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WM6 - How long (and dificult) it is to get !?!

Today I was talking with Mrs. XXXX from HTC Brazil (yes they have a local plant here now) and after 10 times asking for the holly wm6 ROM, she said:
ME- Please share with me, I will not post anywhere
Mr.sXXX - Ok, phelipe , I will try my best...
So now , with a litle hope, maybe we have a chance...
I tried to search at PDA MOBIZ and PDA VIET but nothing published at this time....
I don't know about you guys, but for me, its taking too long for a leaked...

You might want to keep that info under your hat, if you follow...

phamoui said:
Today I was talking with Mrs. XXXX from HTC Brazil (yes they have a local plant here now) and after 10 times asking for the holly wm6 ROM, she said:
ME- Please share with me, I will not post anywhere
Mr.sXXX - Ok, phelipe , I will try my best...
So now , with a litle hope, maybe we have a chance...
I tried to search at PDA MOBIZ and PDA VIET but nothing published at this time....
I don't know about you guys, but for me, its taking too long for a leaked...
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Let me know when u get it.

ltxda said:
Let me know when u get it.
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please!!!! let me know too im diying for a wm6rom

I will be getting it anytime next month for testing. I will post a mini review here after that, but please don't ask, i can not provide picture or supply download. Keep you guys inform.

really? Why you cannot share?
We know that is possible to clean the rom...

phamoui said:
really? Why you cannot share?
We know that is possible to clean the rom...
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let's just say if i do share this ROM, there will be no more testing for me in the future and also i will be in deep trouble. It's a risk i can't take. But good news is I can confirm the WM6 update is coming really soon now.

Sorry to be the one to ask this but what is considered soon? By the end of the month. I can't wait for the stability of WM6. I was spoiled with my Hermes. I forgot what it was like to run WM5.

wu5262 said:
I will be getting it anytime next month for testing. I will post a mini review here after that, but please don't ask, i can not provide picture or supply download. Keep you guys inform.
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Hey folks! In case you didn't notice, we are ALL supposed to get WM6 next month!!!
Later.......

hdbueller said:
Hey folks! In case you didn't notice, we are ALL supposed to get WM6 next month!!!
Later.......
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there you go, someone answer for me. Official release is said to be out next month. I will be getting beta version at the end of the month of beginning of next month. Hopefully they won't delay on the official release.
p.s. Oh, by the way, this time line only applys to DOPOD, HTC might have similar time line too. But T-mobile Ameo user should expect a slide delay if T-mobile ever wanted to release the WM6 for Ameo.

ok
We know about the official release from Dopod, but this ~internal beta testing~ is really internal.
Someone needs to share, the potential of this device only will be explored with WM6...
Meanwhile , I'm still using my Universal....
and next week... The Jesus Phone (aka Iphone)

Why is everyone so kean on WM6 - the official blurb I read only seemed to be rae about html email - is wm6 really worth reinstalling everything? (when it comes ...)

Yes it is. I had a Hermes for the past 10 months and upgraded to WM6 as soon as XDA came out with it. Even from the very first beta versions it was more stable and faster than an official WM5 version. And remember the WM6 versions I was using had been hacked up and stuff added and taken away. Even with all that I would never soft reset it during the day to unfreeze it or to get the memory back that programs had leaked. Grant it there were still programs that had problems due to incompatibility with WM6. But overall it is a faster and smoother operating system.

more bad news...
http://www.europe.htc.com/z/pdf/press/WM6_statement_v6.pdf

phamoui said:
http://www.europe.htc.com/z/pdf/press/WM6_statement_v6.pdf
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That's old news and good not bad
HTC is also offering WM6 upgrades for the most popular devices in its current range. This includes recently launched “messaging” products, which will enjoy the greatest benefits of Windows Mobile 6, such as the HTC Advantage, the HTC TyTN, the HTC S620, and the HTC P4350. The upgrade will also be available for the award-winning HTC P3300, plus some of our operator-branded devices. The upgrades will be rolled out from June, in line with our operator partners’ strategies.
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according to HTC europe, the release date for the Athena's WM6 is early September...

It wont matter, come August Advantage X7501 is out which ships with WM6. Once someone gets hold of this we will get a ported WM6 ROM.

Osir1s said:
It wont matter, come August Advantage X7501 is out which ships with WM6. Once someone gets hold of this we will get a ported WM6 ROM.
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the x7501 ROM won't work on X7500, these two machine are not identical. You still need the wm6 update of x7500

wu5262 said:
the x7501 ROM won't work on X7500, these two machine are not identical. You still need the wm6 update of x7500
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I'm pretty confident given the Vast similarities of the devices someone on these boards will be able to easily and readily do the port. Therefore I confer my previous statement that once X7501 is released, we will have a WM6 ROM, none of this waiting for September business.

Osir1s said:
I'm pretty confident given the Vast similarities of the devices someone on these boards will be able to easily and readily do the port. Therefore I confer my previous statement that once X7501 is released, we will have a WM6 ROM, none of this waiting for September business.
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that is very true, anyway, from what i know and the beta testing going on, the wm6 is still possible to be launch in July, so if lucky, you will get it before x7501 comes out. Second, don't forget you need to CID Unlock your device before flashing x7501.

WM6.1 take!!!

When the WM6.1 ROM for our machine.

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Some more details pleasE?

I'm waiting it too,

I am waiting for cooked rom with 6.1

tabarda said:
When the WM6.1 ROM for our machine.
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Bit early yet isn't it? The rumour I just found here (http://wmexperts.com/articles/rumors/windows_mobile_61_coming_with.html) claims that Microsoft will announce it this month with devices shipping in May so my guess would be some time after May. HTC did release a WM6 update for the Artemis so at least they have a history of releasing in-the-field upgrades.
Does anyone have any idea how long after the official Microsoft release of WM6 was the HTC release of WM6 for the Artemis? This would give us some idea of how long it takes HTC to get one of these field upgrades out.
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I am waiting for cooked rom with 6.1
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Will a cooked ROM with 6.1 be possible before an official HTC release? Does the cooking process require an official ROM image (for both technical and legal reasons?) as one of its raw ingredients?
- Julian

Truth friend Julian? I think it is not so much so.
I am not talking about a Rom official, of course.
Look at the Artemis.

I'm sure Polaris Project team will release WM6.1 for Polaris as soon...
They working in progress and try get for all peoples in polaris forum have fatasic rom.
Don't worry and take for them some times only

fantastic news tom

Thanks Tom, we appreciate your excellent work.
We are waiting for news for our Polaris.

JulianL said:
Does anyone have any idea how long after the official Microsoft release of WM6 was the HTC release of WM6 for the Artemis? This would give us some idea of how long it takes HTC to get one of these field upgrades out.
- Julian
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HTC released the Artemis WM6 upgrade in june for the asian market. European update came in october for some unknown reason and was a lot worse than the asian WM6 release. The australian ROM I used for some time with my P3300 had GPS Photo enabled, the european ROM had this feature disabled.
Note that WM 6.1 is not a major OS update so it won't take that long IMO. Not that WM6 was such a major upgrade

tom_codon said:
I'm sure Polaris Project team will release WM6.1 for Polaris as soon...
They working in progress and try get for all peoples in polaris forum have fatasic rom.
Don't worry and take for them some times only
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please see the TOM CODON signature...... bye

tom_codon said:
I'm sure Polaris Project team will release WM6.1 for Polaris as soon...
They working in progress and try get for all peoples in polaris forum have fatasic rom.
Don't worry and take for them some times only
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Tom i am waiting for your good work in polaris like artemis!!

@Tom Codom now working at NIKI project.....is alredy busy, bye

energy59 said:
@Tom Codom now working at NIKI project.....is alredy busy, bye
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correct tom is working with niki. BUT if i wouldnt mind helping him get a polaris rom or working with him. oh wait we already are....

tabarda said:
Truth friend Julian? I think it is not so much so.
I am not talking about a Rom official, of course.
Look at the Artemis.
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There are already the first WM6.1 ROMs for Kaiser. It's a matter of short time to see soon to Polaris too

athanaso77 said:
There are already the first WM6.1 ROMs for Kaiser. It's a matter of short time to see soon to Polaris too
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OK. I'm glad to be wrong. WM6.1 still isn't officially released by Microsoft though is it so are these based on a beta build of 6.1?
Some reports I saw quoted WM6.1 as being a worthwhile speed improvement over WM6. The page I saw was auto-translated from some other language but if I understood it correctly then I think they were talking about the soft reset time, in any event it was something that took 50 seconds on their device with WM6 was only taking 30 seconds on WM6.1.
Is there any feedback coming in from Kaiser users about speedup with WM6.1?
- Julian

Anyone has any idea when will the OFFICIAL CRUISE WM6.1 be released??

Hi,
All the "official" versions does not seem to really official ones there are too many bugs that remind of a cooked ROM
does HTC really going to publish ROM WM6.1 for Polaris?? when??

uh yeah HTC confirmed that they are working on a new ROM with WM6.1, and it will be released any time now..

Guy.xda said:
Hi,
All the "official" versions does not seem to really official ones there are too many bugs that remind of a cooked ROM
does HTC really going to publish ROM WM6.1 for Polaris?? when??
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the ones released is cooked, fake...
It has typical flaws that comes with cooked ones

itje said:
the ones released is cooked, fake...
It has typical flaws that comes with cooked ones
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ahah, you think that this ROM it's a fake?! how can you say this?

well, when I flash that rom, unmodded, My startbutton and my screen is messed up, just like in several builds that both I and others has ported. This goes for polaris, herald and kaiser.
If I replace certain files in sys with ones from original wm6.0 rom (polaris), that problem goes away. Same if I make a rom for Kaiser..I take this file from the official build and replace in the ported one, the problem go away.
This issue is well known with newer ports. I really doubt HTC would release a such obvious flaw (But then again..I would not be surprised either)
I might be wrong in beliving its a fake, but I really dont belive its the final product. I dont know what source you get the rom from, and I can "eat my words" if im wrong.
I wanna add that I dont question your honesty UDK, not at all. Cause I have had my share of supply of official builds, that has turned up to be fake.

udk and itje
Gosh, if Norway and Switzerland work together, then a bomb will come out of it.
Not your opinion?
LOL

@itje: Unfortunately, this is the final release and yes, does not works well, it's run very slow and there are some lag.. the ITA version is much slower than the WWE version, but I repeat, these ROM are not fake, there is also a RUS, GER and SPA version with the same core and OEM, are all fake? I think no

udK said:
@itje: Unfortunately, this is the final release and yes, does not works well, it's run very slow and there are some lag.. the ITA version is much slower than the WWE version, but I repeat, these ROM are not fake, there is also a RUS, GER and SPA version with the same core and OEM, are all fake? I think no
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hello,
Can we have a French one PLZ

Where do you find this ROM ? Have you special access on HTC club ? have you a friend who works for an operator or HTC?

If you think it is a fake rom, why not go to the HTC site and see if an official rom is available... I would do this however I have an O2 Orbit not official HTC cruise!

udK said:
@itje: Unfortunately, this is the final release and yes, does not works well, it's run very slow and there are some lag.. the ITA version is much slower than the WWE version, but I repeat, these ROM are not fake, there is also a RUS, GER and SPA version with the same core and OEM, are all fake? I think no
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hehe
Both you and me can make multilanguage based on same core and OEM.
Slow and lag..all official roms I have seen has slowness and lagging.. So I didnt base my doubts on that.
Its more the booting issues that makes me wonder. But hey, I am man enough to say I was wrong, so im not gonna sit here and go on fight for something that I cant prove.
Either its this or that, we'll just see when the official hits the support pages at HTC, if it has the same issue, then we know if its the final official build or not that is here with us now

tvrtim said:
If you think it is a fake rom, why not go to the HTC site and see if an official rom is available... I would do this however I have an O2 Orbit not official HTC cruise!
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You don't think we do that several times a day?
"There are currently no software downloads available in this category."
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I even have a program reloading the page once an hour. As soon as the above message is changed I get alerted

udK said:
ahah, you think that this ROM it's a fake?! how can you say this?
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I don't think they are fake, since they are signed and flashable without HardSPL. But if they are the final release or some test/preview we don't know until they are posted on the web.
They have been available for some time already, if they indeed are the final build, why are they still not put on htc.com?
Perhaps they are going to re-package udK's Syrius or Itjes latest and release those instead.The Polaris user group would be much happier then

Spanish ROM
I´ve installed the spanish rom and if I use the original SPL it gets changed by a new one with version POLA100/3.130000/CPLD-2.
I´ve never seen that on a cooked rom.

Hi,
in my opinion, this is the first and last update from HTC for POLARIS

M-Amine said:
Hi,
in my opinion, this is the first and last update from HTC for POLARIS
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Agree totally with you. A device such as ours last for a year. Why do you want HTC people to devote time on present and past devices ? They have already announced new generations to come within the next few months.
Still, I think my Polaris will still be useful until such time a much much better PDA comes to light.
Besides, take away XDA-developers and some other sites, do you think the manufacturers will have more creative minds? No sir, people like you and other
guys alike itje and udk are their main contributors for good ideas. Our forums are read daily by all manufacturers.
Keep it up

udK said:
@itje: Unfortunately, this is the final release and yes, does not works well, it's run very slow and there are some lag.. the ITA version is much slower than the WWE version, but I repeat, these ROM are not fake, there is also a RUS, GER and SPA version with the same core and OEM, are all fake? I think no
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Is the Official German o2 release of wm 6.1 that much different than HTC version aside from not having the HTC homepage, etc..?:
http://www.o2online.de/nw/assets/blobs/software/xdaorbit2-windows-update.exe
Xda orbit 2: Version 1.59.42.15 (ca. 83 MB)
Professional Windows Mobile 6.1
SMS display in the chat style
Improved stand-by time
MS Exchange 2007 Improved support for MS Exchange 2007
Pocket Internet Explorer with Pocket Internet Explorer page overview
Opera Browser Opera browser
Remote Desktop Client Remote Desktop Client
Wizard "Getting Started" wizard

Yes... with 6.1, the Polaris just becomes a more stable version of itself, with some enhancements -- more of what it should've been upon release. Will definitely hold us over until WM7, at which point it'll be a good time to get a newer device
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...I think my Polaris will still be useful until such time a much much better PDA comes to light...
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pananza said:
I don't think they are fake, since they are signed and flashable without HardSPL. But if they are the final release or some test/preview we don't know until they are posted on the web.
They have been available for some time already, if they indeed are the final build, why are they still not put on htc.com?
Perhaps they are going to re-package udK's Syrius or Itjes latest and release those instead.The Polaris user group would be much happier then
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I think the reason they don't post it on the web is because not all languages are ready yet. When they post it every language should be available or there will be another problem, right ?
For now I'm using wwe (waiting for portuguese) and it works flawlessly. Ok, I don't have manilla but all radio function work, I've got voip working, I can use wmplayer with htc home (so my calls don't get everything malfunctioning while using bluetooth), and I got portuguese keyboard working (registry tweak needed). So I think it's probably the real deal. And let's face it if they released a upgrade with manilla would you buy the new touch for 600€ while you can get a polaris for 400€ nowadays? So we will be stucked with a stripped version of wm6.1 or if you look on the bright side at least is wm6.1 and stable.

Here is the TIME for Official WM6.1 on htc.com ???
I think the TIME is coming NOW !!! Because the link now not available, but only the Cruise Software site !!! I hope sooooo

SMS Hotfix Just Around The Corner!!!

Hello
Just to let everyone know I was on the phone to tech support yesterday and the rather informed lad I was speaking to was saying that SMS hotfix to sort out the bag lag and non sending issue will be released in 10 to 14 days. Also the 1.48 ROM is not on the HTC site because its not an official release or fix in any way he said.

Marshall1975 said:
Hello
Just to let everyone know I was on the phone to tech support yesterday and the rather informed lad I was speaking to was saying that SMS hotfix to sort out the bag lag and non sending issue will be released in 10 to 14 days. Also the 1.48 ROM is not on the HTC site because its not an official release or fix in any way he said.
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10 - 14 days? Seriously? I was hoping that the thread title, 'just around the corner' would have led to an announcement of , Monday/ Tuesday of next week.
Shocking and very disappointed

... but very good to know that they have/are developing a solution for this issue as it tends to have hit alot of units (not mine...?).
Thanks!

around the corner?! they said the same thing for about a week or two.

Welcome news, even for those of us who haven't experienced the problem yet. 10-14 days sounds about right to me. Bug fixes for platforms like this have to be rock solid. Not like a patch for a pc game for example, where users are used to continually updating or rolling back versions.

This is good news, and I can wait. Let's face it - I don't have a choice.
I do think that 10-14 days is quite long though. Coming from a software background, that sounds reasonable, but we know that HTC don't actually test their software, so it should be about 4 days
Just kidding. I <3 HTC!!

very good news, but what so now if 1.48 isn't an official HTC Release, what the **** do i have on my leo right now Oo xD

shu8i said:
very good news, but what so now if 1.48 isn't an official HTC Release, what the **** do i have on my leo right now Oo xD
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I don't think 1.48 was supposed to go public

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I am pretty sure it was supposed to be leaked though
Don't you guys think that HTC "leaks" those ROMs on purpose? They just collect bug-reports here on xda.

Dmitry N said:
I am pretty sure it was supposed to be leaked though
Don't you guys think that HTC "leaks" those ROMs on purpose? They just collect bug-reports here on xda.
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yeah we're their test rats, muha

er .... the fix is released !!
I just got it off modaco!
or from HTC
http://www.htc.com/uk/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=297&act=sd&cat=all
GG

GodsGift said:
er .... the fix is released !!
I just got it off modaco!
or from HTC
http://www.htc.com/uk/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=297&act=sd&cat=all
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er .... That's the hotfix for the camera issue. Nothing to do with SMS problems.

mrfredde said:
I don't think 1.48 was supposed to go public
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Its very public, got my HD2 a week ago come with 1.48.410.1 soo i guess that makes it public

VIPPER2004 said:
Its very public, got my HD2 a week ago come with 1.48.410.1 soo i guess that makes it public
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It's never been officialy released by HTC. It was "leaked".

I just wanted to download the camera fix from htc.co.uk, and recognized a very interesting sentence: "This update is only applicable to ROM version is equal to 1.60.XXX.X, or lower"
So, shall we expact that HTC is working on an official ROM, which includes the camera-fix and has a version-number > 1.60 ???

johncmolyneux said:
It's never been officialy released by HTC. It was "leaked".
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It's been officially released on the HTC website yesterday, at least here in Germany.

VIPPER2004 said:
Its very public, got my HD2 a week ago come with 1.48.410.1 soo i guess that makes it public
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Yes wrong by me HTC published 1.48 roms today in some countrys. But not Swedish !

i called htc, they told me a fix is coming soon,
at least the service is friendly,

mrfredde said:
Yes wrong by me HTC published 1.48 roms today in some countrys. But not Swedish !
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I thought 1.49 was the official release:
http://htcpedia.com/news/official-htc-hd2-rom-1_49.html

Is this a hotfix for the lagging messaging app (i.e. - when you go to type aa message and have to wait for about 5 seconds or so before tapping the screen works)?
Sounds good to me...
I am following the WMDev team on twitter and have asked questions about a possible upgrade path to win7...

[REQ] Dialer from the HD Mini for WM6.5.3 ROMs??

Hi All
There is a rom for the HD Mini allready in the HD Mini section! Can someone get the dialer out of it and port it WVGA? And anything else you find interesting in it!

OrionBG said:
Hi All
There is a rom for the HD Mini allready in the HD Mini section! Can someone get the dialer out of it and port it WVGA? And anything else you find interesting in it!
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Unfortunately the rom that is available at this moment doesn't run WM 6.5.3 but WM 6.5 (build 21613)

This is cruel!
Oh well... I guess that we will have to wait a little longer for it! Thanks for the info anyway. BTW Can someone tell me an alternative dialer app that is good to be used? I've been searching for a long time but I can't find anything that I like enough!

OrionBG said:
This is cruel!
Oh well... I guess that we will have to wait a little longer for it! Thanks for the info anyway. BTW Can someone tell me an alternative dialer app that is good to be used? I've been searching for a long time but I can't find anything that I like enough!
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Don't you like the current dialer? If you are looking for a fix of the button-overlap problem, I don't think that this will be fixed by a port of the Mini dialer anyway. I think that this will be solved by the new lay-out of the bottom-bar (toolbar) of the Mini.

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Don't you like the current dialer? If you are looking for a fix of the button-overlap problem, I don't think that this will be fixed by a port of the Mini dialer anyway. I think that this will be solved by the new lay-out of the bottom-bar (toolbar) of the Mini.
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Yes I am and I really hope that HTC will do it right! BTW does anyone know if HTC is going to release an official WM6.5.X update to the HD2?

OrionBG said:
Yes I am and I really hope that HTC will do it right! BTW does anyone know if HTC is going to release an official WM6.5.X update to the HD2?
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it will release an official wm6.5.x update, the q is when...
Hi Russell, thanks for your email.
I do not know where these network assistants got this information as it is not correct. The official answer is that "We are working closely with Microsoft on Windows Phone 7 Series and look forward to releasing new handsets which will use the new OS." reading between the lines, it would seem therefore that the answer would be no.
There are many reasons for this, not least Steve Ballmers announcement that "no current handsets will be upgraded", Also 7 Series is NOT an upgrade to 6.5. Microsoft is releasing it as a totally new and separate OS from the exisiting Windows Mobile versions. 6.5 will continue to be developed, even after 7 will be available, to offer two different OS versions for different needs. 6.5 will remain more business orientated, and for devices with OS skins on them (Like the HD2 which uses our Sense skin), and 7 Series for new, more media and social based handsets, which will not be skinned.
Therefore, I can only recommend that if you specifically want 7, you will need to wait for it to be available on new handsets If the HD2 meets your needs, then i would consider buying it anyway, as the 6.5.x software will continue to be developed even after 7 is released.
Best regards,
Pete W
HTC
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