Microsoft will unleash the Windows Mobile 6.5 on the 6th of October and all current upgradable smartphones will be able to install it. Those and the new, which are still not launched, will ship directly with the new OS.

That seems some good news for the WinMo users – mark down 6 October in your calendars if you’ve been promised an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5. The new version of the mobile OS will become available then probably meaning you should be able to upgrade free your HTC Touch Diamond 2, HTC Touch Pro 2, or Samsung Omnia II, etc.

Besides the user experience boost, the new version of the OS will offer two new potentially powerful services – the My Phone and the Windows Marketplace.

The first one will offer free web synchronization of photos, music, contacts and messages, while the second name speaks for itself introducing a huge application catalog straight to the mobile. Easy access to the popular social networks like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter is also provided.

There is a whole month until the official premiere, until then you may want to check our detailed impressions of the Windows Mobile 6.5 running on the Samsung Omnia 2.

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The guys over at ai.rs. blog has posted some new leaked informations including real picture of HTC’s upcoming smartphone namely the HTC Mega. According to them, the official specs of HTC Mega will include a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7225 CPU, a 2.8-inch touchscreen display with 240 x 320 pixels, a 3.2MP camera, HTC’s TouchFlo UI, a 256MB ROM, a 256MB RAM, a microSD card slot, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, Windows Mobile 6.5 OS and supports both dual-band HSDPA (900/2100 MHz) and quad-band GSM connectivities. The HTC Mega is expected to be launched in the next few months for around $300.