Microsoft Windows Phones: What phones are available

What's on offer where

7 October 2009 2:18 GMT / By Stuart Miles

Microsoft has officially launched Windows 6.5 or Windows Phone to you and me on Tuesday, but what phones can you get with the new operating system and what phone can you upgrade?

If you've already bought a HTC Touch Diamond II, HTC Touch Pro II, HTC Snap S552 or Toshiba TG01 WP, you can upgrade today via the HTC and Toshiba websites bringing you all the new features without having to buy a new handset.

If you want to upgrade your handset, here is the official list from Redmond of what you can get your hands on now and in the near future:

New handsets in the UK

HTC Touch II from T-Mobile and Carphone Warehouse
HTC Touch HD II from O2 and Carphone Warehouse
LG GM750 from Vodafone
Samsung Omnia II and Samsung Omnia Lite from Carphone Warehouse
Samsung Omnia Pro - B7730 from Carphone Warehouse on 30 October
Sony Ericsson X2 from Vodafone on 30 October
Samsung Omnia Pro B7610 from O2 on 30 November

New handsets in North America

HTC Pure from AT&T
HTC Imagio from Verizon Wireless
Samsung Intrepid from Sprint, available 11 Oct, 2009
HTC Tilt 2 from AT&T, available in the coming weeks

In Europe

MDA Vario V, MDA Compact V and HTC Touch2 and the Samsung Omnia II from Deutsche Telekom in select European markets
HTC HD2 from Orange, available in the coming weeks in France
HTC Touch2 from Orange, available in the coming weeks in France, Spain, Switzerland and Romania
A software update for the HTC Touch Pro2 from Orange, available in the coming weeks in France, U.K. and Romania
Samsung Omnia II from Orange, available in the coming weeks in Poland, Switzerland and Slovakia and from early December in France
Samsung Omnia LITE from Orange, available in the coming weeks in France and Spain
Samsung Omnia PRO B7320 from Orange, available in the coming weeks in France and the U.K.
Toshiba TG01 W from Orange, available as an update to the TG01 in the coming weeks in France, the U.K., Switzerland and Romania
LG GM750 and Samsung Omnia II from SFR in France
TMN Bluebelt 2 and TMN Silverbelt, made by ZTE Corp., from TMN in Portugal
Samsung Omnia II and Omnia LITE from TMN in Portugal
HTC Touch Diamond2 from Vodafone in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, South Africa and Central Europe
HTC Touch Pro2 from Vodafone in the U.K. and Switzerland
LG GM750 from Vodafone in Germany, the U.K., Spain and the Netherlands