5 coming mid-year?
Microsoft may begin offering Windows Mobile 6.5 to mobile device manufacturers by the middle of 2009, which means we could see cellphones running the operating system start showing up in the second half of the year. DigiTimes reports that sources at Taiwanese companies that make handsets expect Microsoft to introduce the updated operating system at Mobile World Congress next month.
There's not a ton of information available about Windows Mobile 6.5. As we reported a few months ago, this will be a bit of an incremental upgrade to hold cellphone makers and customers over until Windows Mobile 7 is ready. But based on the leaked screenshots we've seen, Microsoft certainly has made some changes to the user interface. Will it be enough to keep Windows Mobile devices competitive with the iPhone and mobile devices running Palm's new WebOS, Google Android, or Symbian? We'll have to get back to you on that one.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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typoink said 2:34PM on 1-21-2009
I'm curious to see how this turns out. WM is still probably the most flexible and powerful smartphone OS out there, but it's too clunky, inelegant, and just "un-fun" compared to the competition. If MS can slick WM up without killing its advantages, they could have a winner.
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James said 2:34PM on 1-21-2009
The thing that bugs me about WM upgrades is that they generally apply only to new hardware. My TyTN has gotten homebrew/hacked WM 6.1 upgrades, but I think the last official support is WM 5 or maybe 6.0 (I forget). I really wish they'd encourage a more modular hardware support/driver system, so those of us who already have a phone would have an easier time keeping the software up to date.
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Jash Sayani said 2:34PM on 1-21-2009
Thank god you guys put the right screenshots !
Engadget is useing some stupid mock-up screenshots !
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Daren said 5:44PM on 1-21-2009
thats a screenshot of wm7. Gizmodo probably has the correct screen shot.
Josh said 2:34PM on 1-21-2009
WOW. I have 6.1 on my PPC6700 Apache and I can't wait for 6.5 and 7! I tried going back to my officail WM5 rom, but its so freaking boring and plain!
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