Android is beginning to pop up everywhere, and while we are eagerly awaiting Motorola’s event coming up in about nine days now, we can’t forget about the manufacturer who adopted Google to begin with: HTC. Now yes, they’ve just released the Hero, and are even slipping the device in a brand new suit onto the Sprint network (…still rumor…), but it looks like they’ve got another trick up their sleeve. And no, it’s not a street car.
If you’re one of the millions of people out there using Windows Mobile, then it’s a safe bet that you’ve been stuck at 6.1 for far too long. Maybe that ‘X’ button up at the top corner isn’t the easiest thing in the world to activate. Whatever your concerns are, it’s looking like you have a bright future, and one that you don’t need to wait too much longer for, either. Today marks the announcement, officially, that Windows Mobile 6.5 is coming to the market, with a street date and everything.
It’s only been a few days, but the Hero cleared the FCC with a number attached to it, promising some kind of change was in store for the previously European-only device, once it launched here in the States. And if these images we’re seeing, brought over from Chinese website 080.net are to be believed, there’s quite a change in store for HTC’s (and more so Android’s) Hero.
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And it's going to cost a pretty penny. While the T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 is already available for the same price, there were a few people out there who were hoping that HTC's Touch Pro 2 would see at least somewhat of a price drop, once it reached the Now Network. Either way, we're sure someone out there is still clamoring for this thing, and thankfully September 8 seems to be the day of days, so to speak.
In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, there is a line from the Red Queen, in which she states, “It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” In evolution, this is a theory that is also known as an “arms race to nowhere”, in which two different species evolve in tandem, one after the other, in an infinite loop. The reason, is because as one system evolves, then the other must evolve with it, just to keep pace.
And so the system is unending and essential for the survival of a species.
It’s no different in the technology ecosystem. In fact, it’s a lot more evident there, as we can see the fruits of these evolutionary developments as clear as day. We watched as the iPhone became the iPhone 3G, and while it may not have been leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessor in a lot of ways, we witnessed the 3G become the 3GS. And in turn, we saw almost every other major phone manufacturer develop phones to counter the iPhone. You’ve heard of them: the mythical iPhone killer.
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The Touch Pro 2 is coming, with Sprint and Verizon both chomping at the bit to get their own models. And while we're all for new phones, it seems like there are some moments where waiting might be the better route. Not that Windows Mobile 6.1 is necessarily bad, but with the optimizations and functionality promised from WinMo 6.5, this might be the best time to wait and get the best Operating System when it's available.
If you didn’t catch our “review of the Hero“, we think you should. Especially if you’re on the Sprint Network, here in the States. Why? Because those rumors of a Hero gracing the Now Network seem to be getting more solid every day, and if a recent leaked image of Best Buy’s internal systems has anything to say about it, then September is set to be a little bit more cramped.
We’re resisting the urge to break into a rousing chorus of “We Are Family” at the sight of Sprint’s upcoming Samsung Instinct HD snuggling in between its siblings, so instead we’ll just point to the slightly bowed casing (middle-aged spread, perhaps?) and – in an image you can see after the cut – the 5-megapixel camera. The handset, last spotted in a Best Buy promotional leak, is tipped to arrive within the next month or so.
A leaked Sprint spec sheet has delivered the details of a number of so-far unreleased Windows Mobile devices, including the AT&T HTC Touch Pro2, the LG Monaco, HTC Warhawk and Samsung Omnia 2. While the existence of the four devices was already known, the Sprint document does go into more detail about specifics than earlier information; for instance, that the LG Monaco is now expected to land with Windows Mobile 6.x (likely 6.5) rather than the previously tipped Windows Mobile 7.
Best Buy’s website has outed the upcoming Sprint Samsung Instinct HD, and while there’s no confirmed release date the “coming soon” handset’s launch would seem to slot into a month-long window. It also confirms the official name for the touchscreen handset, which has been variously known as the m850 Dash and the S50 along its leaky history.
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