Operating system for smartphones and communicators Windows Mobile 6.5 was announced in February 2009 at Mobile World Congress. The first device in this platform to be released in the 4 th quarter of 2009, but it is now known that all could be held a month ahead of schedule - in September 2009, They should be the HTC Diamond2, HTC Touch Pro2 and LG GM7300.
New version of mobile operating system offers a significantly redesigned graphical user interface. Now it is optimized to work without a stylus. Icons are placed in a cage of hexagons. Options menu in the navigation display, and gradually occupy the entire screen. As described in Microsoft, hexagons have been chosen not casually. In this form «button», according to the developers, and users will be more convenient to click on one finger.
The new system also brings more opportunities for web-surfing. When a web browser at the bottom of the screen displays the main display mode settings. Adobe Flash Player is built directly into the browser.
Along with WM 6.5 on the MWC announced two new service - My Phone and Windows Marketplace. My Phone is designed for synchronization of personal data stored in memory and on the server. The second service is a nothing more than an Internet shop applications like Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World and the Android Market. Running the store is planned in autumn 2009.