Microsoft has announced that the first Windows phones, identified by the fact that they are running Windows Mobile 6.5, will be made available at retail stores worldwide on October 6, 2009. Microsoft is underlining that version 6.5 of its mobile operating system brings an improved user interface and that the Internet Explorer Mobile browser includes a new engine as well as built-in Adobe Flash Lite support. These new phones will also come with two new services: Microsoft My Phone, which allows customers to automatically backup and sync photos, music, contacts, and text messages from their phone to the Web, and Windows Marketplace for Mobile, a store for mobile applications that will be accessible from both the Windows phone and the Web.
Stephanie Ferguson, general manager in the Windows Mobile group, confirmed with Ars that the Marketplace for Windows Mobile will be available on the same day and that the next version of Office Mobile, which is slated for release next year, will work with the upcoming phones. This is just the beginning, though. “We have the broadest ecosystem out there and you’ll be seeing a lot of announcements from us and our partners in the coming months,” Ferguson told Ars.
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