Widget engine for Windows Mobile 6.5 to bring in more apps

Windows Mobile fans have another reason to really wait and get excited for Windows Mobile 6.5: The new mobile platform will come with a widget engine so there will be widgets for various products and services users wish to use on their phones.

This means more Windows Mobile 6.5 apps are coming our way.

According to a report, this will "allow developers to build applications using HTML and JavaScript and run them using Internet Explorer 6 Mobile engine, so it would act like a normal web page, but without the address bar, menus and other browser features".

"The applications will have the .widget extension and will create a simple way for companies to create apps that support their web services," the Mobile Guerilla report added.

Geek.com meanwhile said that "[this] is great news considering that the Palm Pre will essentially have the same thing as its core application functionality, so you can expect a lot of applications to be developed using just HTML and JavaScript this year".

Expecting a bumber crop of new apps for Windows Mobile, the report adds that "the biggest difference here, though, is that Windows Mobile 6.5 will still run Windows Mobile-based applications, in addition to the apps/widgets created using just HTML, JavaScript and graphics files. This could mean a whole lot more “apps” for the Windows Mobile platform."