However, the HTC HD2 is rumored to be one of the few phones that will be upgradable to Windows 7 Mobile. This is especially true since a majority of the phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 will not run Windows 7 Mobile due to high hardware requirements.īefore reading on, you might want to watch this video review that shows the HTC HD2 in action: (I guess that can be said about any of the Mobile OS-es out there – what changes it the percentages in each category.) In my opinion, users really need to start thinking about Windows Phone 7 (or is it called “Windows Mobile 7” or “Windows 7 Mobile”?) and if they can hold off on buying a Windows Mobile phone until it is released, they should do so. You either like it, simply deal with it or hate it. I’m not going to go into much about Windows 6.5 Mobile Professional in this review. In my opinion, if you want a great performing, keyboard-less Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional phone from TMobile, this is the one to get. I’m a bit surprised with this choice but it seems that the other main carriers have been getting the really “cool stuff”, at least until now. TMobile will be the carrier for the HTC HD2. It ran on the TMobile network when there was no such thing as a “3G” network, at least not on that device. Note: installing cooked ROMs may void your warranty or “brick” your phone, rendering it to a paperweight so do that stuff at your own risk.
ROM “cooking” is basically the process of compiling new operating system software with registry and program tweaks, hacks and additions to change the functionality of the device. I did have a lot of fun installing “cooked” ROMs onto it to give it more features, better performance and stay ahead of the stock carrier ROMs that were slow to be released. It had a slide out keyboard and touch screen and was a pretty decent workhorse. The last Windows Mobile (WinMo) phone that I had was the TMobile MDA which was an HTC as well.
The only main differences are with RAM/ROM and button coloring. There are two versions of this phone, the Non-US version and the US-version. However, I do feel that it is important to talk about the HTC HD2 (TMobile link), especially since it will be hitting the US market (carried by TMobile) in March 2010. Most of my focus has been on the iPhone and a few Android-based phones. Did that title grab you? It is perhaps a bit misleading simply because I have only tested a handful of Windows 6.5 Mobile phones to date.