If you’re still hanging on to your HTC HD2 unit, know that you can replace Windows Mobile with Ubuntu or Android, thanks to a recent hack detailed by the folks of XDA Developers. You can also learn more about it from this YouTube channel, belonging to one of the guys who made this work.
Android looks pretty fluid on the smartphone, while Ubuntu...
Engadget has done a pretty interesting comparison of handsets, picking one for each mobile platform available. Thus, we can see in the table below as Nokia N8 takes on the iPhone 4 in a Symbian versus iOS 4 duel, while the other rivals are Palm Pre Plus (webOS), HTC EVO 4G (Android 2.1) and HTC HD2 (Windows Mobile 6.5).
As you can see, Nokia N8 nails...
If you’re a HTC HD2 owner from the UK and you bought the device from Vodafone, you should look out for a ROM upgrade these days. HTC UK has just released an official ROM update for your smartphone, with a pretty vague description, that promises “the best possible mobile experience”.
Considering that this is a ROM update, you’ll...
If you’re willing to get a HTC HD2 smartphone, but you don’t want to pay the big bucks, there’s always the option of entering a contest, in order to get the device for free. To do that, you’ll simply need to sign on to Facebook, become a Windows phone fan and take a quick poll, in order to enter a contest that has a HTC HD2 unit...
If you’re willing to score a HTC HD2 on the cheap, you can now trade in your iPhone with the aid of T-Mobile dealers. You’ll need to contact 1-800-TMOBILE and get hold of a business Direct Sales Representative. Keep in mind that this offer is not available at corporate locations, but only at participating T-Mobile dealers.
You can start...
After seeing a bunch of images showing the HTC HD2 running Windows Phone 7, this port was confirmed by a video we spotted on WMExperts.com. Of course, we continue to be skeptic about this, specially since Microsoft stated very clearly that we won’t be seeing their latest mobile OS on the HD2.
If you’re wondering why, apparently, the handset’s...
Since HTC HD2 is coming to T-Mobile in 3 days, it would be interesting to compare this version of the device with the regular HTC HD2. Also, we remind you that some guy managed to get the device early from Walmart, so hurry up and get your own soon. About the comparison, the T-Mobile HTC HD2 is 1.5mm taller than the international version and the list...
T-Mobile will launch the long awaited HTC HD2 smartphone on Wednesday, but some lucky dude managed to get hold of the handset earlier, courtesy of Walmart. Of course, he caught the device on camera, as he unboxed it and had fun with it, trying its video playback abilities and setting the handset up:
Known as JDMiPhoner, the lucky owner of the T-Mobile...
T-Mobile USA recently let loose a tweet concerning the release details of HTC HD2, pricing included. We found out that the smartphone will be launched on March 24th, 2010 and that it’ll retail for $199.99, with a 2 year contract and qualifying plan. No info about the full retail price, but we can guess that it’ll be in the $500 range.
What’s...
In case you weren’t sure about HTC HD2′s processing power, here’s another proof: it’s able to run Windows 95 without too much fuss and we’re sure it can even go further with desktop OSes. Although the device is not good enough to run Windows Phone 7, according to Microsoft, we wouldn’t be surprised if Win XP was emulated...