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Windows Mobile 6.5 finally hits in September? And WM 7 not dropping until spring 2010?

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 4, 2009 by Phil Nickinson
 
Filed Under: Rumors; Tags: windows mobile 7, windows mobile 6.5, mwc09

ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley brought us some inside info on Microsoft's cloud services expected to launch this year, and now she's talking up future versions of Windows Mobile.

This comes hot on the heels of Motorola's CEO stating that Windows Mobile 7 won't launch until 2010, and Foley's sources are saying the same thing. We also get some expectations on Windows Mobile 6.5. From her blog:

While Windows Mobile officials won’t talk about ship-date targets (hmmm… sounds like Windows client), some folks familiar with Microsoft’s plans are talking. Here’s the latest I’m hearing from my sources:

  • Windows Mobile 6.5 RTM (release to manufacturing): April 2009
  • First Windows Mobile 6.5 devices from cell phone makers: September 2009
  • Windows Mobile 7.0 release to testers: November 2009
  • First Windows Mobile 7.0 devices from cell phone makers: April 2010

So, we've still a number of months to wait before us mere mortals get our hands on Windows Mobile 6.5, but we're still expecting to get a good look it at Mobile World Congress. And we've got at least another year before Windows Mobile 7 reaches any phones.

 
 

Comments

The Peacock has officially grown on me. I vote: official mascot of 6.5!
Submitted by Dieter Bohn on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 18:45.

my god! for the amount of time its taking them to get it out the door, I get the impression that '7' is actually the total rewrite that was supposed to be '8' and 6.5 has become what was originally supposed to be '7'

Submitted by Tiberius85 (not verified) on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:39.
So you're saying the mascot should be a turtle? :)
Submitted by Phil Nickinson on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 23:00.

Turtle is too fast, rather call a spade a spade and officially name it SNAIL :)

Submitted by LAS (not verified) on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 02:48.

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