T-Mobile not included in the Windows Mobile 6.5 rollout?(UPDATED)

after paying as much as you did for your phone do you really think htc is gonna make you pay for something like an update to improve thier product..come to think of it i dont think a consumer can buy single products from htc online ive never seen it. they usually refer you to the carrier site for that.

I don't know what T-Mo will do as far as 6.5, but on HTC's site they will possibly be posting the upgrade, in the T-Mobile Touch Pro2 section.  You can bookmark that page or do what I did, which is to make it one of my tabbed folders on Internet Explorer, so when I open IE one of the tabs is the HTC page.

http://www.htc.com/us/faq_detail.aspx?p_id=287&act=faq&cat=0

Maybe T-Mo might refer TP2 to the HTC site for the upgrade, that is, rather than provide it on the T-Mo site.  (Maybe this explains why the MS announcement included HTC but not T-Mo, because T-Mo intends to let HTC handle it.)

The HTC site has provided FREE system upgrades and not referred users to the carrier.  HTC simply adds a "Software Download" tab on the support page.  Like this:

http://www.htc.com/us/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=189&act=sd&cat=all

http://www.htc.com/us/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=189&cat=2&dl_id=610

Will HTC provide MS 6.5?  I dunno since I am just speculating.  However, since there many, many cooked versions of 6.5 out there, I would not think MS, T-Mo or HTC will be charging for the new version.  (And it should be noted that MS has not attempted to stop the "chefs" on XDA, for example.

My impression is that Microsoft wants 6.5 on as many devices out there as possible, in the shortest possible time.  One way to achieve that is to give 6.5 away to anyone who asks.    The quickest way to kill the launch (and save MS's mobile division) is to stop the free and independant spread of 6.5 and to charge for the product on October 6 and beyond.

I don't know if anyone actually solved this, but if you don't want to flash to a unsupported rom the official T-Mobile one will be out early to late December.  It should include flash, windows marketplace, visual voicemail and of course the newer touchflo 3d....

I don't know if anyone actually solved this, but if you don't want to flash to a unsupported rom the official T-Mobile one will be out early to late December.  It should include flash, windows marketplace, visual voicemail and of course the newer touchflo 3d....

Where did you see this date-range posted?  If it wasn't an official statement from T-Mobile -- in a press release or on their website, etc. -- this is just a speculated date range, isn't it?  Or is this based on some inside-information that you have personally?

When the "HTC Champions" were invited to the Touch Pro 2/Dash 3G training we were told the TP2 would be upgradable to 6.5 free of charge. Hope that helps. Although there are still some roms (The ones with the HTC Leo interface) that are still sexier than the new TF3D.

When the "HTC Champions" were invited to the Touch Pro 2/Dash 3G training we were told the TP2 would be upgradable to 6.5 free of charge. Hope that helps..

Thanks, that's something, anyway.
I was just wondering if there's been any recent/current announcements to that effect.
For myself, I don't really care since I'm already running a cooked version of WM6.5, and I've tried WM6.5.1.  But it might be handy to have a stock version in my archive...just in case.

That timetable was given to me by an HTC rep that has been very professional in the past.  Of course T-Mobile is the ones controlling the update, but I would put money down on the first half of December.

This is rom upgradegsville check here now and then for a upgrade
http://htcpedia.com/soft

This might be a stupid question, but will you be able to upgrade a 6.5 phone to 7 since 7 is like a entirely new OS being
built from scratch supposedly?  I'm asking because the HD2 sure is tempting, but I can't see being stuck with 6.5 forever from what I've been hearing about it.  

Well my friend, its still going to be windows and the requirments for windows mobile 7 is pretty close to the hd2 so lets see what happeneds.....theres always the chefs over xda...those guys work miracles.

Topics merged.

Well my friend, its still going to be windows and the requirments for windows mobile 7 is pretty close to the hd2 so lets see what happeneds.....theres always the chefs over xda...those guys work miracles.

Here is one "report" of the HD2's ability to support WM7 or is that WP(HONE)7.
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/8793.html

6.5 update for TP2 and Dash 3G is rolling out early Jan, approx the 5th.  That's from T-Mobile and HTC so I would take it to the bank and cash it.

6.5 update for TP2 and Dash 3G is rolling out early Jan, approx the 5th.  That's from T-Mobile and HTC so I would take it to the bank and cash it.

Excellent!! +1 for you Dude

Wow!  A REAL date for a change!

6.5 update for TP2 and Dash 3G is rolling out early Jan, approx the 5th.  That's from T-Mobile and HTC so I would take it to the bank and cash it.

Still too late. Makes people feel better, if it came in Dec.

Typical T-Mobile:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Touch-Pro2/T-Mobile-Officially-States-the-will-NOT-release-Windows-Mobile-6/td-p/269653

6.5 update for TP2 and Dash 3G is rolling out early Jan, approx the 5th.  That's from T-Mobile and HTC so I would take it to the bank and cash it.

Still too late. Makes people feel better, if it came in Dec.

Typical T-Mobile:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Touch-Pro2/T-Mobile-Officially-States-the-will-NOT-release-Windows-Mobile-6/td-p/269653

I'm lost.  Tried your link and topic is not found?  Is that your point?
The header on http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Touch-Pro2/bd-p/Touch_pro2
still shows:
                                               Windows Mobile 6.5 Update - 12/03/09

T-Mobile USA continues to partner with Microsoft to offer our customers great smartphone experiences as evidenced by our recent launches of two new, compelling Windows phones, the T-Mobile Dash 3G and the HTC Touch Pro2.  We are excited about Windows Mobile and future opportunities with Windows Mobile 6.5 for our customers, but we do not have specific news to share at this time.

You can check online for software updates as they become available at www.T-Mobile.com/wmupgrade

6.5 update for TP2 and Dash 3G is rolling out early Jan, approx the 5th.  That's from T-Mobile and HTC so I would take it to the bank and cash it.

Still too late. Makes people feel better, if it came in Dec.

Typical T-Mobile:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Touch-Pro2/T-Mobile-Officially-States-the-will-NOT-release-Windows-Mobile-6/td-p/269653

I'm lost.  Tried your link and topic is not found?  Is that your point?
The header on http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Touch-Pro2/bd-p/Touch_pro2
still shows:
                                               Windows Mobile 6.5 Update - 12/03/09

T-Mobile USA continues to partner with Microsoft to offer our customers great smartphone experiences as evidenced by our recent launches of two new, compelling Windows phones, the T-Mobile Dash 3G and the HTC Touch Pro2.  We are excited about Windows Mobile and future opportunities with Windows Mobile 6.5 for our customers, but we do not have specific news to share at this time.

You can check online for software updates as they become available at www.T-Mobile.com/wmupgrade

Yes, that was my point about what T-Mobile posted about WM 6.5

Also this:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Touch-Pro2/Request-to-Tmobile-to-release-Win-6-5-Upgrade/td-p/206586/page/5

Read what chrisrj28 posted.

I've got an unconfirmed but solid date, it'll be up on the blog shortly, or in the morning!

Great! Cant wait to see it.

I've got an unconfirmed but solid date, it'll be up on the blog shortly, or in the morning!

Excellent!!!  Can't wait.  The 6.5 Euro ver. I'm running has some bugs that I can live with, but they still irritate me.