WM 6.5? wow =P. we haven't even optimized 6.1 yet =).

[JediFonger]

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/news/show/91138/can-t-wait-for-windows-mobile-7-try-windows-mobile-6-5.html

[cirial]

Second half of 2009 is definitely a ways off..

[joshkoss]

Second half of 2009 is definitely a ways off..
Cool, can't wait to cook roms with it!!! ;) and YES I'll be around then! :)

[kernelguy]

Second half of 2009 is definitely a ways off..

It needn't be that late for 6.5 ROMs to start appearing here, need it? Going by version 6 experiences, we could expect to see the 6.5 ROMs as early as this year. Hermes support is an unknown though.

kernelguy

[+ Que PPC]

HAhahahahaha i was exited.... sorry... but without screenshots it becames like the WM7 Toughts hahaha.... we all spect not to have the enhaced oS with 3D processor like the new Diamond hardware.... :o

Hope its not and can be cooked to hermes.... :D

[ai6908]

I dont know if i want to believe this or not...:p

[sapphire_pro]

Will the Hermes be ready for WM7???

[SlakerBoi]

Will the Hermes be ready for WM7???

try one of these roms with manilla and you'll know... hermes is such a great pda but its resources are very limited and microsoft has tradition in releasing new systems that like to eat a big slice of memory. let's see.

there's always a possibility that this is just speculation. apple os for the iphone is a big deal when it comes to finger friendly apps, so is google android and microsoft knows that all... and let's not forget that nokia is also about to release their iphone-like handset running a touchscreen version of their Symbian OS which the market's been waiting for a long time. microsoft needs to react really fast, i think that 'second half of 2009' would be way too late.

[Arktronic]

Will the Hermes be ready for WM7???

Depends on how flashy they make it. My old HTC Typhoon that came with WM2003SE runs WM6.1 just fine right now. But if MS starts relying heavily on graphics processing, 2D or 3D, most older devices won't be able to handle it.

[sapphire_pro]

Yea your probably right.
But I think in 2009 I can buy a new telephone then;)

[dole_95]

Will the Hermes be ready for WM7???

No, because WM7 is built on WinCE 6.0, Hermes runs WinCE 5.0.

[yamaitang]

i really do not know if our Hermes will fit the WM6.5

[JediFonger]

i'd like to think that by the time wm6.5 and wm7 rolls around, most of us will have replaced the hermes with somn newer from HTC+nvidia's tegra600 or better GPUs
http://www.nvidia.com/page/handheld.html

i can't wait til what kinds of neat things xda devs. can do with a fully powered GPU and lots more room to do it with. i'm always amazed what xda devs. can do with hermes platform already =P.

[galaxys]

i'd like to think that by the time wm6.5 and wm7 rolls around, most of us will have replaced the hermes with somn newer from HTC+nvidia's tegra600 or better GPUs
can do with a fully powered GPU and lots more room to do it with. i'm always amazed what xda devs. can do with hermes platform already =P.

yes, nvidia's tegra600 is good future stuff! Are U sure HTC is working with nvidia tegra600?

[lewnetoons]

I would never say that wm 6.5 or 7 can't run on the hermes, odds are it will be so memory heavy that it will not have much free program memory to run.

having said that, I still have a mpx200 in the drawer that I mess with every now and then, it started with wm2002, then went through the os's all the way up to wm6.1 after someone figured out how to use the storage card for the os to run.

My guess is that it would take someone figuring out how to load the os (or most of it) onto the card and run the programs (or most of them) from the card so that the program memory could run the device. (here is where the nonbelievers say things about how the sdcard tranfer rate is not fast enough to run programs or how the hermes prossesor is not made for the os...blah...blah...blah) all I can say is tell your naysaying to my mpx200

and for those who say get a better device, ah, were not talking about launching the shuttle here, it's a ppc, 400mhz is plenty to keep the hermes a very usable device for the average user for a long time.
The point is not will I use it, but could I use it and with the right developers, I am very confident I could and will.

[JediFonger]

http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=1653

supposed screenshots of 6.5.

[TimSykes]

if you look at the icons some of them are imac icons. Its not a real shot of it.

[+ Que PPC]

watch at your help app icon (lifesaver) comes from the Linux OS
so maybe is maybe isn't the only thing we can spect is the release date... and maybe neither that. :p

[Strasser]

Screenshots says nothing....i can put an iphone skin on my hermes....:D

[SlakerBoi]

i'm not 100% sure these screenshots are fake but one thing i must say is that they do look a lot like the Zune interface which would definitely be a good market strategy for microsoft to put all their mobile experiences with a similar look.

zune is a great music player and its market share's been growing rapidly it would be a quite smart move from microsoft to get everything in the family.