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On Windows Mobile 6.5 and 7.0


Posted by Ed Hansberry, Sep 4, 2009 09:20 AM

Windows Mobile 6.5 will be launching in just a few weeks now and there have been a number of OEMs jumping on board, including HTC and Samsung. Now comes word that LG Electronics is jumping in with both feet. As for Motorola, don't count them out just yet.


According to Fierce Wireless, LG will be launching three new devices in the near future and a total of 13 by the end of next year.

It has also been reported that Motorola has pretty much abandoned Windows Mobile in favor of Android, but that may not be true if the LinkedIn profile of a senior engineer at Motorola is to be believed. His current status is:

Joining Caesar product development, lead a team to do telephony feature and other applications development. Migrated relative applications from Windows Mobile 6 to Windows Mobile 7 Language: C++ Tools: VS2008, AKU, Platform Builder Runtime Environment: Windows Mobile 7.0 (Beta)

That also means that Windows Mobile 7 is in beta and phone manufacturers have a copy of it. Due to a bit of due diligence from UXEvangelist at the LinkedIn site, a number of WinMo 7 features have been uncovered. One of the profiles also mentions getting WinMo 7 working on a Motorola device. It also seems that IE7 or perhaps IE8 will be coming to the Microsoft platform. WinMo 6.5 has a browser largely based on IE6.

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