http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Hell yes it's beter than WPS7! It can:
-Copy-paste
-Multitask properly
-Sideload apps
-Do OEM custimazation and skinning
-Run all WinMo apps
-support user replaceable memory cards

And to top it all off, it doesn't have the silly tile interface that's more suited for grandma.]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/If your saying this solely on the fact that Win7 lacks copy n paste, you should remember...things are still being worked out. Just because the current build lacks it, doesnt mean the next build will too. As clearly obvious, every feature on Win7 is constantly being tweaked and changed, features are being added and dropped constantly, everyone acts like everything that has been said thus far from MWC and MIX are final and thats what the end user should expect, when this sort of thinking is clearly being oblivious to the fact that MSFT has been constantly saying they are STILL working things out and nothing is absolutely final yet.

PS. I already said this in a different post but hopefully the HD3 will be out for Win7 soon (GSM & CDMA models)]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/I agree. It's ashame Adobe decided to be lazy and cancel Flash for it. ]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Windows Phone 7 Series, is a lot like iPhone OS, yet you couldn't nail apple for missing all those features cause it was their first phone OS]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/I'm sorry dude, but after years of creating mobile OS's that have copy & paste, and after a whole year of the ridiculous lashing out at the iPhone OS for not having copy & paste, there's NO EXCUSE. It really is a small feature, but that small feature is extremely important to the usability of the phone. It was *sorta* excusable for Apple, it was their first mobile OS, and everyone knows they are super anal about getting everything just right. But MS already had an OS with copy & paste. There's zero excuse for them. People were making fun of iPhone because WM 5 HAD COPY & PASTE!!! It seriously blows my mind. I'm sure the platform will be nice and will improve over time, but how could you leave out that feature after Apple was so badly made fun of for discluding it??]]>Mar 16th 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 17th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
Only people who's never used windows mobile 6.5 say that, and definitely haven't used it with HTC's touchflow or sense interface, properly skinned windows mobile 6.5 phones (and all come skinned) have but one single flaw, and that flaw isn't Microsoft's fault, it's the phone manufacturers, and that flaw is underpowered hardware with that horrible slow old 528mhz Qualcomm processor, and that problem the HD2 doesn't have since it's the most technically advanced piece of phone hardware available. ]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
Probably the best Spec'd out phone (4.3in multitouch screen, 1Ghz Snapdragon, wireless N, etc) out there right now.]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
Try the ONLY.]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
Ever look on the internet, Windows Mobile has more apps available than the iPhone and Android combined.

But I guess since you can't buy them at the Walmart of digital distribution(iTunes) you wouldn't know that. ]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
"This one can copy and paste. "

It is official, I have been playing Mass Effect for too long. I just read that in a Hanar voice.]]>Mar 17th 2010 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 17th 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Most won't know the difference.]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/People won't buy it because its OS is obsolete. The HD2's screen is also an obsolete LCD TFT screen that requires a backlight. HTC's newer Android phones come with much brighter AMOLED screens.]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
Yep, those screens are so bright they're unusable in daylight.

Get over it, this phone is badass. ]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
Just like people wouldn't buy XP because it was obsolete when Vista came out? We all see how that worked out, WP7 is going to be the Vista of Windows Mobile, hopefully WP8 will be worthwhile and that they rush that out like they did with Windows 7 when Vista bombed.]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Then who was phone?]]>Mar 16th 2010 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
http://www.neowin.net/news/nexus-one039s-amoled-screen-only-uses-16-bit-color]]>Mar 16th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
That page compares the nexus one AMOLED to an iphone screen. If you've ever seen the iphone next to a HD2 screen, the iphone is absolute crap in comparison, crappy black levels, etc. an HD2 next to a Nexus one would blow it away.]]>Mar 16th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
I too did a direct side by side comparison of the iPhone v the nexus one. The iPhone has much better contrast, color, depth and readability in bright light. Now, unless the HD2 uses something drastically different, I had also compared my iPhone to me previous htc tilt2. The iPhone again was much better overall - even if the tilt2 has much higher resolution. The iPhone screen seems to have more depth. Also the glass on the iPhone screen is much more scratch resistant and has less glare than my tilt2.

Interestingly I've seen and used several devices with better specs than the iPhone, but none whose screen was better in actual use. I haven't used the HD2, but I believe it's just a larger size tilt2 screen.... ]]>Mar 17th 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
The HD2's screen is not just a larger size tilt2/TP2 screen, it's a totally different screen, its capacitive not resistive and thus has the same highly scratch resistant glass screen like the iPhone, from the reviews i've read thus far the only thing the iPhone came out top on was being slightly brighter in sunlight, otherwise the reviews all said hands down the HD2's screen is better.]]>Mar 17th 2010 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 17th 2010 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
Hopefully HTC can push out the HD3 with Win7 Phone S.]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/It should be released AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, and hell Metro PCS too!

HTC should have a CDMA & GSM version for all future releases.
(even though that may not be the best profitable idea...but hey lots of people would love it)]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/ i doubt that verizon and t-mobile will get it however, it could go to att cuz a lot of at&t smartphones use windows mobile and AT&T is due for an upgrade, but sprint could get it cuz the specs says that phone will feature on board WiMax support. only time will tell. still crossing my fingers for AT&T.]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
The only thing that pisses me off about WP7S is the lack copy and paste, but as a C# user I am excited, I am starting to learn silverlight right now.

I'll pickup a WP7S phone for developing, and use my Droid for everything else, including copy and paste. :D
]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
Why?
You have all the above features and a vast multitude of applications available NOW.

Basically, the HD2 has the hardware necessary to run WinMO and it's apps smoothly. The UI customization (Sense) has matured to a high level. It has all the above features. It CAN do whatever you need and that is a proven fact.
It is the latest end greatest of a long successful development (call WinMo an ugly duckling, but it's successful by number of devices and software available).

WP7 will be the first of a new breed with limited capabilities. People are getting upset about WP7 because it sheds all the good stuff one chose WinMo over other platforms for. WP7 is basically just a MS skinned alternative to the iphone as far as I can see.

Basically it's a steal of a phone, with all the stuff it CAN do NOW and all the stuff WP7 will NOT DO by the end of the year... ]]>Mar 17th 2010 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/
HTC Supersonic on Sprint in summer. ]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Yes, because the Nexus One doesn't have a beautiful AMOLED screen with multitouch and a Snapdragon processor.]]>Mar 17th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Yes, It's possible...listen to Engadget Mobile Podcast that came out, they actually talk about front facing cameras on Win7 Phones.

http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/03/16/engadget-mobile-podcast-039-mix-edition-03-16-2010/]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Do I smell a recession antidote? ;-)]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Been there, done that. http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/27/engadgets-black-friday-giveaway-part-six-win-an-htc-hd2/]]>Mar 16th 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/t-mobile-goes-official-with-htc-hd2-launch-details-march-24th-f/But is it unlocked for $450, or just contract-free? I can't seem to find this information anywhere. If it was an unlocked phone for $450, then I would buy one for sure. If it's just contract-free, then that is actually not a good deal at all (why not just buy it for the subsidized price if you're required to go with T-mobile?).]]>Mar 16th 2010 11:32PM