Windows Mobile 6.5 details coming in May?

Windows Mobile 6.5 phones still aren't expected to arrive until the second half of the year, but Microsoft sounds like it's ready to show off the new operating system next month.

Electronista spotted a post to Microsoft's Windows Mobile blog last week that said the company is planning to "launch" the new mobile operating system at TechEd 2009, scheduled for May 11. "Launch" can mean an awful lot of things in the business world, and in this case, it's likely that Microsoft is referring to the "release to manufacturing" milestone, when a product is made available to its handset partners for testing and certification.

Representatives from Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for clarification on what will announced or demonstrated in May. When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discussed Windows Mobile 6.5 in February at the Mobile World Congress, he said that phones with the new software wouldn't be available until the second half of the year.

Updated 4:15pm - Microsoft issued a statement regarding Windows Mobile 6.5 and TechEd 2009. And here it is:

"We're excited about TechEd as an opportunity to talk to business customers and developers about the software for the next generation of Windows phones. There will be several sessions we think will help people learn more to get their planning ideas started about the new phones coming to market in the 2H of 2009."

[Negrit0]

details? I have had 6.5 on my HTC Touch for a week now...

[BogusBasin]

What is Windows Mobile?

Amen

[Chapmaniac]

Ignorant troll.

[BogusBasin]

Sticks and stones Chapman. Sticks and stones.

Amen

[monkeyfun14]

A OS that actually allows basic features that iPhone doesn't.

[Maxwell Studly]

Windows Mobile is the third most common/popular OS on SmartPhones.

Don't cry.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone

[timber2005]

I wonder what the standing is if you exclude iPod Touches.

[FearNo1]

At least WinMo can walk and chew bubble gum (e.g. multitask).

[BogusBasin]

Like Windows Mobile? You can have it. You can have Windows too. Cause they do everything with no restrictions. Good for you. Enjoy.

Amen

[viper396]

@BogusBasin, what exactly were you trying to accomplish with your original post? Either you're trolling to start a pointless argument or you believe these kind of juvenile post will somehow make a WinMobile user change phones. Either way, you come out looking stupid.

Your post was pointless, your remarks are rhetorical, and your replies show ignorance. Once again, what exactly do you think you are accomplishing?

[belawrence]

True story: Yesterday at a jobsite my new coworker who loves his iPhone watched in awe as I tethered my vintage 2005 HTC Apache WinMo 5.0 phone aka Sprint PPC 6700 to my laptop, copy/paste a note he needed into text & send it to his Jesus phone, and later that day watch ESPN from my home via my Slingbox AV.

[ducttape36]

whats up with saying amen after every post? His god must really love when he throws insults. maybe the church of apple.

[Chapmaniac]

I upgraded my BlackJack II from 6.0 to 6.1 (and held my breath through the process). All went smoothly and I'm looking forward to the 6.5 upgrade when it's available. The BlackJack II is a wonderful workhorse of a cell phone.

And on a side note, MONSTER CABLE SUCKS!
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/engadget-endorses-monster-cable-uh-hell-no/2