Windows Mobile updates for all?

Those of us with Windows Mobile phones have been eagerly awaiting updates to the operating system to bring us to the current version 6.5.  Its been a long time in coming. And if we have to wait on Windows Mobile 7, we’ll be waiting even longer. Microsoft has pushed back that date for a some time.

So, in a bit of New Year’s cheer, T-Mobile has announced a Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade for its Touch Pro2 and T-Mobile Dash. Just go to the T-Mobile web site to download the update. You will need the phone’s IMEI number get the download onto your phone. Verizon Wireless and AT&T already have these updates available.  This just leaves out poor Sprint.

Not to despair fair Sprint subscribers, according to this blurb on Boy Genius, your wait may be rewarded:

A statement from Sprint suggests that the Sprint flavor of Windows Mobile 6.5 may offer “significant enhancements to the Touch Pro2 user interface which will allow additional customization / personalization options and more integration with the applications users access most.”

What does that really mean?  We’ll have to wait and see when the update becomes available.