Samsung's BlackJack finally gets Windows Mobile 6
US carrier AT&T has finally given its BlackJack handsets a long-anticipated operating system upgrade, boosting it to WM6 just as 6.1 appears around the corner.
Rumors regarding the release of this upgrade to the popular handset have abounded, since both AT&T and Samsung have kept their release dates vague.
The upgrade is available as a free desktop download directly from Samsung. Also included with the upgrade is Video Share calling software, a function native to the BlackJack II. Video Share is a live one-way video feed that requires a 3G connection and two phones that mutually support streaming video.
Windows Mobile 6 debuted at 3GSM 2007 just under one year ago as a handheld complement to Windows Vista, and the release of Windows Mobile 6.1 is expected to come this year. While it is not expected to receive a major overhaul, the upgraded operating system will come with threaded SMS -- surely a welcome feature -- and the cut-and-paste function that has been missing from Windows Mobile thus far.
