Windows Mobile 6.5 is DONE!

[Rocco Augusto]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://twitter.com/wmdev/status/1797927736' target='_blank'>http://twitter.com/wmdev/status/1797927736</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"For the record, Windows Mobile 6.5 is DONE... complete... looks really good IOHO and every bit functional. ping us if u want to know more."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/zt/auto/1239169541.usr8.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>There you have it - straight from the developers mouths... or tweets. Windows Mobile 6.5 is done. Stick a fork in it because it is good to go. Now all we have to do is wait around for one of hardware manufacturers to bestow one of these brand spanking new devices on us. Hopefully we will not have to wait too long.</p>

[teschall]

Works and looks great on my Omnia! Now for that official ROM...;)

[efjay]

Yep, mostly looking forward to the Marketplace, wonder what we will see released.

[Rocco Augusto]

Yep, mostly looking forward to the Marketplace, wonder what we will see released.

It would be nice to see one centralized location for developers to release their applications. Currently it is pretty hard to find the right app you're looking for. I once spent an hour looking for a good alarm clock program when I received my first Windows Mobile device, Having to search through Google and random forums and developers sites and then find something you think will be the answer... only to find out it is for the Pocket PC platform. ;)

[Twain]

Windows Mobile 6.5 It may be "done", but at Tech Ed last week, I asked Microsoft representatives when the WM 6.5 SDK would be out in general release or even Beta and no one could give me an answer. I wonder why all the mystery with the SDK when they have already announced the product...

[iPhone Fan]

With an endless chain of leaks dating back several months, the suspense factor might not be there that Microsoft had been hoping for -- but for what it's worth, Windows Mobile 6.5 is now official. The latest rendition of Microsoft's mobile platform puts an emphasis on touch-friendliness with a honeycomb-style main menu that the company says is easier to finger than a traditional grid layout; a new lock screen that can be slid on different alerts to automatically call up texts, voicemails, and so on; a thoroughly-restyled cut of Internet Explorer Mobile that features a touchable zoom slider and frequently-used commands; redesigned menus that don't need a stylus to actuate; fingerable home and contacts screens, and more. It's not the thorough gutting of the platform many were hoping for, but for anyone thinking that Windows Mobile 6.1 can stand another facelift without ending up looking like Joan Rivers, 6.5's clearly your baby. Sadly, Microsoft's saying that no devices in the market today will receive official 6.5 updates, but don't pull out your wallets just yet, though -- the first devices with Windows Mobile 6.5 preinstalled should be available in the fourth quarter of the year.