Windows Mobile 6.5 confirmed by Steve Ballmer, might solve half your problems

We've all been scratching our heads ever since Motorola name-dropped Windows Mobile 6.5 in a recent earnings call, and at last the ever-reserved Steve Ballmer has come forward to set the record straight: Windows Mobile 6.5 is on the way. The the update is due to hit next year, while Windows Mobile 7 development -- an OS that was never supposed to be the be-all and end-all -- seemingly continues to wallow. As for improvements, there's little to go on right now, though it does sound like the interface might get some work. In all it seems like increasingly little, increasingly late, but we're willing to be surprised, Microsoft.

[Via pocketnow]

[kadajawi Posted Nov 7th 2008 5:02PM]

Hm. Isn't Windows 7 supposed to be based on components? And to run on netbooks? Am I the only one who thinks that they will just slim down and modify Windows 7 for WinMo 7? Like what Apple did with OSX?

Or they just forgot about WinMo...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2008 5:21PM]

Evident in the stuttering, it is easy to detect when someone is excited about tech news.

"The the update...."

[Stephanie C Posted Nov 7th 2008 6:44PM]

You don't even seem to know what the improvements are, so how can you say "seems like increasingly little"??? At least they're updating the OS, even if they can't get 7 out on time. Hopefully 6.5 will have some features that will tide us over until 7. Why don't you wait until you have more info before passing judgement?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2008 8:40PM]

Remeber they are fruitusers.