HTC HD2 for T-Mobile – unboxing

The guys from BGR scored an early retail unit of the T-Mobile HTC HD2 and posted some unboxing pictures.

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T-Mobile HD2 to cost $450 with no contract

We have some information from leaked documents – the HD2 on T-Mobile will be available for a reasonable $199 after rebate and new contract. The documentation also showed a possible price of $450 with no contract, so that’s great for T-Mobile users. If you buy the T-Mobile HD2 for $450, and unlock it to be used on other carriers, you’ve just saved yourself a lot of money.

ThrottleLauncher UI for HTC HD2

Between many other improvements ThrottleLauncher 1.0 uses 3d hardware acceleration with OpenGL (for devices supporting it ofcourse) and includes a lot of new features like MNG and APNG animations support. The new version includes a new theme designed for VGA/wVGA resolution (qVGA and wqVGA is also supported).

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GPS sports computer navmi for Windows Mobile

navmi is a GPS sports application, currently available for Windows Mobile touch screen (professional). It contains lots of DNA from AndyZap’s GPS Cycle Computer – and it’s now been tested on a few devices including:
- Omnia II
- Diamond
- HTC HD (and HTC HD2 Leo)
- Axim x51v
- Omnia

Current download is shown on navmi.com.

Among navmi’s features are:

• Time and distance tracking
• Autopause
• Auto lap (auto waypoint) recording
• Manual lap recording
• Integrated sports photography
• Map display – including offline caching of maps
• Chart display – speed and elevation
• Multiple settings for multiple sports
• Training Diary – including lap, map, photo and chart review
• Integration with runsaturday online training log and analysis tools
• KML and GPX track export

Case-Mate for HTC HD2 / T8585 Barely There (Black Rubber) customer review

Case-mate have a new collection of HTC HD2 cases. This one is particularly interesting, given the sleek looks of the HTC HD2, is the Barely There cases, which are made of impact resistant flexible plastic and only covers the back and corners of the HTC HD2.  The case however also comes with a full-face screen protector to provide all-round protection.

Here is the review from NightFire123 @ XDA-Developers forum:

For me it was clear that I have to protect the camera and still have a sleek design.

The case itself comes in a plastic box with some micro fibre cleaning cloth and a screen protector.
There are no edges or burrs that could hurt the HD2. The whole case is covered with a rubber finish just like the HD2, but I don’t think as resistant (no scratches yet).

There are also some bad points I want to mention. If you want a case that you put on once and never/only a few times pull off, this is your way, but if you do it like me pull it off every day to put in a cradle you have to face some scratches on the original rubber on the hd2.

The screen protection is not so good; after two days there are a lot of scratches on it, so maybe I’ll peel it off.

It does fit the screen nicely however and there are no issues with the proximity sensor

I have to say that this is in my opinion the best way to protect the camera and to save the smart design of the beloved HD2.

T-Mobile HD2 preview

With a little more than two weeks remaining until the highly anticipated HD2 hits T-Mobile, we’ve got some more exclusive T-Mobile HTC HD2 pics for our readers.  There’s really not much to say here other than “perfect”!

Modded HTC Flashlight app for HTC HD2

The HTC Flashlight app isn’t bad. It looks fancy at least, and it’s included in many custom ROMs, so it must do something better than TorchButton. Anyway, when you start HTC Flashlight, you get that annoying demo you have to wait for before you can use the app.

Attached in the .zip is a fixed .exe in which the demo is skipped. The rest works like it does normally (light is turned on immediately at the middle setting). Just replace the original .exe with this one. If it’s cooked into the ROM, you may not be able to overwrite it. Just put it somewhere else and make a shortcut then.

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Microsoft confirms again – NO Windows Phone 7 Series support for HTC HD2

Here’s the statement that zdnet.com received from a Microsoft mobile spokesperson via e-mail:

“For Windows Phone 7 Series we are enforcing a strict set of hardware requirements to ensure a consistently great experience for end-users and developers. While we cannot confirm that WM6.X phones that satisfy those requirements will be upgradeable, every Windows Phone 7 Series device will be upgradeable with improvements and features we deliver with subsequent Windows Phone 7 Series releases. We currently do not have plans to update the HTC HD2 to Windows Phone 7 Series.”

So there you have it. Windows Mobile 6.x devices are not going to be able to meet the new stricter Windows Phone 7 chassis specs to which Microsoft is holding phone makers.

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HTC HD2 disassembly and assembly video guide

Here is the official HTC HD2 disassembly/assembly video guide (14 minutes).

Price of HTC HD2 at T-Mobile USA will be “super cheap”

This is the best Windows Mobile Phone of all times and T-Mobile USA want to sell it really cheap:

• $449.99 without contract
• $199.99 with 2-year contract

In EU money it is only 330 euro without contract and it is amazingly low price considering that in EU HTC HD2 without contract costs 530 euro!

To learn more, visit original source about pricing of HTC HD2.