Owners of the Garmin-ASUSM20 can finally update their handset to Windows Mobile 6.5. Apart from that, the phone will become available in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech, Turkey, and other markets (excluding North America and Western Europe) by the end of 2009.
WMExperts have posted some Windows Mobile 7 mockups, which give us the idea on what the interface of the upcoming OS will look like. Check'em out, the difference from WM6.5 is drastic.
Owners of the HTC Snap and Touch Pro2 smartphones in Europe can now download the official Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM for their handsets. Releasing the update for the U.S. models will depend on the repective carriers.
Two new Windows-mobile business handsets were spotted in the recently leaked AT&T's upcoming lineup, namely the HP Obsidian and LG Monaco. Both will be released in November, which will apparently turn out as hot in terms of handset releases as the October.
See below a quick rundown of specifications for the LG Monaco and HP Obsidian:
According to Digitimes, Microsoft will be releasing the official version of WinMo 6.5 on October 1st this year. They also mentioned that the company also plans to release an touch optimized version of the Windows Mobile 6.5 by February 2010 before the launch of Windows Mobile 7 in Q4 2010.
Acer's F900 smartphone that was anounced back in February has finally been released. It is now available in the UK, unlocked, at £429 ($709), and packs the following features:
Microsoft have disproved previous reports, according to which the Windows Mobile 6.5 would be coming on May 11th. Instead, Microsoft will just be showing off some Windows Mobile 6.5 features/functionality and discussing it's future. Sad, but it's true.
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