first, 2 good articles on the whole situation:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...ailablePR.mspx and
**edit**
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10322007-56.html notice this "The software maker said on Tuesday that the first phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 will launch worldwide on October 6 and will include phones running on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless."
now, october 6th is so much more than 6.5 becoming available for TPs and TP2s which what everyone seems to want to know about... theres not even rumors as to when upgrades ROMs to 6.5 will be available to devices such as the TP1...
**edit** found a rumor http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=82981 we already knew that these were upgradeable, but it indicates/rumors availability of ROM upgrades on the oct 6th launch date as well
everyone seems to fail to realize is not only is oct 6th the launch of 6.5, but in conjunction almost all US carriers-and foreign carriers- are releasing devices that very same day that winMO 6.5 is PRELOADED with... thats right, no upgrading ROMS, right out of the box youll have 6.5..... the question is.. whos getting what really... as of now i can only find 3 devices that our launching on oct 6th...
Toshiba TG01- the 1st "Offical Windows Phone", the first SNAPDRAGON device, comes with 6.5 on it, but appears to be european:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/2685...ndows-65-phone
HTC Touch2(aka HTC Mega) - this one seems gsm also unfortunately
http://www.htc.com/us/press.aspx?id=109430&lang=1033 and here:
http://www.gsmarena.com
/htc_touch2-2924.php
LG GM750(aka Layla) -
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...windowspr.mspx and
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7368 (picture here) this is vodaphone and UK only it seems
the CNET release clearly states that ATT, Sprint, and VZW will all have new devices to launch ON OCT 6TH... what will they be??? why cant we find CDMA devices for this??
ATT seems like they want the diamond2, i read an article(couldnt find again when putting this together) where ATT mentioned they wanted it for a worthy iPhone advisary...
I couldnt find anything, not even rumors, for Sprint or VZW.. let alone phones that look like CDMA possibilities...
has anyone else been following this, as far as trying to see whats coming out???
were about to have a million handset choices and of every variety... TP2, InstinctQ and HD, Omnia II and Pro, Hero other rumored android devices, whatever ATT,Sprint,and VZW launch on the 6th as well...
by the end of October, who knows their could be atleast 10 new, high-end devices to chose from... what r u gonna spend your money on??
im hoping other people will start really looking into all this as well... the web id full of little snips everywhere and things all start to mash together when ur looking by yourself...
my challenge, find other rumored devices, if possible.. go through FCC stuff, theres gotta be cdma devices approved already, that just have been forgotten about.. how else could they make a deadline now less than a month away?? check everywhere... theres so much repeat stuff just because of the announcement of all this, its hard to get new info...
so lets find it, and try to keep it all here, so everyone can find it all out... if we find new phones ill gladly add them to the list of the other 3 above(tg01, touch2, gm750) and put links and such...
i dunno... i was bored i guess... its all very interesting... i have 3 TPs, already replaced one with a TP2 thatll be here tomorrow.. im sure ill buy a hero since their so cheap... but what and when to buy to replace my 3rd one is tough given all thats gonna happen in the next few weeks..
...chime in....