Windows Mobile 6.5 to be redubbed Windows Phone Classic?

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/mwc2010htchdminimain_250x220.jpg (http://www.istartedsomething.com/20100216/windows-phones-7-series-classic-co-exist/)What, you didn't think Microsoft would really keep up with the non-parallel syntax of "Windows Phone 7 Series (http://www.engadget.com/tag/WindowsPhone7Series/)" and "Windows Mobile 6.x," did you? We knew Windows Mobile 6.5.3 would continue its admittedly less chic existence, but now comes word via I Started Something that it'll be rebranded as Windows Phone Classic. The name change apparently won't take effect until the 7 Series devices start hitting consumer hands -- can't have a classic without something newer to takes its place, right? No worries, Sense UI (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/htc-hd-mini-hands-on/) fans, it looks like you'll still have plenty of WinMo support, even if that portmanteau goes the way of the dinosaur.Windows Mobile 6.5 to be redubbed Windows Phone Classic? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/windows-mobile-6-5-to-be-redubbed-windows-phone-classic/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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