Some people think Microsoft will show the next version at MWC in February and that it will be again based on the 6.x operating system. That 6.x version is called 6.5.3 and has already quietly been released to manufacturing in December of 2009, according to a reliable source. There will be no announcement of this version. It will simply show up on shipping products whenever manufacturers are ready. You’ve already seen plenty of videos of …
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T-Mobile’s Touch Pro2 Upgraded on 7th Ave
While we wait for the T-Mobile Touch Pro2 to get its Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM upgrade (hopefully January 6th), it looks like HTC already has it and has plastered it up on a billboard right next to the Hawaiian Tropic Zone on 7th Avenue and 49th Street. You can tell it’s Windows Mobile 6.5 by the white Windows logo in the Start menu. Unfortunately, HTC’s marketing doesn’t tell you what phone this is… A friend …
Continue readingLive Essentials to Add Mobile Device Syncing?
Thanks to a tip from one of our readers, Martin, we notice a blog post on Liveside.net talking about the upcoming “Wave 4” beta versions of the Windows Live Essentials suite. As you know, most of the value-adding applications for email, calendar, contacts, photo management, and video editing have been removed from Windows 7 in response to anti-trust allegations. The Live Essentials Suite is a free download of applications that bring these great utilities back …
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