Microsoft to ship Windows Mobile 6.5 devices in Q3 2009?

by usmanzia on January 21, 2009

By now most of us were waiting for the news to come out for Microsoft Winows mobile 6,5 os . Microsoft is expected to start delivering its Windows Mobile 6.5 OS (operating system) to handset makers in mid-2009 following the expected debut of the new mobile OS in the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, according to sources at Taiwan handset makers. Does this mean that it would start delivering devices by by mid 2009.

Microsoft may release its first  firmware updates for the existing Windows Mobile 6.1 devices. so  the wait is not over if you are waiting for  Diamonds, Touch Pros, Xperias and other cool smartphones shinning again with a brand new mobile OS. Windows Mobile 6.5-based mobile devices are expected to hit the market in the third quarter of 2009, most makers are likely to launch their Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets in the fourth quarter for the year-end shopping season, the sources projected.

Microsoft is also expected to continue its current business model to cooperate with multiple device makers for the development of diversified Windows Mobile 6.5 products instead of focusing on a single model as Apple’s iPhone or Google’s Android-based G1 phone, the sources indicated.

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