http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/ Engadget Comments for HTC HD2 can be coaxed into doing 802.11n, if you know how to sweet-talk it http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
wireless n has greater range. useful when i'm browsing outside around my campus.]]>Nov 24th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Please?]]>Nov 24th 2009 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Picked one up last Friday and here's my review:

F.king Brilliant - Get One]]>Nov 24th 2009 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Oh, THAT crappy browser! Nevermind.]]>Nov 24th 2009 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Maybe you should read engadget
http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/htc-hd2s-exhibiting-camera-weirdness/#comments]]>Nov 24th 2009 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Given Engadgets track record in articles and comments it wil co somthinkg like this

Article: Good phone, blah blah blah, solid hardware, blah^3, to bad winmo,blah^3, skin over winwmo from htc hides ugly, blah^3, old os falling usage, blah^3

Coments:
i can haz teh droid?
iphone pwnzors
webos will make you sh@ bricks
M$ is teh eval powah 4evahs

do we really need a reviwe when you know what its going to say?.

Htc makes good phones. Just chose your os and pick your phone.

I have a htc wizard running winmo 6.5.1 from xda]]>Nov 24th 2009 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
I installed an HD2 ROM onto a Sony Xperia X1 (and even on that older hardware, it runs well), and the interface really should get a review here. It's even better than the latest iteration of Sense for Android.

Sense is by far the best mobile interface out there in the mobile world.

]]>Nov 24th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Hope your wife iPhone doesn't hear about this.

Nice one Engadget, ]]>Nov 24th 2009 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
I have a HD2/Leo from the first production run and its camera works absolutely perfectly]]>Nov 24th 2009 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
The HTC HD2 is a SERIOUSLY great phone. I've had mine for two weeks now and my wife wants one already!! She's already put her iPhone up for sale.]]>Nov 24th 2009 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Apart from The Reg.. where else are the HD2 reviews.. most of them have been 'previews' and a fair few people are mentioning some nasty bugs... :(

I very nearly ordered one on Vodafone uk .. they said they were in stock and shipping.. saw on a forum someone else ordered his from voda.. only to have an email a few short moments later saying they were out of stock and not due in till early december... i can hear the iphone calling me... trying.. so hard... to resistttttttt]]>Nov 24th 2009 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
I just came in from a voda store and they said they are getting more stock this afternoon.. worth trying again. and oh, he did mention that it kills d iphone ( we all know this ) and that fone, hd2, is SEXY.]]>Nov 24th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
http://pocketnow.com/review/htc-hd2

]]>Nov 24th 2009 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Thank you! ]]>Nov 24th 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
I own a HD2 and its the best phone I have ever had, regardless of OS.

Seriously, i'm getting so tired of ignorant blogs like Engadget always singing the praises of the Iphone OS and Android when WinMo kicks the shit out of both of them when it comes to features and customizability. The HD2 is one sexy phone as well, and the aesthetics are there, and one of the great things about WinMo is that you aren't limited to one UI but you can choose what you want to use.

Windows Mobile as a platform hasn't evolved nearly quick enough in the aesthetics department over the years and this deserves criticism, but as an OS it is rock solid.

]]>Nov 24th 2009 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Silly people.]]>Nov 24th 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/What is N for on a phone ?]]>Nov 24th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Especially on a phone..what's the point of this article?
Should have at least done a comparison of streaming a file off a local SMB server with G and then with the N registry hack enabled to see if it actually makes a difference, which I suspect it really won't.
Let's see some benchmarks engadget!
God you guys are lazy, lol.]]>Nov 24th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/pppfffffffffffff! spits cuppa tea all over monitor... grabs coat heading for nearst vodafone store..

'in this afternoon you say :P]]>Nov 24th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
You need to stop complaining about Windows Mobile and Internet Explorer. Windows Mobile lets you install ANY other available browser - including Skyfire, which any unbiased features-based analysis would show is the best in the smartphone world.

Too bad you guys don't do unbiased, features-based, "just works" analysis anymore. I for one am tired of hearing you beat the dead dog. We get it. Microsoft is not "cool" like Google or Apple. But that's no reason to put down a Microsoft product that has clear advantages over competitors. I don't care about who you seem to think is cool. I do care, however, when you proclaim your gadget-rating authority and are blinded by the stigma you unjustly attach to electronics that carry a Microsoft brand.]]>Nov 24th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Don't get me wrong, the HD2 is a brilliant device, but no amount of spin can make Windows Mobile 6.5 and its CE 5 kernel defensible. It's HTC's win, not Microsoft's. The argument that we're pro-Apple, anti-Microsoft is as old as time itself, and frankly, it's beyond tired. I'm sick of it.

I'm pro-awesome, and I assure you, virtually NOTHING about Windows Mobile 6.5 is awesome. Trying to argue otherwise is indicative of a glaring lack of mobile worldview.]]>Nov 24th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
I personally use a TP2 with a ROM mainly taken from the HD2, and I have to tell you than Opera is fantastic on it. and that's with half the power behind it.]]>Nov 24th 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Chris, have you tried Opera Mobile 10 beta? If you haven't, do it NAO!

ANother thing to notice that whatever that's good about the HD2 isn't just HTC's win. Mr. Chou himself has stated that MS worked very closely with HTC to bring to fruition the many innovations seen on the HD2. The first ever capacitive screen on a WinMo device, for instance. HTC isn't fighting a one man, uphill battle. MS is always with them and without MS's support, HTC would be nothing (In their own words).

There are several things about WinMo that, while (arguably) not awesome; are still better than what the competition has to offer. I just dropped a link in the tips section. Do take a look at it for a short description of what I mean by that.]]>Nov 24th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
I notice that we can't downrank Engadget staff. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.


Opera Mobile works super snappily on my Touch Pro2... and I'm running the HD2's rom. On a phone with half the processing power of the phone that rom was built for.

and it's awesome. ]]>Nov 24th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
ANother thing to notice that whatever that's good about the HD2 isn't just HTC's win. Mr. Chou himself has stated that MS worked very closely with HTC to bring to fruition the many innovations seen on the HD2. The first ever capacitive screen on a WinMo device, for instance. HTC isn't fighting a one man, uphill battle. MS is always with them and without MS's support, HTC would be nothing (In their own words).

There are several things about WinMo that, while (arguably) not awesome; are still better than what the competition has to offer. I just dropped a link in the tips section. Do take a look at it for a short description of what I mean by that.]]>Nov 24th 2009 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/Nov 24th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
Also its not worth it for the remaining 99%+ people to see shitty battery life and complain about the phone.]]>Nov 24th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/
It's like complaining that a nice graphics card is worthless on a Windows machine because it ships with MS Paint. ]]>Nov 24th 2009 1:55PM