http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Microsoft says no "6 on 6" upgrade for current devices http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 5:31PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 5:52PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/
BYE BEEOTCHES!]]>Nov 19th 2008 5:47PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 5:58PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 6:00PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 20th 2008 12:12PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 20th 2008 4:16PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 6:12PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 6:12PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/
Just like windows Vista requires you to upgrade your hardware to do all the same tasks that you can do on a Linux machine with 1/2 the hardware.

Plain and simple - Windows and now WM need a complete redo. Start from scratch. Its either that or get passed up by OSX and Linux eventually. ]]>Nov 19th 2008 6:28PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 6:39PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 6:54PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 25th 2008 5:33PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/
The Microsoft spokesperson didn't say anything about this, but I'm speculating that the real reason we won't see this released as a update is that none of the carriers wanted to do the trouble and expense of integrating this new version of WM into their current devices and then testing it, when the only benefit is a better web browser.

If this was the reason, it's a serios mistake. The Web browser has become the most significant single application on consumer-oriented smartphones, and the current version of IE Mobile is years behind the competition.

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WM6.5 will be an upgrade/interim OS until WM7 finally gets finished. Very few devices will be released with 6.5 in ROM I think, so will mainly cater for WM6/6.1 users.

By the time device manufacturers and carriers have got their hands on WM6.5 and tested it, WM7 will be upon us.

Well, if all goes according to plan lol.]]>Nov 20th 2008 7:12AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 11:18PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/But who cares if steve-o says no upgrades. That is why we have xda-developers to collaborate and bring us the goods. ]]>Nov 19th 2008 11:52PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 19th 2008 11:18PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/
Microsoft pushing for better hardware quality may raise the price a bit, but at least you're guaranteed a better phone. That's a major reason why people don't stick with WinMo. ]]>Dec 19th 2008 5:08PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 20th 2008 4:20AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 20th 2008 5:42AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/opera mobile is much better that opera mini, it even supports activex plugins like flash if available (though considering they are written for ie...)
so yes, opera is working now on older devices

from the opera site (not counting the 9.5 beta which is like the diamond browser):

Opera Mobile for Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC, version 8.65
Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone, version 8.65
Windows Mobile 5/6 PPC, Professional, Classic, version 8.65
Windows Mobile 5/6 Smartphone, Standard, version 8.65
Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC, version 8.60u2
Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC, version 8.60u2

Opera Mobile for S60
S60 3.x, version 8.65
S60 2.x, version 8.65]]>Nov 20th 2008 6:18PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/
WM is always playing catchup, occasionally succeeding, and very rarely inroducing something new.

PIE is a perfect example of this. They've had the opportunity to update this several times, but have failed. Now we have Opera, Skyfire, and soon Firefox. MS have lost all hope of winning back the experienced WM users who have discovered these much needed replacements to PIE.

Same goes for Windows Media Player, limited functionality to start with, slow to non-existant updates. Again, programs like Core player step in to fill the holes MS doesn't.

Another problem with WM is that carriers tweak it so much that you can't guarantee a uniform experience or that all versions, of say WM6.1, have the same standard apps. Windows update was intro'd in WM6 but I have not yet, once, got it to work and discover any updates, most probably because they're not there.

MS are always going to have some kind of market share in the mobile world, WM has been around so long that its built up a sizeable and dedicated consumer base. At the moment, it cant be beat for the sheer number of apps, games, and developers working on the platform.

But unless MS pull its finger out and makes major changes in WM, the frequency and way we update it, and the way carriers distribute it. They'll soon see that share soley made of hardcore WM fans who can't/won't switch to an alternative. New users will be few and far between as word of live update from apple and android spreads, they'll hop on their respective bandwagons, knowing that any issues they may have, are more likely to get fixed, sooner rather than later.]]>Nov 20th 2008 7:40AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://rapidshare.com/files/149008275/FIXED_MS_IE_8.cab.html]]>Nov 23rd 2008 3:22AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/19/microsoft-says-no-6-on-6-upgrade-for-current-devices/Nov 23rd 2008 4:18AM