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Windows Phone 7 Series already ported to HTC HD2
Mar 28th
Microsoft won’t be shipping Windows Phone 7 Series till the end of the year, but a team of Russian developers has already ported it to the HTC HD2, which won’t be receiving an official update. GPS, WiFi, and Bluetooth are working, but the graphics driver still has issues and the interface is a bit laggy.
The team is apparently planning a beta release soon, which would be interesting given that official devices with the OS won’t be out for another 6-8 months. The OS relies on a completely new bootloader that, at least as of now, is not reversible, so once you load this, you won’t be able to go back to Windows Mobile 6.5.
More photos and videos after the break.
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Mar 24th
We received our T-Mobile HTC HD2 last night– here’s our unboxing video:
It’s here! T-Mobile HTC HD2 arrives at TechAutos
Mar 24th
Our T-Mobile HTC HD2 just arrived — unboxing coming soon!
T-Mobile HTC HD2 on sale early at Walmart for $500
Mar 21st
A number of Walmarts around the country have T-Mobile’s new HTC HD2 up for sale today, three days early. The catch is that it’s not yet in their activation system, so you can only buy the phone outright (without a contract), and the price is $500 instead of $450. So if you’re willing to shell out $50 extra, give your local Walmart a call. A general tip for such things: don’t ask too many questions, or they might realize it’s not supposed to be on sale yet. Good luck!
T-Mobile Launching HD2 One Day Early, 3/23?
Mar 9th
A new tweet from MobiTV, maker of a mobile TV application that will come pre-loaded on T-Mobile USA’s version of the HTC HD2, suggests that the carrier might be launching the phone on March 23, instead of March 24 as previously rumored. Could just be a typo, but for those looking to snap up these phones the day they come out, that T-Mobile store run might just be coming a whole 24 hours earlier.
T-Mobile USA HTC HD2 Update: Photos, $199/449, March 24 Launch
Mar 8th
TMoNews has come across a number of photos of T-Mobile USA’s upcoming HTC HD2. The Windows Mobile 6.5-powered, 4.3″ multitouch superphone is all set to launch on March 24 for $199 on a 2-year contract or $449 unlocked. The device is up on T-Mobile’s site, listed as “coming soon.” Besides the T-Mobile branding, it’s pretty much the same phone as the HD2 that’s been out for several months in Europe and Asia, but T-Mobile’s spruced it up with an included 16GB MicroSD card, HTC eBook reader, Barnes & Noble eBook store, Blockbuster movie rental app, and pre-loaded copies of several games (such as The Prince of Persia HD, Ferrari GT Evolution, and Guitar Hero 5 Mobile) and the Transformers and Transformers 2 movies.
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MS: No Windows Phone 7 upgrade for WinMo 6.x phones – not even HTC HD2
Mar 1st
HTC HD2 - no Windows Phone 7 upgrade because of too many buttons?
APC quotes Natasha Kwan, General Manager for Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business, Asia-Pacific region, as saying that no current Windows Mobile-powered phones will be upgradable to the firm’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series OS. The shocking news is that not even HTC’s HD2 superphone, which meets almost all of the rumored “Chassis 1″ specs for WP7S, will see an official upgrade.
The HD2 has a 1GHz Qualcomm processor, capacitive multi-touch screen, 5 megapixel camera, and 3.5mm headphone jack, but it has five five buttons instead of the three (back, home, search) required by Windows Phone 7 Series. While the HD2 has back and home buttons, it lacks a dedicated search button.
“Because we have very specific requirements for Windows Phone 7 Series the current phones we have right now will not be upgradable”, Kwan said. APC reported that Tony Wilkinson, Business Operations Director for Microsoft Australia, said that “there are some hardware components that the HD[2] doesn’t have.” This could just be referring to the same hardware buttons issue, however.
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HTC HD2 spotted running Windows Phone 7 Series, TomTom Navigator
Feb 16th
Looks like the HTC HD2 will support Windows Phone 7 Series after all. HTC’s flagship Windows Mobile phone meets all the hardware requirements for Windows Phone 7 Series (1 GHz Snapdragon CPU, capacitive multitouch screen, etc.) except the buttons (WP7 requires back, start, search, and camera keys– the HD2 is missing a search and camera key). WinMo.nl came across an HD2 running a test version of 7 Series and reports that it was very snappy- much faster than the phone is under Windows Mobile 6.5. The Zune media app apparently wasn’t working, but, interestingly, the phone seems to be running TomTom’s Navigator GPS software (see the icon in the start screen).
Update: We’re not so sure on this one. Some of the text labels are different from what we saw at the MWC unveiling, and Microsoft seemed to indicate that background wallpapers, as seen here, would probably not be allowed.
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T-Mobile USA to unveil HTC HD2 next week
Feb 12th
T-Mobile USA just posted a message on its official Twitter account indicating that the company will have “more to say” about the upcoming HTC HD2 smartphone next week. The phone will likely ship in March, loaded with Windows Mobile 6.5.3. What remains to be seen is whether T-Mobile or HTC will promise an upgrade to Windows Mobile 7, which is also launching next week, but we would definitely imagine so.
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T-Mobile US to Launch HTC HD2 on March 24
Feb 7th
A leaked slide from T-Mobile USA has revealed March 24, 2010 as the launch date for the HTC HD2 in the U.S. No word on pricing yet.
The launch is late enough that we’d imagine T-Mobile would provide a Windows Mobile 7 upgrade by the end of the year, but let’s see.
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