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T-Mobile’s HTC HD2 launch event taking place in NY on March 16th

T-Mobile US just sent invites to a couple of US websites for their HTC HD2 launch event taking place in New York city on March 16th. What everybody wants to know is if the handset will be upgradeable to WP7 especially given the date of this event (it’s taking place right after the start of [...]

T-mobile US HTC HD2 spotted in the wild

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Looks like T-Mobile is getting ready to launch the HTC HD2 in a few days. The latest rumored date is still March 24th (some people are claiming March 17th now). This US version of the HD2 packs more ROM [...]

HTC HD2 Disassembly & Assembly videos

Two internal (official) HTC videos have just popped up on Youtube for our viewing pleasure. The first on es a disassembly video of the HTC HD2:

The Second is the assembly video of the same HTC HD2:

Grab a drink and enjoy the 14 minutes show.

Source: Youtube via Pocketnow

Adobe announces AIR for Mobile and shows Flash on the HTC HD2

Today Adobe is announcing the launch of AIR on mobile platforms, first coming to Android then followed by Windows Mobile, WebOS and Symbian. AIR is Adobe’s equivalent to Microsoft’s Silverlight. It basically enables you to code once for all platforms (same as Silverlight). Here’s a video of AIR on the Motorola Droid:

They’ve also demoed Flash [...]

T-Mobile US HTC HD2 news coming soon

According to T-Mobile US’ Twitter account we should expect to hear some news about the upcoming release date of the HTC HD2 pretty soon:

The lastest info hints at a March release date.

SOurce: Twitter

HTC HD2 launching March 24 in the US

According to a leaked T-MobileUS slide the HTC HD2is set to be launched on March 24th (along side the Motorola Zeppelin/ CLIQ XT & HTC MyTouch Fender edition the same month). Given the late release date and the probable announcement of Windows Mobile 7 in the coming weeks do you think that HTC will provide [...]

HTC HD2 headed to Orange UK?

Is the HTC HD2finally headed to Orange UK? That’s what we are assuming now that the handset has popped up on the carrier’s support site. But we will have to wait until an official announcement is made…

Source: Orange via Coolsmartphone

Official HTC HD2 extended battery pictures

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Here are the first live pictures of the HTC HD2 extended battery. As you can see the real thing looks exactly like the previous render we’ve seen not long ago.

Battery Type: Li-Ion
Voltage: 3.7V
Capacity:2300mAh
Manufacturer code: BA E400

The price is £41.11 [...]

More confirmation that all HTC HD2s have 576Mb of Ram

Picture courtesy of Brandi

As I’ve reported a couple days ago it seems all HTC HD2’s being sold have 576Mb of Ram and not 448MB like it’s officially reported by HTC. The trick is to flash the device with a combination of the leaked 2.02 test Rom and 2.06.50.04 Radio Rom. For more info and [...]

HTC HD2 1.66 Rom now available globaly. Fixes majority of the bugs

The 1.66 Rom for the HTC HD2 that was released last week on HTC’s South Asia site is now available globally so you can now head over to your localised support page and download it (if you have an non-branded retail HD2). I’ve been using it for more than five days and can happily report [...]

Do all HTC HD2s have 576Mb of Ram ?

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 It was discovered yesterday that the T-Mobile US version of the handset will have 576Mb of Ram & 1gb of Rom compared to the 448Mb of Ram & 512 Mb or Rom available on the HD2s currently sold worldwide. Some [...]

HTC HD2 Debug Tools available

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Thanks to the good folks at XDA-Devs (SjG & Xmoo) you can now try the HTC & Qualcomm debug tools for the HTC HD2 (these are applications used to test the different functionalities of the handset, like GPS, FM-Transmitter, [...]

US T-Mobile’s HTC HD2 to have more Ram & Rom than original version

Looks like European and Asian/Pacific HTC HD2 owners are getting the “shaft” this time around. According to the specs sheet of the T-Mobile HTC HD2 which is set to be launched in the US in a couple of weeks the device will feature 1Gb of Rom & 576Mb of Ram compared to the 512 Mb [...]

New HTC HD2 ROM released: 1.66.707.1

HTC has just released a new Rom for the HTC HD2 but it currently only available on the South-Asia support site. Not much is known about it yet other than:

Improved Functions:

Keeping in touch has always been very important, and this update delivers fast and reliable SMS messaging.

I’m not holding my breath here, especially given that [...]

Official HTC HD2 extended battery comes with a kickstand

The picture above is a render of the official extended battery (HTC-EBATHD2) for the HTC HD2. Frankly it doesn’t look that bad and as you can see the new cover integrates a kickstand (useful if you like watching movies). The only downside is the actual price, according to online retailer Clove this thing will set [...]

HTC changes the design of the HTC HD2 Car Kit

According to online retailer DeviceWire, HTC has decided to change the HTC HD2 car kit. As you can see in the picture above it no longer looks like the original design (I can’t seem to figure out how it exactly attaches now). Old car kit:

Source: Devicewire via Tracy & Matt

HTC HD2 launched in Australia yesterday, rumored Tablet canceled?

I’m going to keep it short and sweet. First, as it was announced last month, Australia’s telco, Telstra just launched the HTC HD2 down south yesterday. The other piece of news is that,according to Anthony Petts, Sales and Marketing Director, ANZ, for HTC Corps, The rumored Android (or ChromeOS/WinMo?) Tablet project has been shelved. The [...]

HTC takes down latest HD2 SMS Hotfix

It is starting to look like HTC can seem to fix the dreaded SMS-stuck-in-outbox bug on the HTC HD2.The latest Hotfix released a couple of days ago has vanished from HTC’s support site (just like the first one). The latest patch did fix the slow loading bug in the messaging app but the stuck in [...]

New HTC HD2 SMS HOTFIX released

HTC finally released a new SMS HOTFIX for the HTC HD2 today. Let’s hope that this one will work unlike the previous patch released a month ago. I’m going to try it right now and report if it works or not.

This update for HTC HD2 messaging lets you reach out to your friends and family [...]

HTC HD2 now available on Virgin mobile and O2 UK

The HTC HD2 has been available on O2 UK for a little while but only in retail shops. It looks like it is now finally up on O2’s website here.

UK’s Virgin Mobile is also now offering the HD2 on their website here for £75 with £25p/m on an 18 month contract (500mins talk & unlimited [...]