New WM6.5 ROM Leaks: Outlook Live, Marketplace and MyPhone on board

Posted on Sunday, Feb 8, 2009 by Malatesta
 
Filed Under: News; Tags: wm6.5, rom, outlook live, my phone

Just a little while ago we mentioned how WM6.5 (early, pre-release) was being ported over for CDMA phones and that we can expect a newer, updated WM6.5 ROM to be coming out. Well that day is here.

Once again, Conflipper at ppcgeeks has manged to not only get his hands on but post some screen shots of what's new.

The now infamous "honeycomb" launcher is there, but not running smoothly, which tells us that some hardware graphics accelartion may be needed.  We also see that Windows Media Player gets a healthy and welcomed makeover, resulting in a much more thumb friendly UI.

Perhaps the biggest news though is the inclusion of MyPhone, Marketplace (something we were expecting) and also the unheard of (until now) "Outlook Live" application.  Glancing over the screenshot, it appears that this new service will allow you to sync multiple e-mail accounts.  For those who remember, MS had launched an "Outlook Live" service back in 2005 as a way to sync up your hotmail and Outlook account information into one single area, unifying the services.  Then the test program was seemingly canceled, with promises of a return to something in the future.  Perhaps that day is now approaching with a re-vamped version in WM6.5?

Also, cryptically someting referred to as "WMwidgets" was also found, though we're not what that exactly is yet.

We'll post more info as it comes about, until then take a look at some more WM6.5 screenies after the jump.

Thanks Conflipper!

          

 
 

Comments

Wohoo, cant wait for Version 6.5 ^^

i disagree, its kind of a "yawmer" another incremental upgrade MS likes to do. Besides the sliding panels, which is less impressive than TFlo3D, and some "prettification" to WMP and the scrollbar, its still the same WM. Their new live services sound cool, but Im sure 6.5 wont be the only devices cable of those services. Theyd be dumb to limit these to the few newer devices and leave millions on 5/6/6.1 still out in the cold.

What!? We already have Windows Live for cloud sync, then they add My Phone, and now we have Outlook Live? What is all of that about?

windows media player(or at least those parts that are visible on the picture) seems exactly like htc's audio manager. the pop-up finger friendly menu is just like fingermenu, developed by francarl at xda. it seems that microsoft doesn't bother to steal good ideas from manufacturers and lone developers. don't get me wrong, they should have done that much earlier. :)

Actually, that's simply the HTC skin being used on the player screen (Meaning that this may be an HTC 6.5 rom); the cursor is still Microsoft's; Note the following picture:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/is-this-windows-mobile-7/561251/
They didn't "copy" anything. They were headed in this direction.

it's look like Symbian OS

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