Windows Mobile 6.5 Coming Soon!

Big excitement gathering as Windows Mobile 6.5 is expected to be launched on May 11th at Tech Ed 2009; according to a windows mobile blog on Microsoft’s website.  Unofficial versions of Windows Mobile 6.5 have been going around, but since then we think that this “final cut” may be somewhat different than what we’ve seen previously. Microsoft issued a statement regarding Windows Mobile 6.5 indicating what their plans with the launch will be: 

“We’re excited about TechEd as an opportunity to talk to business customers and developers about the software for the next generation of Windows phones. There will be several sessions we think will help people learn more to get their planning ideas started about the new phones coming to market in the 2H of 2009.” 

So obviously, WinMo 6.5 will not be available on handsets until the second half of 2009, but with this intro at TechEd it show us more details about how this new 6.5 version works.

The Palm WebOS is still more interesting to me than this new WinMo 6.5, maybe WinMo 7 might actually stand a chance against the WebOS. Given that the Palm Pre will launch 6 days after the WinMo 6.5 launch, I think WinMo hype won’t last very long.

Source:Cnet