It looks like Microsoft's keeping its living-and-let-live stance as hackers actually give the aging HD2 some much-deserved love. XDA-Developers member backslashid posted the above video showing Mango Beta 1 running on the device. Microsoft pretty much said go for it!
Joining the Shack and T-Mobile themselves, Amazon's offering all T-Mobile phones—including the HTC HD2, Nokia Nuron, Motorola CLIQ, and the Blackberry Bold 9700 among them—for ONE PENNY until June 21, with a new 2 year contract. [Amazon]
HTC's HD2 might have only been out for less than two weeks, but they still can't keep the phone in stock, selling out again this week. Furthermore, up to 21,000 HD2 phones have sold in a single day.
After much to-ing and fro-ing, the definitive answer as to whether the HTC HD2 can run Windows Phone 7 or not is in—it can. HTCPedia forum-dweller Tom Codon has successfully installed the port on his HD2.
HTC's HD2, the last of the semi-tragic WinMo superphones, is coming to T-Mobile on March 24th. We'd heard this! And now we've heard it again, for certain, from a source within a company working with the product. [Thanks, Tipster!]
One of our ninjas just dropped some tantalizing and blurry details for us to feast on.
In today's Remainders: disappearing acts. TigerText, a new iPhone app, makes your illicit text messages vanish; an official HTC video shows you how to disassemble an HD2; Intel's new Convertible Classroom netbook makes its keyboard go "Poof!" and more.
General Manager for Microsoft's Asia-Pacific Mobile Communications Business confirms it: There is no upgrading to Windows Phone 7, not even for the badass HD2. So! Every Windows Mobile phone out there's officially dead in the water. [APC Mag via Techmeme]
Kickstands are enjoying something of a renaissance lately as tablets have jumped to the forefront of everyone's attention, so it's only natural that the HD2, the most tabletesque of smartphones, is getting a combination kickstand/battery pack of its own.
The Word is that Ballmer just announced an exclusive deal bringing the awesomely-designed HTC HD2 to T-Mobile this spring.
If you were curious what's going on behind the HD2's big and beautiful 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, wonder no more. These gadget porn pics don't reveal any real surprises, but it's interesting to see the beast from the inside. [XDA-Developers Forum]
With a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen and 1GHz Snapdragon processor, the HD2 is probably the best poster child for WinMo 6.5. HTC has now confirmed it's headed State-side, and though no carrier was mentioned, rumors suggest it could be on T-Mobile.
Hopes may be dashed on that rumored Android equivalent of the HD2. HTC's CEO, Peter Chou, tells Forbes that "technically, we could make the HD2 an Android phone, but I have to take care of Windows Mobile." Qué?
Looks like that unknown HTC handset may be the Android equivalent of the HD2—complete with speedy 1GHz Snapdragon processor (like the upcoming Acer Liquid). And it's rumored to hit Verizon by year's end as the HTC Passion.
HTC's HD2 is probably the most interesting WinMo 6.5 phone out there, but won't hit the U.S until early next year. Now a leaked image may indicate that the 4.3-inch multi-touch screen handset could arrive on T-Mobile. Take a look:
HTC's most awesome Windows Mobile 6.5 phone isn't coming here: The HD2 has a giganto 480x800 screen and a 1GHz Snapdragon processor inside of a 11mm-thinner-than-the-iPhone body. And, it's the first WM phone running Sense, of Hero fame.
