Historically, major Windows Mobile releases have a track record of leaking out ahead of their official announcements. Actually, they don't just have a track record of getting leaked -- they have a track record of getting
installed on legacy hardware, and it looks like WinMo 6.5 may be no different. An intrepid poster over at xda-developers has thrown up files and instructions for getting a build of 6.5 (seemingly, anyway) on an old-school HTC Blue Angel of all things, a device that dates all the way back to 2004 and the early days of
this very site. We can't verify that this is actually 6.5 and not just some semi-slick skin heaped over 6.1, but the fact that we really can't tell should be just a little alarming to Microsoft if this is seriously what they plan to unveil
next month. Follow the break for a blast from HTC's past running a glimpse of Redmond's future, and while you're at it, dig your Siemens SX66 out of the attic.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Read - In action on the Blue Angel
Read - Screen shots [Via
wmpoweruser]
Read - Discussion and files at xda-developers
posted Jan 21st 2009 1:51PM
I stopped watching it after a little bit...it hurt my eyes.
Well what do you expect. Mr.BlurryCam can get in touched with unreleased products, but can't afford a digital camera.
You owe that glossy screen a beer for all the time it just helped you saved.
Videos taken with phones should be prohibited from the web. How hard is it to find a camcorder or digicam. I'm sure one of your neighbors won't mind you borrowing it.
sweet, my old phone! going to try this...
sweet, this video is useless.
Just give me the files for Win Mo 6.5 Standard, I want to port it to the Vox!
Is that picture photoshopped or is that the real deal. because it looks real bad.
It could be the real deal, but with an Eastern font. Those tend to make things look a bit choppy.
If it's able to run on that piece of junk, it' supposed to be lightweight, what's good, right?
I'm intrigued. I thought 6 on 6 was restricted to newer hardware because of the processor power. Here is IE6 running on a 4 year old device!
Well that's pretty embarassing, assuming it's accurate.
Ugly new "Today" screen that is worse than HTC's effort, finger-scrolling done worse than the Omnia managed, IE6 and the same old Windows 3.1 chic UI beneath it all?
Is that really supposed to compete with any of their competitors?
And, no, it's not relevant that you may be able to customise it and improve things - they are the biggest software company on the planet and they should be able to manage to at least match their competitors, even if an inability to innovate is in their DNA.
Stating that Microsoft can't innovate is, let's say, a bit "inaccurate".
Just look around you.
Yeah Microsoft has no innovation in their history! Thankfully Apple released the first cell phone with a web browser and touch scre--- no wait... that was someone else...
Who's talking about apple here? Not me!
A touch screen phone with a browser is not innovative. I had a nokia with an Internet browser back in 1999. Handspring had theirs with touch and It was partners of ms like compaq / hp who started sticking cellular modems on their winCE PDAs and calling them phones long before microsoft started creating phone-specific distributions of CE.
Let's not forget that Windows CE was a copy of palm.
Microsoft have made their success by copying or acquiring other peoples' products then making strong partnerships with companies to sell them. Been that way since the very start and QDOS / QBASIC.
The Xperia will be running WinMo 6.5. Not sure it'll look like the horrendous pic above though.
It is just Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM in style of WM 6.5. It doesn't even try to fake as 6.5, see the detailed description and screenshots, it is clear it is 6.1. Lol.
Its a rom cooked with bits of 6.5 and bits of 6.1, and bits of 5, and bits of 2003.
Because the blue angel never had a oem rom past 2003.
o, mr. blurrycam. i feel like ive been getting to know you real well lately...
Its just a new Aku, 1.4, which is a bit like a service pack for WM.
The Blue Angel is a fantastic phone, but its VERY old, and the graphics hardware is slow, so don't expect it to run amazingly.
I think he was the camerman in Second City's 3D House of Pancakes. Would you like some syrup?
The home screen reminds me of the Zune. Zunephone? :P
gotta love the font
Don't do this to me Microsoft! I'm trying to not want to leave you for the Palm Pre. Windows Mobile 6.5 is your last shot before I bolt...
Relax everyone. The person who made the video states that this is an earlier beta--it's not the final product.
Dear lord, THIS is microsofts response to iPhone, Android and Palm? A "new" today screen? It's a lot worse than the first touch flo. I'm really hoping that this is fake beacause it would be such a shame for all those beautiful 2009 HTC devices to run this piece of crap.
I can't see anything. If it's that blurry, I gotta think it's fake.
Whatever. WinMo is so far behind now, there's no point.
I really think that WebOS is going to put WM completely out of the race. Between WebOS, Android, and the Apple OS, WM just can't compete. While all other OSes are getting more stylish and friendlier, WM is getting fuglier!
Really? You think?
No, you probably don't.
The majority of PPC/Smartphone consumers use their device for function and not how "pretty" their OS is. WinMO kills any other mobile OS on the market when it comes to integration with Exchange and Office files. Enterprise is their market not tweens.
I like how people talk up an unreleased and unused OS as "being the greatest thing ever"
@Jughead: It's called foresight. Acquire it.
any one know if you can install 6 or 6.5 on an htc 8525?
If the ROM can run smoothly on older phones, I'd love to have it on my Samsung Blackjack II, currently running WM 6.1, if only because I'm expecting a Zune-like interface for playing music. Other than that, the phone handles all my other needs perfectly. I just want the eye candy of 6.5. Using WMP to play music is pretty lame, though to be honest, Core Player Mobile isn't too bad. Just want something built into the OS proper.
i just wasted 7:47 of my life
And it's not your fault right?
Well, BlueAnhel might be quite old, but considering that it's SoC, Marvells PXA270 (back then it was still Intel ;) ) is still used in rather new phones (e.g. HP's 614c or this ANDROID running "exeda" announced on this years CES, it can't be that bad.
It's not the full "OSss"? retard... It's O.S as in Operating system.
Anyone who is putting down the Blue Angel (Siemens SX66) obviously never had the Harrier (XV6600) on Verizon.
Those phones are still VERY MUCH relevant as long as the data network is there. What they lack they make up for with Screen Size (Desktop Real Estate) and slide out vertical keyboard.
It lacks:
-GPS
-Decent Camera
-Extra Ram of some of the phones just now coming out (256MB as opposed to 128MB). Only deal there is those new phones coming out 3 years later are running a much more bloated OS that seems to net equal in ram/speed comparison (WM6 as opposed to WM2003SE).
I have yet to find a phone to replace it. Still have the XV6600 on my hip. Was about to pull the trigger on the Xperia X1 but test drove it last week in a SonyStyle store and feel the screen is too small even though it's resolution is much crisper (800x480). If Sony had just filled the device front with screen down to the buttons (remove the bezel and recessed screen issue entirely) and figure out how to speed the device up a bit (is it WM6 or WM6 + the Sony Erricson Panels that slows it down?).
My XV6600 side by side the Xperia X1 was eating it's lunch on every task you can perform on Windows Mobile.
I have a XV6600 new in the box if you anybody wants to make an offer.
What was that recorded on? Looks like whatever it is, the resolution is 8x6 (not 800x600, 8 pixels by 6 pixels) and was encoded at 6 bits per second. And the guy can't even hold the thing still enough to see anything.
I appreciate the attempt at sharing something new, but this video is unwatchable. Excuse me while I go hurl.
Looks like another one of the old HTC smartphones - an HTC Typhoon or Tornado perhaps?
I still use WinMo, because it does a ton of things that the other smartphone OSs cant. Not because I'm a MS fanboy, but because it actually does what I need a smartphone to do. It might be ugly by modern standards, but it is certainly more functional than the rest, with maybe only the Blackberry OS even coming in anywhere near a close 2nd.
did they remove copy & paste? they had better if they wanna compete with the iphone. they should also switch to a battery you can't replace.
FYI: this is not a leaked wm6.5 rom... it is wm6.1 with some leaked components that may be in wm6.5, like "Live for wm6.5" and "ie6".
Hold the mobile OS comparisons until something legitimate is released...
Much better video and text:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=2531
It's not WinMo 6.5, it's got some of the WinMo 6.5 kernel but not all of the product. It's from an Emulator that was released from MS for testing.
Thank you.
I hope that video is fake, because it doesn't show anything new or good.
I'm a Touch Diamond user, and have had plenty of time with WM 6.1 with TouchFLO 3D on it. I've made my tweaks and fixes, and I love it.
But I also have an iPod Touch, and I've experience with the iPhone OS.
The reason people buy WM is for their exchange support, and office mobile support... both of which are now available for the iPhone.
I was quite surprised how good Exchange support was on the iPhone OS. It's fast and capable. And there are apps coming out for the iPhone that supports Office files (viewing & editing).
While I doubt that WebOS will take away a large chunk of hardcore iPhone or WM users, I can see the iPhone dominating everyone.
I hope WM will come out with better performance + user interface in their next versions, so they'll stay competitive in the market.
for the record, I hate my windows mobile, and I hate my HTC touch. what more can i say?
Its ok, they both hate you more.