Official Windows Mobile 6.1 update for Kaiser leaks out

The good news: HTC's prepping to officially launch a Windows Mobile 6.1 update for its TyTN II any day (or week, or month) now. The better news: you can get it now. The bad news: although there are some video performance tweaks in place, they aren't exactly revolutionary -- and it's still not true video acceleration. The worst news: AT&T's Tilt update will apparently follow on at some nebulous point in the future. Got all that? So if you're lucky enough to be sporting an unbranded Kaiser of some sort, why wait? Grab the update from MoDaCo and let us know how it treats you.

[JustinVincible Posted May 21st 2008 3:05PM]

I always have gripes with post like this. First off, MoDaCo got this from XDA (where it was posted first thing in the morning yesterday) and secondly, Tilt owners (like myself) who are CID unlocked can upgrade as well. I've been running it since yesterday morning and I love it. Lastly, the slightly official AT&T 6.1 rom can also be found on XDA for those thrill seekers.

[(Unverified) Posted May 21st 2008 6:11PM]

That's a pretty big assumption that XDA could be the only possible source of the file wouldn't you say? Just because it's also there, doesn't mean that's the only place it could have come from!

The Engadget article is also correct by stating that the AT&T update will follow in the future. You could flash this update on your Tilt (and in fact I have), but it's technically the TyTN II update.

Here's hoping AT&T get their final update out soon!

[slamEVIL Posted May 21st 2008 6:02PM]

@steve archer:
that's not what fyreblazer said. he said xda had it first and modaco got it from them and now engadget is basicly giving modaco credit. about the tilt update: i think he was saying that even if you have a tilt and not a kaiser, you can still flash your rom. engadget said you need an unbranded kaiser.

[(Unverified) Posted May 21st 2008 6:12PM]

You're right, they did specify an unbranded kaiser... they should fix that ;-)

[simbadogg Posted May 21st 2008 3:23PM]

i think i'll pass on the official 6.1 rom for now, and wait till q-mobile releases the either 6.1. i just did a hard reset a few days ago, and it took me literally hours to get all my settings back to the way i liked it. (Setting up email, wifi passwords, backup sms/picture/email messages, backlight, screen, and all other settings, not to mention loading all the most recent versions of programs i run). but i'm honestly anxiously waiting. should be able to hold me over till WM7 drops.

and i would def expect at&t and htc (with a lil pressure from MS) to def release this before the 3g iphone drops

[ashasaur Posted May 21st 2008 5:32PM]

Meh, MoDaCo NEVER gets crap like this first...it ALWAYS hits XDA-Developers....and 2, woo-hoo...leaked 6.1, we've had this since last year on the Excalibur and the Wizard!

[simbadogg Posted May 21st 2008 6:21PM]

yeah, but compared to the kaiser...the wizard really isn't crap, i saw this for one because i actually have that phone, well...had.