Windows Mobile 7, the next generation mobile operating system Redmond-based Microsoft has in store for its users, is expected to become available on the market sometime in late 2010. The news on the platform's availability window are rather old, and the same applies to the announcement regarding it, only that this time the word is that Microsoft confirmed unveiling Windows Mobile 7 in March next year.

It seems that the MIX 2010 conference in March 2010 will be the place where Microsoft will announce what it has in mind with the upcoming operating system. Previous rumors suggested that the company intends to release Windows Mobile 7 to manufacturers in the first quarter of the next year, while aiming at launching it on handsets in the third quarter of the year.

Not only did the Microsoft Office Vice President Kurt Delbene confirmed the March 2010 announcement on Windows Mobile 7, but it seems that the company also showed the operating system to a series of people at the Mobius conference in Seatle. NDA applies here, though it seems that some of those present at the event were very impressed.

There’s been a wide range of rumors lately regarding what the upcoming platform iteration is set to bring to the market and most of you might have learned the details already, yet nothing is certain when it comes to the actual features of the OS. Whether or not it comes with Silverlight integration, Zune support, better appearance, enhanced performance levels, better support for services, and other more, it still remains to be seen.

Our hopes certainly grew high based on the rumors and on the leaked builds of the supposedly 6.5.1 flavor of Windows Mobile, but one should agree that something similar happened with Windows Mobile 6.5, too. However, all this points towards a major shift in Microsoft's approach towards the mobile phone client and the final version of Windows Mobile 7 might actually prove a very impressive OS. Watch this space for further updates on the platform.