Sprint Touch and Mogul get Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrades, totally official this time
Though both have had less-than-official upgrades floating around for ages, Sprint and HTC have finally seen fit to bless the Touch and Mogul with the real deal. In the case of the Touch, the Windows Mobile 6.1 update includes Sprint Navigation, EV-DO Rev. A, integrated Opera, and a new on-screen QWERTY keyboard, so it seems more than worth the few minutes you'll spend downloading it and getting it all going. The Mogul gets Sprint TV (yay?), but unfortunately, no patch to magically morph it into a Touch Pro. Seriously, we'd pay good money for that.[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]
Update: It looks like they've been pulled for the moment, but keep a keen eye out at HTC's support site -- we're hearing they could show up again next week.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jd77xx @ Jul 19th 2008 8:33AM
Rev A getting 700-900 kbps - not bad
wings of icarus @ Jul 19th 2008 5:34PM
i'm getting 850 kbps+ with my old moto q
stiltskin @ Jul 19th 2008 10:29PM
Where can I get it for my Mogul mine pisses me off so bad I have an unofficial ROM on it and its a pain and clunky.
TheGasMan @ Jul 19th 2008 11:36AM
Yes, the Mogul gets Sprint TV with all of 4 worthless included channels. Why no Opera love for us? BTW it's only Opera 8.65. Better than PIE for full websites, but it's not 9.5.
@Engadget
BTW, those links don't point me to any ROM updates. Have they been pulled again?
whitemike @ Jul 19th 2008 1:23PM
I popped over here looking specifically for this news and of course it's pulled. At least it should be coming soon.
SimbaDogg @ Jul 19th 2008 3:11PM
sorry guys, just saving my password
Rosco @ Jul 19th 2008 4:57PM
NO mms?!?!?!? heck of an upgrade.....
ShadowGod @ Jul 19th 2008 5:17PM
Is this one any different then the supposedly "official" one that was leaked a few weeks ago?
Mike @ Jul 20th 2008 12:44AM
So let me ask a question... I read somewhere that the HTC Touch has a GPS chipset in it that isn't enabled. Is this saying that this upgrade enables that chipset?
Cereal_one @ Jul 21st 2008 12:04PM
The 6.1 update for the Touch is back on the HTC website!
Eludium-Q36 @ Jul 21st 2008 9:38PM
Mogul Notes: WinMob 6.1 Pro offers threaded messaging, an improved pocket IE with full-page view and zoom, and some other minor features. Sprint TV is now enabled for use, and all the other features (EVDO-A, GPS, Task Manager) of the previous ROM update are there in case you skipped that update.
Mogul Mogul @ Sep 9th 2008 4:27PM
Loved the update to 6.1...until I found you can no longer force it into Roam anymore. Had my phone replaced (flaky keypad) and am leaving it at 3.35.04 - I learned that if you are in a fringe service area, the phone is useless (as long a there is a hint of Sprint service in the area, it will die trying to connect through it). Not sure that I care for the threaded messaging change either; too Blackberrieish. (I also own a BB Curve) I fear that HTC is so busy trying to make this & the Touch into a hybrid of an iPhone & a Blackberry that we will end up with a BlackPhone or worst yet...an iBerry (eeew). Please HTC, just fix the bugs & make it better; if you change the Mogul too much it won't be a Mogul anymore...