Finally… multi-touch!

Windows Mobile 6.5.3 finally detailed
Microsoft has detailed all the new improvements to Windows Mobile 6.5.3, with some neat touches finally appearing.
The new OS is basically something WinMo fans have been wanting for years, with capacitive screen support meaning the styluses/styli can finally be thrown away.

Green credentials and a QWERTY keyboard

The Sony Ericsson Aspen – making you green with envy
Sony Ericsson has taken the veil off its latest smartphone, the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 enabled Aspen.

Samsung Omnia II could be first phone to show off OS

Samsung Omnia II could be the first phone with Windows Mobile 6.5
The Samsung Omnia II, announced at the same time as the Samsung Jet at the recent Unpacked event, will apparently be the first phone running Windows Mobile 6.5.

WinMo users can’t upgrade to new IE
Not unless they want to shell out for a whole new handset

Pocket Internet Explorer 6

Microsoft might be forgiven for feeling a bit hard done by with all the negative press it gets for Windows Mobile, but slip-ups like not allowing existing customers to upgrade to the new Pocket Internet [...]