Apparently before the end of the year more than 30 smartphones running Windows Mobile 6.5 from 15 mobile phone vendors will be launched states the senior director of GCR Mobile Team Unit at Microsoft China, reports digitimes.

Mobile phone vendors who have shown support for Windows Mobile 6.5 include the likes of Toshiba, Samsung, Acer, HTC, LG, HP and Sony Ericsson.

Also voicing their support for Windows Mobile 6.5 are telecom carriers Verizon Wireless, Sprint, AT&T, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange, Telus and others. So more than 30 Windows Mobile 6.5 packing smartphones before the end of the year, beats the 15/20 Android phones doesn’t it.