With the release of Windows Mobile 6.5 today, Sygic have confirmed that Mobile Maps is fully compatible (I have tested McGuider 2009 myself and can confirm this too). The application runs the same as it does on WinMo 6/6.1 so anyone purchasing for one of the soon to be upgraded phones can be sure their purchase is not wasted.

Also announced today is more regions released for WinMo, Symbian and Android from the Sygic E-Shop. The line up now covers UK & Ireland, Complete Europe, North America (incl. USA, Canada & Mexico), Australia & New Zealand, Brazil and South East Asia (Incl. Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand). This expansion of regions brings these platforms up to par with the regions currently available from the iPhone App Store.

For those who do not want to purchase from the Sygic E-Shop, Expansys are also now offering a retail boxed Micro SD complete Europe package for £55.99. They are listing stock due within the week here but oddly do not mention Symbian. Since the E-Shop download covers WinMo, Android and Symbian I would of expected this. I have queried this and will report back when I have more news.

Sygic CEO Michal Stencl had this to say about todays flurry of news - “The unique multiplatform engine of Sygic navigation software enables us to make a way through the quantum of the operating systems like an ice-breaker. We were the first turn-by-turn application ready for sale for iPhone at iTunes back in June - just 10 days after the official iPhone OS 3.0 release, we are one of the first providers of a navigation application for Android phones and now we are happy to announce our compatibility with and availability for Windows Mobile 6.5. We devote our efforts to all mobile platforms at the same level of importance, because that is the only way how we can bring a great user experience and a reliable solution to our customers. At the same time, we are working hard and continuously to extend the regional availability of the application in order to make it accessible to mobile phones users world-wide.”