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Via a tweet from Arktronic we have just learned that Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK is now no longer available for download.

On checking the URL where the software used to reside we now only get an error screen.

Arktronic speculates this may be to issues with Visual Studio 2008.  While we have not been able to confirm this elsewhere, we can say in our attempts to make the emulator visible in Visual Studio has all ended in failure, so that does seem rather plausible.

We will update this article when more information becomes available.

Update: Official word from the WMDev twitter channel:

With regards to 6.5 SDK, we prematurely released an untested SDK which was not ready. We pulled it so proper testing can be completed….

we’ll def make an official announce when the SDK is ready to go. Those responsible have been sent to the dungeons for execution. ^LU

Well, that’s one theory

A mere 3 months after the release of the OS, a SDK for Windows Mobile 6.5 has finally been made available by Microsoft.

The SDK provide documentation, sample code, header and library files, emulator images, and tools to Visual Studio that allow developers to build applications for Windows Mobile 6.5. Unfortunately the emulator images show no sign of Windows Mobile 6.5.3, which is rather a shame, meaning the devices expected to be released soon will again initially be unsupported.

The SDK is available in English, German, Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian and Chinese and runs to a download of between 450 and 3700 MB.

Read more at Microsoft here.

Apologies to our readers.  After much faffing around I managed to get the images to run on the emulator, and in fact it is Windows Mobile 6.5.3 that has been released.

The official Windows Mobile 6.5 update for the T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 and Dash 3G is now available, and Pocketnow have published a video tour of the features of the new ROM.

Have you applied the update?  Let us know your experience in the comments below.

Some-one at T-Mobile US appears to have flipped a switch early, as the official Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM update for the HTC Touch Pro 2 and the T-Mobile Dash 3G are now available for download.

Owners simply need to follow the link below and enter their EMEI number to access the download, that was originally intended to be released on January 20th.

Download the ROM update here.

Via Tmonews.com

Sprint has let it be known in their forums that they and HTC are working on an official Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade for the Sprint HTC Touch Pro 2.

14-Jan-2010

Windows Mobile 6.5 Planned for HTC Touch Pro2 from Sprint

Sprint and HTC are currently developing a release of Windows Mobile 6.5 for the HTC Touch Pro2 that is expected to be available to customers by end of first quarter, 2010. This upgrade will not only provide updates to the Windows Mobile platform, but also significant enhancements to the Touch Pro2 user interface which will allow additional customization/personalization options and more integration with the applications users access most.

Of course most people who really wanted it are probably running a hacked ROM by now, but if you want to be sure about preserving your warranty official is the only way to go, so this development is certainly long overdue good news.

Does anyone expect anything unusual about the upgrade, like Windows Mobile 6.5.3 for example?  Let us know below.

Just recently — as in today – Verizon Wireless released their Windows Mobile 6.5 update for the Touchpro2, and now T-mobile’s update has leaked as well.  The ROM is an official, not hacked version, and should run happily on all T-Mobile Touch Pro2’s.

New in this ROM compared to the shipped ROM are:

• Windows Mobile 6.5
• HTC Sense 2.1
• Fix: Browser favorites in the TouchFLO menu are not user customizable / editable.
• Fix:TouchFLO SMS shows that there is one new message but there is not.
• Fix:HTTP links and phone numbers embedded in SMS messages are not actionable in the TouchFLO screen.
• Fix:The weather displayed in calendar events will show as New York as default and user must change the default location in the World Clock application in order to change
• Addition of Visual Voicemail Application
• Addition of Mobile Backup with Opt in and On Demand Sync option
• Client enhancement from Telenav to improve the billing
• Addition of Microsoft Application Store
• Addition of My Phone (Web based Mobile Backup Application)
• MSN Widgets
• Facebook
• UI Improvements (Today Screen, New Themes)
• MSN Mobile Messaging Improvements (Conversation View)
• Send key change from white to green
• End Key change from white to red
• Home Key change to Microsoft Flag

Certainly sounds worth the hard reset inevitable on install.

Download it here before HTC takes down.

Source:WME

There is not much to say about this news except, wow, that was fast, NOT. This update must have been a planned release for maximum effect during CES.

Here is the change log:
OS Upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5
Updated drivers to support Global VZ Navigator
TouchFLO 3D Enhancements

Download:Here

Also available, after an unofficial leak, is the Windows Mobile 6.5 update to the HTC Ozone.

Changelog:
Upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5

Download:Here

Source:WME