Microsoft is preparing to launch Office Mobile 2010 for its Windows Mobile 6.5. This is just in case you were concerned with Microsoft holding out the release until Windows Mobile 7, supposedly next spring. Rumor has it that Office Mobile 2010 probable name will be Office Mobile 7.

The current version of Microsoft Office for mobile was released in September 2007 as part of Office 2007 and incorporated Outlook Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, Word Mobile, Excel Mobile and OneNote Mobile. The new version will evidently include SharePoint Mobile and perhaps it will also be able to access SharePoint Server 2010 and Windows Live services.

Office Mobile 2010 will only work on Windows Mobile 6.5. So, if you have an older version of Microsoft’s mobile OS you’re in bad luck.

Microsoft is trying to keep any news of Windows Mobile 7 secret for as long as possible due to the large inventory of 6.5 devices.

According to data from Gartner, global market share for Windows Mobile dropped about 3% since last year. Windows Mobile had 7.9% of the market in the 3rd quarter of 2009, down from 11.1% during the same time period last year. Sales dropped from 4 million in the 3rd quarter of 2008 to 3.2 million this year. Here is another reason for Microsoft to rush Office Mobile 2010 launching.

Here are few Office 2010 FAQs:

How do I access Office 2010 from my phone?
You can access your Office 2010 files from your phone in the following ways:

Office Mobile 2010
Office Mobile 2010 can be launched from your Start menu on any phone running Windows Mobile 6.5.4. You can also open Office file attachments within your e-mail or documents stored on your Windows phone directly.

Smartphone Web Browser
Publish your documents to SharePoint Server 2010 or Windows Live services, and access and view documents from your Smartphone browser.

You can access InfoPath forms via a full-featured mobile browser powered by SharePoint Server 2010.

Runs exclusively on Windows Mobile 6.5

Many Smartphones using the micro-browser standard (iPhone, RIM, Symbian, and Windows Mobile) can access documents stored on a server via their Smartphone browser.

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