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i have received a email form HTC about WM 6
this is what they said:
Thank you for contacting HTC Europe regarding a query about Windows Mobile 6.
We are currently awaiting an official response from our Head Office on the matter of ROM updates from Windows Mobile 5.0 to Windows Mobile 6. We hope to have an answer for you soon.? Please contact us again in a few weeks and we may be able to give you an update.
so i think that there is comming 1 soon
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/6247.html
I think you could be right
He IS right. For all the models, mentioned in this articles, there're already beta versions of WM6 available.
T-Mobile and O2 will both be releasing Heralds with WM6. T-Mobile will have a different case design tho.
WM6 for Herald and other current HTC devices
As per my sources in HTC the following devices will get WM6 upgrade for free within May/June.
TyTN
P4350
P3300
S620
some of them in May and some of them in June
That's very good news!
I am pretty excited I hope it holds true.
It looks like the rollout should start anyday now....except...the U.S. Roms have yet to be mentioned.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/19/htc-reveals-official-windows-mobile-6-upgrade-plans/
but it have not P4350 window mobile 6, i hope that it can release before May
chunglains215 said:
but it have not P4350 window mobile 6, i hope that it can release before May
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It does state that the P4350 will be getting the update.
As far as U.S. Roms that is really up the the carrier; but if you have a HTC branded phone and are in the US then the WWE ROM update will be what you need.
"...Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, stated last week at the CTIA Wireless 2009 trade show, “We expect all the major operators to continue to support Windows phones going forward. In fact, by this fall, when Windows Mobile 6.5 releases, we'll have over 10 phones available in the U.S. alone, and you'll see that number continue to grow.”
Said line of Windows Mobile 6.5-supporting devices will include the HTC Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2, two handsets that have been announced since the MWC show in February, and there will also be the Elektrobit Satellite phone, which should come with the OS. In addition, a wide range of existing Windows Mobile 6.1 devices are also slated for upgrade to the upcoming platform, and among them we can count the HTC Touch Pro, the AT&T Fuze, and the HTC Touch Diamond.
For what it's worth, there will indeed be three new mobile phones released with the Windows Mobile 6.5 platform on them, yet it is uncertain whether more such phones will come out later this year, or the “ten phones” Robbie Bach mentioned also include the upgradeable ones. There are some companies that announced their support for Windows Mobile this year, such as HP or LG, but no details on upcoming devices from them made it into the wild yet..."
Full version here:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Mobile-6-5-Comes-on-Ten-Phones-in-2009-109155.shtml
My Opinion:
As we know Sony Ericsson was very dedicated to make X1 as a very high-end phone to compete with iPhone, Blackberry, and G1. And were trying to get the latest and best windows mobile software for Xperia as WinMo 6.5 was already in plans during development of X1 (rumors all around about this on web). But 6.5 was yet not ready by X1's release so they went with customized 6.1 instead. Now Windows Mobile will be coming out at end of 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2009 and matter of 6.5 on Xperia just depends on how much Sony Ericsson is dedicated to X1 and its "maintenance" phase (known as most expensive for companies) especially when last month Sony Ericsson were running into financial issues and almost considering a split between Sony and Ericsson. But the good news are 1st X1 is still SE's most recent high-end device, 2nd the new R3A software is still to come and since beginning of this month SE enters back the Korean market with new set of devices and one of them is specially customized Xperia X1 for Korea, so X1 will still be a freshly device there when Windows Mobile 6.5 comes out. So we'll see, who knows what to expect from Sony Ericsson at this point.
Well for most of XDA forum readers, it doesn't realy matter. I am using WM 6.5 Beta right now, wnd when the final version comes to ANY device on the planet you can be sure aswell, that it will be ported
Hell you can have WM 6.5 on 3 years old Tytn 2...
wow awesome - rly hope they do now ! since it was planned for win 6.5 in the first place!
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Well for most of XDA forum readers, it doesn't realy matter. I am using WM 6.5 Beta right now, wnd when the final version comes to ANY device on the planet you can be sure aswell, that it will be ported
Hell you can have WM 6.5 on 3 years old Tytn 2...
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Nice! But at the same time I'd love to have it officially. Reliable and supported by the company.
doministry said:
Nice! But at the same time I'd love to have it officially. Reliable and supported by the company.
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Yeah, I would also love an official 6.5 rom instead of a custom Rom.
I don't say the custom roms are bad, far from it :-D
But i prefer official stuff frpm the company too..
So R4A would be 6.5 update?
Anyway, nice to hear this news
I am currently on Itje's 6.5 ROM and it works great but i would also prefer an official release and support from Sony Ericsson for Windows Mobile 6.5.
its gona cost sony a fortune to upgrade to 6.5 on xperia,**** loads of licensing deals and tons of money wasting
whats going hapen is that we are going to get a very good custom 6.5,and sony will launch x2 with 6.5 or something, no way in hell they are going to give us free 6.5 upgrade,but thats what i think,lets hope for some good news
It depends...
jibran said:
its gona cost sony a fortune to upgrade to 6.5 on xperia,**** loads of licensing deals and tons of money wasting
whats going hapen is that we are going to get a very good custom 6.5,and sony will launch x2 with 6.5 or something, no way in hell they are going to give us free 6.5 upgrade,but thats what i think,lets hope for some good news
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I would have agreed with you as your theory is very valid, but don't you remember that during the X1's development Sony Ericsson there was a multiple information leak about Xperia having WM 6.5 but wasn't developed fast enough for X1's release, so my suspicion is that SE could have already purchased Windows Mobile 6.5 software for X1's back then, but no one knows as there is not enough information. I mean, after all were are definitely gonna get a ported WM 6.5 no matter what, but hey! I wouldn't mind an official build 6.5 straight from Sony Ericsson
It would be nice to have wm6.5 but i would prefer wm7. My X1 would be in trash in after 1 or 2 years anyway.
htainlin said:
It would be nice to have wm6.5 but i would prefer wm7. My X1 would be in trash in after 1 or 2 years anyway.
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Good Point...
WinMo 6.5 on Xperia is very possible ???
I disagree:
WinMo 6.5 on Xperia is NOT "very possible": is a REALITY
Go to the ROM development subforum and check for your self
Keep checking every day and be preapred for even more big surprises soon
This is xda-devs
Can you specify what excatly u meant? tnx
gtrab said:
I disagree:
WinMo 6.5 on Xperia is NOT "very possible": is a REALITY
Go to the ROM development subforum and check for your self
Keep checking every day and be preapred for even more big surprises soon
This is xda-devs
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I just want to clear whether information you referred to was about upcoming "cooked WM 6.5 that is ported to X1 from HTC's" or you really meant the official release from Sony Ericsson?
The 2005 PDA only device ran Windows Mobile 5 but it has been upgraded to 6.1. So that shows alotta things is possible.
will htc hd get windows mobile 6.5 officially or not please who know any information even if he wasn't sure tell me
There is no information about that, in official information from MS is only three devices at the moment, see http://db.msmobiles.com/Lists/p/windows-mobile-6.5-upgradeable.aspx, but HD is not listed...
I thought that htc officially said that they will not upgrade any phones either released before some date or before the touchpro2/diamond2. Either way, I believe they said that no official 6.5 for htc HD. (I think this was either during CES or GSMA....or some other large congress). Either way, I remember at the same time that they announced that there were already cooked ROMs of wm6.5, which doesn't get released till the summer...lol, that's just how good xda is.
(PS, wm6.5 doesn't impress much, seems like just a filler before 7 comes out. Looks like it got pushed back so they wanted to relase something quick...and hence 6.5)
and take all of the above with a grain of salt
There are some THD users with WM6.5 already. Anyone care toshare with me where to download that?
discoburg said:
There are some THD users with WM6.5 already. Anyone care toshare with me where to download that?
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LOL, awesome post. Guess you should head over to the ROM Development section of Blackstone RIGHT HERE on XDA-DEV
sorry to inform that htc doesn't have offical winmobile 6.5 pro itself.....and honestly if some of you are tring to upgrade htc tytn 11 from win 6.1 to 6.5 ...advise...please think twice cos you will lose a few funtion there.....even win 6.5 are more good looking by the way THINK FIRST......good luck to all....and to whom, knows the latest win 6.5 for win mobile...kindly inform me ASAP ...cos i want to try and compare...to return to win 6.1 on htc tytn 11...kindly goes to htcdriver.com
Exactly two years after the last post my friend, just in case you didn't notice
Guys, look & be happy!
The HD2 will get a wm7 update..when its released!
br,
Chris
old news
how is this different from the previous announcement?
please stop...
Sorry if this has been posted before and sorry for another windows 7 post but what about this news:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,49305256,00.htm
"According to a post from an Adobe employee in the Adobe forums, the first Flash Player 10.1 phone running Windows Phone 7 will be the HTC HD2, which should please HD2 owners who have been waiting for official confirmation that the phone will get an upgrade from Windows Mobile 6.5. "
this sounds like good news to me ill buy it when it comes out and window 7 is just a plus. but id get this phone window 7 or not. if windows 7 isnt upgradeable then im sure android will make its way to the phone after the htc bravo comes out similar hardware
Baker0 said:
Sorry if this has been posted before and sorry for another windows 7 post but what about this news:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,49305256,00.htm
"According to a post from an Adobe employee in the Adobe forums, the first Flash Player 10.1 phone running Windows Phone 7 will be the HTC HD2, which should please HD2 owners who have been waiting for official confirmation that the phone will get an upgrade from Windows Mobile 6.5. "
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K still dont' believe it yet until MIX10 announc it.
lemonspeakers said:
K still dont' believe it yet until MIX10 announc it.
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mix will not announce any thing concerning hd2
hoss_n2 said:
mix will not announce any thing concerning hd2
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why is that?
Hydrad said:
why is that?
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they are only talking about wp7 series development and apps no phones will be mentioned
Did you see Engaged Show with Aron Woodman form Microsoft? If you don't, watch it! Host ask "It will be upgrade for HD2?" Answer:"More information at MIX10".
i think its highly likely that windows 7 makes it to hd2. for a couple of reason if not then why would he say to wait for mix10, second adobe would know what what where and why they are working flash 10 for. i mean they are specific with the devices getting adobe 10 not android 2.1 but nexus. last but not least window7 is late to the show if a plateform has the juice to run it. i think they will best served to get it on as many phones as possible asap. as the apps will give them money this time not the os. more phone with the os potentially more apps to be sold
I heard that WinMo 7 wasn't coming to the HD2 because it did not qualify. The stated reason was that MS has changed the HW requirements for WinMo 7 in that any WinMo 7 phone can only have 3 buttons at the bottom. The HD2 has every other requirement except that; it has 5 buttons at the bottom. Now, I have an HD2 and want WinMo 7 on it. but that was the word I saw recently. I hope the article was wrong. I will find the link and post it (if that is proper.)
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I heard that WinMo 7 wasn't coming to the HD2 because it did not qualify. The stated reason was that MS has changed the HW requirements for WinMo 7 in that any WinMo 7 phone can only have 3 buttons at the bottom. The HD2 has every other requirement except that; it has 5 buttons at the bottom. Now, I have an HD2 and want WinMo 7 on it. but that was the word I saw recently. I hope the article was wrong. I will find the link and post it (if that is proper.)
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Actually I'd say it's more related to the fact Windows Phone 7 min requirements requires 8GB of internal flash memory, since Apps wont be installable to the SD card.
Baker0 said:
Sorry if this has been posted before and sorry for another windows 7 post but what about this news:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,49305256,00.htm
"According to a post from an Adobe employee in the Adobe forums, the first Flash Player 10.1 phone running Windows Phone 7 will be the HTC HD2, which should please HD2 owners who have been waiting for official confirmation that the phone will get an upgrade from Windows Mobile 6.5. "
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That was the most 'legit' statement of the HD2 getting 7 Series till a few weeks ago...
BUT, It went like this:
-FIRST, they said the 1st Windows Mobile device to get flash 10.1 will be the HTC HD2.
-THEN, they said that they are not developing Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5 anymore, because it is missing some 'important stuff' blabla. They are going to focus on getting flash on 7 Series.
AKA, the HTC HD2 is not getting 7 Series, nor Flash 10.1. Which again, was working quite well in that video Adobe showed us a few days before MWC.
sad to say but it think this phone has just died............. smh oh well i get my nexus one 2morrow.......
Baker0 said:
Sorry if this has been posted before and sorry for another windows 7 post but what about this news:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,49305256,00.htm
"According to a post from an Adobe employee in the Adobe forums, the first Flash Player 10.1 phone running Windows Phone 7 will be the HTC HD2, which should please HD2 owners who have been waiting for official confirmation that the phone will get an upgrade from Windows Mobile 6.5. "
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This was posted weeks ago.
And, for the record, only an idiot would interpret the original posts on the Adobe forum in this way, and only a gullible, unthinking person would repost the story without checking the original forum posts that were the source of the "story".
What happened was that, back in January, Adobe was still planning to release FlashPlayer 10.1 for WM6.x. They announced this, and mentioned that the HD2 would be the first WM6 phone to run it. By February, there had been a major change of plans, and the release of FlashPlayer for WM6.x had been cancelled, thus invalidating the January announcement entirely. Adobe therefore posted a new announcement saying that they had cancelled the WM6.x project, but that they intended to develop FlashPlayer for WP7S.
That's all.