WM 6.5 Before 7.0?

[D/\SH]

Taken from http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=217&tag=nl.e539

There has never been any official Microsoft announcement or release date for Windows Mobile 7, but much has been leaked about this future mobile operating system. Motorola was recently talking about its future mobile strategy and let slip that a Windows Mobile 6.5 update should be coming prior to Windows Mobile 7.

As stated by Sanjay Jha, co-chief executive of Motorola and chief executive of mobile devices:

"Windows Mobile 6 has not delivered the experience that I think Apple has been able to deliver, but as you look at the plan that is Windows Mobile 7 and even 6.5, I think there are significant new added features which will help the platform."

I wrote yesterday about how I find Windows Mobile 6.1 on my Treo Pro to be a perfectly capable and fully functional OS that may not have all the UI enhancements on the iPhone, but it is stable and relevant in todays smartphone world. I havent seen anything about Windows Mobile 6.5 before, but it makes sense that there would be another update before something like Windows Mobile 7 since that is the way Windows Mobile upgrades have come at us in the past. I do hope that Internet Explorer Mobile 6 comes out before this 6.5 update and am quite curious about what other features Microsoft will throw into an update. The good thing about most of these point updates is that existing hardware can generally be updated.

Sometimes we see some of the enhancements made by ODMs and carriers implemented in these updates. For example, the T-Mobile Shadow (see my review) had a unique Home screen UI that later appeared very similar to what was seen in the Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade to Standard (non-touch screen) devices. Maybe well see some of the great UI enhancements that HTC and Samsung have made in their devices as part of WM 6.5.


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Seems quite the jump to assume 6.5 will come out, but lets hope..

[kaos]

I believe it...more or less 6.5 will prob be there beta form so to speak of 7.0 without all the flash just core.....But shit im loving 6.1 so bring it on....I am a Junkie and this is my story....

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by kaos

I believe it...more or less 6.5 will prob be there beta form so to speak of 7.0 without all the flash just core.....But shit im loving 6.1 so bring it on....I am a Junkie and this is my story....

word for sure bro testify!!!!! lmao i have the same feeling.... in comparison its a lot like what vista was for windows 7

[nadcicle]

I just wish windows wasn't so damn stupid with the naming of this stuff anymore. We have Windows 7 for the PC and windows 7 for mobile. You think someone in that multi billion dollar industry would be getting payed to think of a name that has good gimmicks.

I sure know I for one am not screaming "yay windows 7.. yay!!" More or long the lines im just saying "Yay windows update that enables gps and faster internet speeds!!"

[kaos]

Originally Posted by nadcicle

I just wish windows wasn't so damn stupid with the naming of this stuff anymore. We have Windows 7 for the PC and windows 7 for mobile. You think someone in that multi billion dollar industry would be getting payed to think of a name that has good gimmicks.

I sure know I for one am not screaming "yay windows 7.. yay!!" More or long the lines im just saying "Yay windows update that enables gps and faster internet speeds!!"

agreed like "Windows Extreme"

[BiG JeW]

I asked a rep from Microsoft Windows Mobile at the HTC event about WM7. He stated that he constatnly gets asked that question alot and says the same thing..... "there is so much software always being developed for wm7 and they do not know when it would be released. They want to make it perfect..... We all know nothings perfect, so its taing time"

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by kaos

agreed like "Windows Extreme"

Or WM D/\SH.... now that would be a name :>

[MikeyD]

Originally Posted by D/\SH

Or WM D/\SH.... now that would be a name :>

for as much as we mess with windows.........WM Wckediden....lmao....WM D/\SH

[BiG JeW]

Yea right! More like WM TRASH!

[kaos]

Originally Posted by BiG JeW

Yea right! More like WM TRASH!

na i can see it now... WM Dash the slogan "nurture your inner whore".......

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by kaos

na i can see it now... WM Dash the slogan "nurture your inner whore".......

ahhahahahahaha i like it :>

[BiG JeW]

:lol: Yea that sounds more like it!