WINDOWS MOBILE 6.5 PHONES RELEASES ON OCTOBER 6TH

Been holding off on buying a new phone until Windows Mobile 6.5 devices are available? It looks like the wait is almost over. Microsoft announced today that the first smartphones running the next generation of Windows Mobile (which will just be called "Windows Phone") will be available on October 6th.

Of course, Microsoft also admits that the odds of you holding out for that new OS before buying a new phone are pretty slim anyway, since the company "discovered that most people who carry a Windows phone don't realize it's running Windows Mobile" anyway.

The new phones will apparently come in a variety of configurations. Some will have keyboards while others will not. Some will have touchscreens, GPS, accelerometers, or high resolution cameras, and others not so much.

In North America we should see devices from HP, HTC, LG, Samsung, and Toshiba carried by AT&T, Bell, Sprint, TEULS, and Verizon. For information on Europe, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific region.