Windows Mobile 6.5 released to manufacturers

Over the past few days we've seen a ton of leaks related to Windows Mobile 6.5, the next generation of Microsoft's operating system for mobile phones. First, there was a report that Microsoft would show off the OS at the Mobile World Congress in February and release the operating system publicly by mid-year. Then an unofficial build of Windows Mobile 6.5 hit the web and some hackers managed to shoehorn it onto existing devices.

But now CompuLab, the team behind the upcoming Exeda mobile device have uploaded a few photos showing the operating system running on the company's hardware.

CompuLab says the photos are meant to demonstrate how well the Exeda is to developers, because the team managed to install Windows Mobile 6.5 the "same day it was released." Now clearly, Windows Mobile 6.5 hasn't been released to the public yet and there are no commercially available devices running the operating system. So I'm going to assume that CompuLab is saying the day the OS was released to manufacturers. Or maybe the company installed the same leaked pre-release build that hackers had already been playing with.

[via Gearlog]

Tags: compulab, exeda, osupdates, windows-mobile-6.5