Samsung has released a new Windows Mobile 6.5 update for its Epix (SGH-i907) handset. This is strange because AT&T no longer sells this smartphone over its website. And a Samsung phone getting updated?

Samsung Galaxy i7500 users are still waiting for an Android 1.6 update, while Android 2.2 is already available for select handsets. Anyhow, strange as it is, you can download the software if you own the Epix. Which you probably don’t.

The Pharos 565 is the first rugged PDA in the world to be powered on the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. We know, not many of you use PDAs these days what with smartphones being able to handle all kinds of tasks. This one is obviously for a select group of users.

Features include a 3.5″ QVGA touchscreen display, a full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, GPS support, 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM, Office Mobile and a 624MHz Marvell PXA310 processor.

We’ve seen plenty of knock-off cell phones, whether they be iPhone ripoffs to Nokia clones Blackberry doppelgangers. Let’s face it, they are fun to spot and in many cases easy to laugh at. Take this T-mobile MyTough 3G (HTC Magic) “inspired” phone, for instance.

The design looks like the MyTouch 3G, but this thing is running Windows Mobile 6.5. Some other features include Wifi, GPS, and bluetooth. And as an added insult, it even comes with a pair of headphones that are clearly Apple earbud rip-offs. If for some reason you are interested in rocking this, it’s a steep $288.

Samsung’s Jack smartphone will be getting a Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade. That means an upgraded Internet Explorer, with Flash support along with Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

The Samsung Jack can also now hook up to over 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot locations in the US. Vlingo for Windows Phone will allow you to use voice commands to send an email, text or open a web site. As usual, just make sure you back up of all your data before the upgrade.

Mio is usually associated with GPS systems, but here they are rolling out a new Windows Mobile 6.5-powered handset dubbed the Mio Amber. It isn’t official just yet, but we do have some specs.

This one packs in a 3.61″ WVGA touchscreen display, GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA/HSPA connectivity, G sensor, GPS/A-GPS navigation, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, FM transmitter, Noise cancellation technology, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, Secondary VGA camera, 528MHz Qualcomm MSM 7201A Turbo processor, 256MB RAM/512MB ROM, and a microSD memory card slot.

Some user feedback of Windows Mobile 6.5 has led to some changes in its UI. The most obvious change is the removal of the honeycomb. It may still have Trix and Lucky Charms hidden away inside somewhere, but the honeycomb is gone.

The icon grid is still arranged in the same way, but the actual hexagonal icon containers are no more. The second most obvious change would have to be the new scrolling, which limits flick scrolling to one page at a time once.