Once Windows Mobile 7′s delay became public, most resigned themselves to at least another year with the current 6.5 incarnation, give-or-take a few tweaks here and there.  However, good news came from LG, who slipped the fact they still expected Mobile 7 in 2010 and no later into a recent press conference.

Now, over the past weeks, speculation that we may at the very least see a demonstration of Windows Mobile 7 at Mobile World Congress in February, and that among its new features will be a gesture control system – although whether this will be on display is unknown – which perhaps syncs with Phil Moore’s comments on a ‘flexible UI’ he made in December.  The rumour has then evolved to take on the possibility that we may see the actual launch too.

Most – including ourselves – have dismissed this, but it could actually be partially true, but instead of 7, it could be 6.6.  With a version number increase like this, we’re likely to see many of the upgrades we’ve seen images of over the last months, including the increase in size of important buttons and their relocation to the bottom of the screen.

With Nokia and LG both shunning Mobile World Congress, Microsoft could potentially brighten the place up considerably.