Windows Mobile 5.0
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| Developer | Microsoft |
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| Released to manufacturing | May 9, 2005; 20 years ago |
| Kernel type | Windows CE |
| Preceded by | Windows Mobile 2003 |
| Succeeded by | Windows Mobile 6.0 |
| Official website | https://microsoft.com/windowsmobile |
| Support status | |
| Mainstream support ended on October 12, 2010 Extended support ended on October 13, 2015 |
Windows Mobile 5.0 (codenamed: Magneto) was released and developed by Microsoft on May 9-12, 2005 at the Embedded Developer Conference 2005.
Microsoft offered mainstream support for Windows Mobile 5.0 until October 12, 2010. Extended support was going to be offered until January 8, 2013, but was postponed to October 13, 2015, after Windows Mobile was discontinued by Microsoft. Windows Mobile 5.0 was ''the longest supported version of Windows Mobile'' because the support lasted until 2015.
Windows Mobile 5.0 was succeeded by Windows Mobile 6.0 in 2007. After that, on January 8, 2013, all Windows Mobile versions were discontinued and replaced by Windows Phone, but Windows Mobile 5.0 had extended support until October 13, 2015.