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Windows Mobile 6.5 to launch at TechEd 2009

By Tim Conneally | Published April 17, 2009, 3:18 PM

Microsoft's annual TechEd conference, which is taking place in Los Angeles this year from May 11 to 15, will play host to the official debut of Windows Mobile 6.5, the Windows Mobile Team Blog said today.

On The opening day of TechEd at 2:15 pm PDT, Stephanie Ferguson, the General Manager of Business Experiences at Microsoft, will lead the launch presentation of the Windows Mobile release that is meant to bridge the gap between old key-and-D-pad-driven interface with the touch-based interface.

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cyberia
Apr 21, 2009 - 9:47 AM

I tell people that you know you're running Windows on your phone when it crashs evert couple of days.

I've had my WM 6.0 Moto q9m for a while now on Verizon. Microsoft doesn't issue updates for phones, they just give the new OS builds to the OEM's for them to customize for their particular phones.

Motorola hasn't issued an upgrade to 6.1 for the q9m. If they think that will make me more likely to buy a new Motorola phone, they're crazy!

I'm gonna check out the Palm Pre. If I like it, I'm switching to Sprint. If I don't like the Pre, it's iPhone on aTT for meQ

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frankwick
Apr 17, 2009 - 6:16 PM

any chance AT&T will release an update to the Tilt which is currently at 6.1?

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mjm01010101
Apr 19, 2009 - 9:12 AM

I believe previous articles said it won't be available as an upgrade from earlier WM devices.

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