Microsoft has just revealed that the latest version of Windows Mobile is slated for release on October 6, and HTC has just revealed that the first smartphone device to be released running WinMo 6.5, will be the HTC Touch 2. Shortly thereafter, Sony Ericsson will release its first ever WinMo phone, using this new Windows Mobile 6.5, the Xperia X2. And sometime before the twelve days of Christmas are out, LG will have 3 WinMo 6.5 smartphones out (among its 13 new devices promised by New Year's), 2 of those devices sure to be the LG GW550 and the LG GM750.
The new Windows Mobile 6.5 will include a new and improved Internet Explorer Mobile web browser that includes Flash support (something even the iPhone can't yet claim). WinMo 6.5 also features the Microsoft My Phone back-up service, immensely popular in Beta and finally taken out of Beta for full release for the first time. And WinMo 6.5 it will include the long-awaited Windows Marketplace for Moble app store.
But more than anything, this is an OS improvement, as Microsoft attempts to regain some serious ground lost to rivals RIM, Google, and Apple. For a more feature-filled upgrade, stay tuned for WinMo 7.0. It's biggest and best improvement - perhaps - no more need for the stylus. Windows Mobile 6.5 is "finger friendly" they say.
Meanwhile, a quote released by one of Motorola's senior engineers (ironic because Motorola has all but proposed to Google Android) suggests that WinMo 7.0 is already in manufacturer's hand in Beta. ,Supposedly according to LinkedIn leaks, Windows Mobile 7.0 will include a Microsoft Mobile version of Internet Explorer 7.0 or even 8.0, as well as a digital compass, an accelerometer, Nickname Cache, and Windows Live ID, among others.
