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Microsoft expected to deliver Windows Mobile 6.5 OS to handset makers in mid-2009, say sources
Microsoft is expected to start delivering its Windows Mobile 6.5 OS (operating system) to handset makers in mid-2009 following the expected debut of the new mobile OS in the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, according to sources at Taiwan handset makers.
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First Windows Mobile 6.5 devices due in third quarter of '09?
Engadget — ... Buzz is starting to get white-hot over Microsoft's plans for Mobile World Congress next month with a number of cloud services and a fresh UI -- presumably Windows Mobile 6.5 -- heading up the rumor pile, and if Digitimes is even close to right on ...

First Windows Mobile 6.5 devices due in third quarter of '09?
Engadget Mobile — ... Buzz is starting to get white-hot over Microsoft's plans for Mobile World Congress next month with a number of cloud services and a fresh UI -- presumably Windows Mobile 6.5 -- heading up the rumor pile, and if Digitimes is even close to right on ...

First Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones expected Q3 2009?
SlashGear — ... in February is looking even more likely, with word coming from Taiwanese handset manufacturers that, following the launch, the OS will be released in mid-2009.  The first devices running WM6.5 will be launched in Q3 2009, the sources continue, but the majority of the new range will not be available until Q4, in time for the holiday shopping season. ...

First Windows Mobile 6.5 devices coming in Q3 2009?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... to see all the Diamonds, Touch Pros, Xperias and other cool smartphones shinning again with a brand new mobile OS. At the same time, we’re kinda sad there’s more than 6 months from the announcement to the actual release. Finally, as an end-note, from what we’ve heard - Microsoft won’t make its own mobile phone (thank God) — rather it will keep its current business model, licensing its operating system to the handset makers. [Via: DigiTimes] Related News from IntoMobile: BlackJack ...

Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets to hit the market starting this summer
Unwired View — ... should happen during MWC 2009 (16 – 19 February). For the moment, there is little info on what WM 6.5 will bring. We only have those two images that leaked back in November 2008, which show a nice looking OS, but nothing more. I’m curious about what manufacturer will produce the very first WM 6.5 device. Will it be HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson? Or maybe LG? Time will tell Via DigiTimes Similar Posts: More leaked pictures of SE W880 ...

Windows Mobile 6.5 Smartphones earliest Q3 2009?
I4U News — ... News Windows Mobile 6.5 Smartphones earliest Q3 2009? It is assumed that Microsoft will debut Windows Mobile 6.5 at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona next month. Digitimes reports now that Microsoft is delivering Windows Mobile 6.5 mid-year to device makers like HTC. This would mean the first Windows Mobile 6.5 powered smartphones would hit the market in Q3 and most of them actually in Q4 2009. In the meantime Microsoft lets Android build up its momentum with new handsets like the rumored ...

Windows Mobile 6.5 coming mid-year?
Download Squad — ... DigiTimes reports that sources at Taiwanese companies that make handsets expect Microsoft to introduce the updated operating system at ...

Windows Mobile 6.5 May Launch Q3 2009, Beta ROMs Leaked Now [Windows Mobile]
Gizmodo — ... Digitimes claims that Microsoft plans to ship its Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone OS to handset makers mid-year, which leads to a Q3 2009 public launch of phones actually running the updated system. ...

Microsoft to deliver Windows Mobile 6.5 in 2H 2009?
Boy Genius Report — According to sources at Taiwanese handset makers, Microsoft is set to deliver Windows Mobile 6.5 to handset makers in the second half of 2009. Handsets running the newest OS are expected to debut some time in Q3 2009, though most manufacturers will likely be targeting the holiday season for launch. The leak focuses on new handsets and provides no indication whether Window Mobile 6.5 will be provided for the current crop of 6.1 handsets. Microsoft is still expected to unveil the details about its mobile OS at the Mobile World Conference next month. We will have to ...

Windows Mobile 6.5 to Arrive in the Second Half of the Year
Mobile Whack — ... OS version? Is it going to sweep us of our feet? Or will we run screaming to cry on other OS’s shoulders? And by the way, what happened to Windows Mobile versions 6.1 to 6.5? Not worthy enough to be even mentioned? via digitimes Tags: ...

Report: Windows Mobile 6.5 to Launch Midyear
Technologizer — Windows Mobile Logo Microsoft will distribute Windows Mobile 6.5 to its partners after it launches the OS at the Mobile World Congress in February, according to a report by DigiTimes . Microsoft will continue to rely upon current business model of working with phone manufacuters to deliver Windows Mobile based products on the market, the report said. DigiTimes’ sources told it that Windows Mobile 6.5-based mobile devices will hit the market in the third and fourth quarters of the year. They also threw salt on rumors that Microsoft was preparing to ...

Windows Mobile 6.5 Coming Summer '09
Homotron.net — Windows Mobile 6.1 got you down? You may not have long to wait - while it's no Windows Mobile 7, the still-unannounced Windows Mobile 6.5 software should be installed on devices shipping in the third quarter of 2009. We expect to hear the official word during the Mobile World Congress in beautiful Barcelona, which takes place in late February. There's very little info on the mobile OS, and even less on what devices we might first see WM 6.5. Microsoft expected to deliver Windows Mobile 6.5 OS to handset makers in mid-2009, say sources ...

Windows Mobile 6.5 para la segunda mitad de año
Celularis — ... relacionadas con la fecha de salida definitiva. De momento es sólo un rumor, pero se dice que Microsoft enviará las primeras muestras de su nuevo sistema operativo a los fabricantes a mediados de este año y los primeros terminales que lo usen estarían en las tiendas en los meses de julio, agosto o septiembre. Con el grueso de modelos en los últimos tres meses de año. Si estas fechas se cumplen, Windows Mobile 7 se irá definitivamente hasta 2010. Vía | Digitimes ...

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