Here are some (leaked) screenshots of the Windows Mobile 6.5 running on Blue Angel. It seems like that the Windows Mobile Professional (touchscreen devices) are going to get the same…
The first ROM with Windows Mobile 6.5 modules is here. Posted by sun_dream at xda-developers is suitable for HTC’s Blue Angel, or as it is mostly known, O2 XDA IIs, Qtek 9090, T-Mobile MDA III.
sun_dream also posted the following video, that shows a new panel screen, resembling one of the screen-shots we have seen earlier.
The ROM, is a Beta and doesn’t carry the whole OS, so expect the final product to be a lot different.
This is the Windows Mobile 6.5 features, that the ROM has:
MSTOUCH(UPDATE)
TouchRecognizer
Touch LockScreen
IE6[IE Mobile8.12Pro]2009 Only for 6.5
CMHome For WM6.5PRO
Live For WM6.5
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With the official announcement of the new Windows Mobile system coming in a few weeks time, Digitimes reports that the first Windows Mobile 6.5 devices are coming during the third…
Neowin, quoting unnamed sources close to Microsoft, is claiming Mobile World Congress (February 16-19th), will not only be bringing Windows Mobile 6.5, but also a slew of Microsoft services rumoured previously to the Windows Mobile platform.
“SkyBox” is a service for users to sync a phones information with the web. Microsoft will be offering automatic backup and restore services, access and management of phone data and provide easy communication and sharing with others. The service will also allow syncing of contacts, email/SMS, calendar items and pictures into the cloud. Neowin adds a new detail, not rumoured previously, that this service will be available not only on Windows Mobile, but also for other phone OS’s.
“SkyLine” will be aimed at small businesses. Offering similar functionality to SkyBox, businesses will be able to setup their phones with Microsoft’s Exchange hosting with their own domain names.
“SkyMarket” is Microsoft’s mobile marketplace, a competitor to Apple’s AppStore and RIM’s Blackberry application center.
Neowin also claims that their sources confirm the leaked screenshots from earlier this year are in fact real, despite being panned for having icons stolen from the Apple OSX desktop, and that they represent design concepts.
Looks like we do have quite a bit to look forward to in a months time after all.
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As we learned by now, those things are always an indication that something is truly happening. And indeed, Steve Ballmer, at the Telstra Briefing 2008 in Australia, said the following:
With releases we’ll make this year – releases we’ll make with 6.5 next year, Windows Mobile 7, I think we have a pretty interesting roadmap.
No one can tell when, or how it will look like; probably just improvements to the current OS, and few small innovations, but nothing revolutionary.
This is also a way to buy some time, as Windows Mobile 7 is delayed.
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Motorola has confirmed its is reducing its 15 supported operating systems, including its MOTOMAGX and Symbian platforms to only 3, Google Android, Windows Mobile, and its own P2K 3G solutions.…