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Acer just kicked out their beTouch line of smartphones, which are powered by Windows Mobile 6.5. Details have yet to be made official, but the E100 and E101 include a touch screen interface, while the E200 includes a touchscreen and slide out keypad. Expect more deets in the coming weeks on Acer’s latest line of phones.

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AT&T officially announced the availability of the HTC Tilt 2 and Pure.  We’ve already seen the Tilt 2 with official AT&T branding and it looks like they’ll be charging a pretty hefty sum much like the other carriers out there.  The PURE on the other hand, will be a bit cheaper but still cost a a pretty penny.  On a more positive note, both of these phones will be the first to sport Windows Mobile 6.5 on the AT&T network.

Feature wise the Tilt 2 has a 3.6-inch touchscreen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard.  They’ve also stuffed in dual speakers and dual microphones for some much needed and always welcomed noise cancellation.  Optics wise were looking at a 3.2 megapixel camera.  The Tilt 2 will be available in a few weeks for $299.99 after a 2-year contract signing and $50 mail-in-rebate.

The Pure sports a larger 5 megapixel camera but has a smaller 3.2-inch screen.  It will go on sale today for $199.99 after a 2-year and $50 mail-in-rebate.

Full release after the ‘leap’ …Continue reading: AT&T Offically Announce The HTC Tilt 2 And Pure, Their First Windows Mobile 6.5 Handsets

It was just a few days ago that we got word of Verizon’s Imagio handset, and now today the wireless company has made it official. As previously mentioned this will be one of the first handsets to sport the long awaited Windows Mobile 6.5.  Unlike many of HTC’s phones, the Imagio lacks a slide out QWERTY keyboard but does have a 3.6-inch touchscreen, Verizon’s Vcast Mobile TV, 5 megapixel camera and a bevy of other delightful features to keep you entertained.

The Imagio will go on sale October 6th for $199.99 after a 2-year contract and $100 mail-in-rebate.

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Tellme’s voice command software will be available for free to Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. The service simplifies how people interact with their phones by allowing them to speak a command to their device. Simply say a command such as “call home” and the phone will obey your every whim. Watch out for it this fall.

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Garmin-Asus announced their official partnership a few months back and with it we expected the long rumored, then officially announced Garmin phone to launch in a timely fashion.  I guess our hopes were set a little too high, because word on the street is that we won’t see the first handset from the navigation company until June of this year, at least that’s what an inside source says.  Carrier and price you ask?  Keep dreaming, but if one of their phones - probably the G60 as alluded to by the source - is set to launch in June you can probably expect an announcement in May, which is around the same time Windows Mobile 6.5 launches (which might mean the M20 instead).

[via BGR]

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That’s right folks, Windows Mobile 6.5 will be officially launched on May 11th, according to an announcement at Microsoft’s TechEd 2009 conference. New devices based on the new mobile OS won’t be arriving until the fall but I have a feeling it’ll get onto current devices much sooner than that (hint: XDA forums).

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