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Long before Windows Phone 7 Mango bore fruit, Windows Mobile 6.5 phones like the HTC HD2 were left behind. But backslashsid, a member of the XDA-Developers forum, thought that was unfair and has managed to port the Windows Phone 7 Mango Beta 1 to the device.

Keeping up its recent more lenient attitude to hardware hackers, Microsoft spokesman Bill Cox told AllThingsD: “We say tinker away with Mango and enjoy the juice. But beware the fine print – unlocking phones may void your warranty.”

Click through to see the HTC HD2 running Windows Phone 7 Mango. It’s surprisingly speedy and suggests the poor old HTC HD2 was ditched a little to early…

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Our HTC Desire HD exclusive the other day was bang on. Another shot of the HTC Desire HD has popped up on a German retailer’s website, confirming that the hardware we spied in that Amazon email was the real deal. The only slight fly in the ointment is that this HTC Desire HD shot shows a Windows Mobile 6.5 UI slapped on top. Fear not though, we can explain…

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Windows Mobile 6.5 apps are still worth grabbing even though the OS is soon to be superseded by Windows Phone 7 Series but with shedloads of Windows Mobile apps out in the wild it can be sometimes be hard to seek out the best.

If you’ve got a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone and want to make the most of the mobile you’re carrying around right now rather than waiting for the first wave of Windows Phony 7 Series phones, we’re here to help. Here’s our pick of the best Windows Mobile 6.5 apps to super-charge your smartphone.

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Windows Mobile 7 is due to arrive this year but excellently named Russian Windows Mobile obsessive Eldar Murtazin has apparently got his hands on it already. Read on for a glimpse of Win Mobs future…
Murtazin reports that Windows Mobile 7’s UI is “more complicated” than the ZuneHD’s, putting us in mind of those Zune phone rumours again.
The look of Windows Mobile 7 is apparently heavily inspired by Google Android and the iPhone (no surprises there really).
Murtazin reported that version of Windows Mobile 7 he got a glimpse of was a very early build but predicts that it will be show, perhaps in closed meetings, at Mobile World Congress in February.
The big news is that Windows Mobile 7 seems to be incompatible with Windows Mobile 6 apps. Murtazin reports that the handset he used would not run any Windows Mobile 6 apps and that the OS was “built from scratch”.
Electricpig will be out in force at Mobile World Congress to hunt down the latest scoop on Windows Mobile’s next move.
Due TBA | £TBA | Windows Mobile (via WM Power User)

Windows MobileWindows Mobile 7 is due to arrive this year but excellently named Russian Windows Mobile obsessive Eldar Murtazin has apparently got his hands on it already. Read on for a glimpse of Win Mob’s future…

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Windows Mobile 6.5.3Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3, the touch friendly update to Windows Mobile 6.5, has broken cover. Microsoft showed off the tweaked version of Windows Mobile on a Toshiba TG01 during CES 2010.

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Windows Mobile Windows Mobile 7 won’t arrive until late 2010, according to a Microsoft UK executive. The suped up mobile OS should bring better touch sensitive smarts but will it be worth the wait?
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Microsoft has officially responded to rumours that a journalist was told that using or mentioning Apple products at it’s events was “banned”.
The incident took place at an event held by Samsung and Microsoft Germany to promote Windows 6.5. A journalist was told off for saying his iPhone was the best phone he’d ever used.
Microsoft has now released an official statement making it clear that it’s fine with people talking about and mentioning Apple products at its events.
A Microsoft spokesperson told Ars Technica: “We’ve been unable to confirm the specific exchange, it would not reflect our overall company policy and business practices. Reporters and analysts are free to use whatever technology they wish…and always have been.”
It’s good that Microsoft has cleared the air but we do remember its big boss, Steve Ballmer, being a little less tolerant…
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MicrosoftMicrosoft has officially responded to rumours that a journalist was told that using or mentioning Apple products at it’s events was “banned“.

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Microsoft is apparently feeling a little tetchy about Apple. A report in a German newspaper suggests Microsoft Germany banned journalists from mentioning Apple during a press event.
According to German publication Handelsblatt, a journalist at the Windows 6.5 event was given a severe talking to by a Microsoft PR person after talking about just how much he loves his iPhone.
9to5Mac’s (admittedly rusty translation) says: “While at a Windows 6.5 demonstration in Munich, Germany, a journalist was warned by a Microsoft spokesman not to mention or use Apple products since it was a Microsoft event. The journalist had previously told everyone that he had never owned an easier to use cell phone than the iPhone.”
We’d probably agree with him. But maybe Microsoft should have offered him an HTC HD2 for comparison.
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MicrosoftMicrosoft is apparently feeling a little tetchy about Apple. A report in a German newspaper suggests Microsoft Germany banned journalists from mentioning Apple during a press event.

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