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Historically, major Windows Mobile releases have a track record of leaking out ahead of their official announcements. Actually, they don’t just have a track record of getting leaked — they have a track record of getting installed on legacy hardware, and it looks like WinMo 6.5 may be no different. An intrepid poster over at xda-developers has thrown up files and instructions for getting a build of 6.5 (seemingly, anyway) on an old-school HTC Blue Angel of all things, a device that dates all the way back to 2004 and the early days of this very site. We can’t verify that this is actually 6.5 and not just some semi-slick skin heaped over 6.1, but the fact that we really can’t tell should be just a little alarming to Microsoft if this is seriously what they plan to unveil next month. Follow the break for a blast from HTC’s past running a glimpse of Redmond’s future, and while you’re at it, dig your Siemens SX66 out of the attic.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Read – In action on the Blue Angel
Read – Screen shots [Via wmpoweruser]
Read – Discussion and files at xda-developers

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Windows Mobile 6.5 gets installed, shown off on crotchety old HTC hardware? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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According to the good people at Neowin, Microsoft has a few big announcements for Mobile World Congress, which takes place in Barcelona next month. Apparently, the company will be taking the wraps off a cloud-based syncing service called SkyBox, a MobileMe-like system which allows you to sync and backup your Windows Mobile phone OTA, though there’s speculation the service might be extended to non-WM devices as well. The cats in Redmond will also apparently unveil something called SkyLine, an enterprise version of SkyBox, and will properly introduce SkyMarket — its “mobile marketplace” (an App Store competitor). Most interestingly, however, Neowin is now claiming that those shots of a Windows Mobile interface we saw back in November that looked somewhat questionable are in fact actual pics from a forthcoming UI overhaul. The site goes as far to say it can “confirm” that the honeycomb interface seen in the photos are “genuine concept shots” of a new interface. As usual, don’t place any bets on any of this — but we’ll be live and direct at MWC next month, so stay tuned.

[Thanks, Bill]

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Microsoft’s SkyBox sync service set for a February unveiling, new Windows Mobile UI confirmed? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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