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prefer this phone **to one** running Windows Phone 7 Series.

Sorry for the typo.]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
and when Windows Mobile 6.5 time is up for the hard core windows mobile fans looking for a fully customizable device that lets you change almost everything on your device, only android is an option
]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
I will be sorry to see some of the apps I had go away - in particular SPB Pocket plus and SPB phone suite as they made my home screen extremely efficient for quickly getting info I need and to keep apps without having to swipe my phone just to get to items I use frequently.

I do hope that Voice Command is included in WP7S as that next to e-mail is the most important thing. I'm surprised with all the effort states are making to get people to use BT headsets that voice dialing isn't a bigger concern for all phone OS manufacturers.]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Yeah... for hobbyist-types. Those who just want to use their mobility device, without the need for tweaking to make it usable, will stick with or wait for better options.

6 months to a year from now when the formal updates are no longer issued by T-Mobile or HTC for the HD2, it'll become obsolete. Won't be to long before the only people who know what device this is are those who got one...]]>Mar 21st 2010 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Android on the other hand gives 'almost' everything WM6.5 did with better UI. But Sense on that sexy 4.3" screen kills everything on the market.

I think I'll get a Nexus One. I'm divided between HD2 and N1.]]>Mar 21st 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
Dude in the video: guy, US and Canada have the same wall socket plug.]]>Mar 21st 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Vancouver WA, right across the Columbia River from me.]]>Mar 21st 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Darren Murph - All this talk of "pain" that it won't be "upgradeable" to WPS7 needs to stop. You obviously know very little about what makes WinMo tick and you've made that abundantly clear.
WPS7 is quite a step BACKWARDS fromm WinMo 6.5 into iphone territory. Now I understand that something like that works for feeble minds, but please don't assume that the entire world shares that feeble mind. Consider that some of us are perhaps a little bit smarter and don't really trail of in the middle of our sentences with something like "ooooh shiny!"]]>Mar 21st 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
You can't map the extra keys. Isn't that what old school WinMo does? Even if there were 2 dead buttons it would hardly be the end of the world.]]>Mar 21st 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://bit.ly/htc-hd2-first-concepts]]>Mar 22nd 2010 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 22nd 2010 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
Sad but completely true, i was excited for winpho 7 when it was announced and even though it looks awesome it doesn't seem like its for power users- looks like Android ftw in 2010!]]>Mar 22nd 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 22nd 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
You're not missing anything, the os brings the hardware down from what I've seen :(

Was a little depressing using the browser too tbh...]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
assume forum name. I wish I thought of it.]]>Mar 21st 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
Had mine for about 6 months, nice device but stays at home mostly as a screen extender to my laptop and couch surfing. Expected it to be retired when that Dell comes out.

My E71 still rules the road for me.]]>Mar 21st 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
*awesome. WTF is my problem, man? I spell like an @sshole.]]>Mar 21st 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
yes, but doesn't that mean it just allows them to get the phone up to spec through firmware updates? You can't release something that doesn't need to be upgraded, it's just bad business.

I'm digging this thing so far and i'm seriously considering getting one to keep my iPwn company.]]>Mar 21st 2010 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
I have had this phone for about 8 months now and it is TEH best phone money can buy bar none (OK I've never handled a N1 ) on it I have 4 push e-mail accounts (outlook, Gmail, WinMail and one from private server) , at XDA devs is downloadable a PERFECT voice dialing app for it (among other useful things, great cam /vidcam, ass beating vide and multimedia player, great browser, and Sense UI which makes the miracle of making Winmob, a joy to use.
I also have had an Hero (to be substituted in 2 weeks time by a pre ordered HTC Desire) since last september, and while I think that android is the best all round OS , mainly because of the app market (therefore I ordered the Desire) at the moment the HD2 is the best phone by a long long shot.
It has less apps but it's much better at doing what it can do.
Soon when My Desire will arrive you'll find my Hero on ebay, but I'm gonna hold tight to my HD2 for a long while still (I guess) coz I'm convinced that the first gen of phones with w7s will all be somewhat inferior and much buggyer than this little jewel. (although I certainly hope to be surprised and deadly wrong about this)]]>Mar 21st 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
I tried loading engadget.com (full, not mobile) up on it and it did render properly, just didn't do it very gracefully..

It is one of the nicest pieces of hardware that i've ever seen (nicer than the iPhone, and I say that as an iPhone owner..) I just wasn't impressed with the performance of an OS from a company who could have made it so much slicker...

That said I'm geeking out about WiMo 7.. if its properly smooth and light on its toes (we know it looks good.. we don't know how it'll perform) then it'll be awesome.

Also, I'm aware since its more open than iPhone (currently.. not sure on how Microsoft will deal with app applications) that a really good browser could actually be developed.

]]>Mar 21st 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
Don't use mobile IE. Try Opera Mobile for much better web rendering. I love WinMo but IE absolutely sucks on the phone platform.]]>Mar 21st 2010 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
"I also have had an Hero (to be substituted in 2 weeks time by a pre ordered HTC Desire)"



I love how you refer to your Hero as "an Hero".
]]>Mar 21st 2010 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
The phone has only been out for 4 months (November release in Europe) and yet you claim you've had it for 8..]]>Mar 21st 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
...were u a tester btw?]]>Mar 21st 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/I've had it for four months now and can't really faulty it. I live 6.5 and have recently flashed a new ROM which gives me an eReader tab which I use a lot. Sense is great and occasionally dipping a toe into wm6.5 really isn't a problem. ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
Ok , I was not very precise in counting the months, still I have had it for more than 4 months, almost 7 I would say.
I live in the frigid kingdom of Denmark where Klingtech supplied me with one of the first HD2 to arrive here, in the end of september 2009 .
That makes it 6 months and some weeks.]]>Mar 28th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Would you prefer average specs and tiny battery life instead?]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/useless hardware because of a useless outdated os and UI]]>Mar 21st 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/nothing wrong with the UI dipsh!t, sense UI looks pretty good!]]>Mar 21st 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
USA is very behind in getting new technology exclude the OS]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
First with iPhone, first with an Android phone, first with a 4G network, first with Nexus One.

Plus, most of these phones run on chips made and designed in the US. So yeah, the US really is "behind".

]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Every single HTC and Samsung (and LG, etc..) phone is released in europe and asia 6 months ahead of USA...and first to have 4g? May wanna check your facts on that one -- I am not positive but I think a european country had the first ever comercially available 4g network for consumers. And most of these phones run on chips designed in the US? LOL! ALL of these phones run chips based on ARM instruction sets, which is a British company, and chances are 99% of all the parts and silicon themselves are made in asia.]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/
Well for some technology made from asia,

for technology you mentioned are all from US based companys google, apple etc]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/htc-hd2-gets-purchased-and-unboxed-early-video/Mar 21st 2010 12:49PM