I’ve seen screenshots of what WM7 was “suppose” to look like, and it looked just like 6.1 w/ a blue overlay.

Really! Mobile 6.5 is great and all! Let’s hear about it! Cmon.

I really think Microsoft blew it with 6.1. If 6.5 can just provide a refined UI and leave the underlying pieces in place, and deliver it faster than what I hope is a complete OS rewrite for Mobile 7, then I’m all for a 6.5 release this Spring, and wait until 7.0 comes out a little more refined. Windows 5, 6, 6.1, and now 6.5 are basically the same with some improvements with hardware processing, interfaces with Wifi, Bluetooth, and email sync.

And guess what, 6.5 is “7″. Don’t let the folks at Redmond fool you. What probably have had in development for 7 wasn’t anything all that special, and really probably didn’t look much different than 6.1 plus some icing. So what to do? Release the “7″ code as 6.5 (because that what it really is), and go back to the drawing board for 7 because expectation are now high and their stock price will finally get nailed if it’s just another rehash of “6″.

Hopefully Microsoft has finally figured out that the mobile platform is the “future”, and they better come out with something revolutionary, or at least a giant leap of evolution from where things are at now.

Till then, as a tolerant Mobile 5, 6, and 6.1 user, I’m willing to accept my “7, sorry 6.5 now, and really look forward to have something that will make me stay.”

As soon as Apple releases an Iphone with a qwerty based keyboard with improved MSExchange/Async support, I’m likely gone.