Windows Mobile 6.5
Techies, geeks, pundits, BlackBerry addicts, and even a few ordinary people looked forward to Microsoft’s launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 with high hopes. They had sized-up the competition and eagerly anticipated Microsoft’s latest entry into the handheld derby. Early in 2009, Palm had resurrected its business and wowed Berry lovers with a brand new operating system well-equipped with all the features they needed, wanted, and craved.
Far more importantly, the entire handheld industry lived in the shadow of Apple’s app-packed iPhone; and, in Q4 2008, iPhone sales eclipsed Blackberry’s for the first time. Especially 18-to-24 year-old celly-addicts had glommed onto iPhone and clearly had no intention of relaxing their white-knuckle grip unless Windows Mobile 6.5 dazzled them into delirium.
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