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Was looking around this morning on line and sen this new post on the pcpro web site
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/smartphones/356638/htc-legend
how can anyone that knows about stuff say that this is better than the HD2, In my eyes the HD2 is better than the iphone
Reviewers have claimed for years that every 'X' phone that comes down the line is an iPhone killer. The fact of the matter is the HD2 is the only one that makes iPhoners look on in interest. That's all that needs to be said.
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Reviewers have claimed for years that every 'X' phone that comes down the line is an iPhone killer. The fact of the matter is the HD2 is the only one that makes iPhoners look on in interest. That's all that needs to be said.
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I've been using an iPhone for almost 3 years and got an HD2 yesterday. Several others here have done the same. Says a lot, I think
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I've been using an iPhone for almost 3 years and got an HD2 yesterday. Several others here have done the same. Says a lot, I think
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Some of the top independent iPhone devs have switched to an HD2 as well! Saw em floating around over in the dev and hacking forum up there
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Was looking around this morning on line and sen this new post on the pcpro web site
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/smartphones/356638/htc-legend
how can anyone that knows about stuff say that this is better than the HD2, In my eyes the HD2 is better than the iphone
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Mostly it's bias against Windows Mobile and Microsoft in general.
It's the same thing you see whenever a new Apple product comes out versus when a new Microsoft product comes out. The only exception to this rule is Windows 7.
hd2 is the first wm iv had and tbh, i totally love it. i can do so much more on this mobile than any other iv had. the only thing im gutted about is the drop in support of flash which is a pretty big issue for me.
now if only i could get that ps1 emulater up and running..........
The Legend is not as good as the Desire but then again but the HTC EVO 4G(Supersonic) is amazing, its like the HD2 on drugs. Its going to be my next phone and bye bye WinMo. I think the HTC Desire/Legend walks all over the HD2 mainly because the OS it is running i think is better than WM. The hardware in the Legend is not as good as the HD2 and the Desire / HD2 are more or less the same with each winning on certain things
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I've been using an iPhone for almost 3 years and got an HD2 yesterday. Several others here have done the same. Says a lot, I think
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Same here iPhone packed up and put on a shelf, most likely will sell it. Just love my HD2.
The legend is just the successor to the hero... nothing highend about it.
A lot of tech press appear to have been against WinMo for years. Hell, there's at least one Mobile Phone magazine in the UK (I honestly can't remember it's name) that states every month in its run down of handsets that HTC shot themselves in the foot by NOT providing a MicroSD card in the packaging (forget the fact that they do) and nearly all of the reviews I've read have said that WinMo 6.5 is too clunky (you hardly ever see it under the wonderful Sense UI). Even though they piss all over the phone they still give it a high score. The press does its best to warn everyone away from WinMo and to be honest Microsoft is doing a good job of warning future buyers against buying Windows Phone 7 Series devices by demanding everyone uses an extremely boring business interface and telling everyone that it definately isn't a business phone (WinMo is a business OS IMHO).
Regards.
What is your personal story of choosing the HTC HD2 over a straight Android phone like the MyTouch Slide 3G or the Samsung Vibrant? I was a G1 user but realized that I needed the capacity for programming and hacking my phone easily which Windows Mobile allowed. The huge screen for WinMo was a plus and I knew someday that Android would replace the old OS.
So I signed up for a T-Mobile to get my HD2 a few months ago. And I have a second one now for further testing now.
Hope to hear more good stories of how you got into the HD2.
I have been a WinMo guy forever. I have also been with TMOUSA forever. I didnt plan on changing either. I was stuck in the MS Exchange compatibility lie D thats what I kept telling myself). So last week I got a sweet deal on the HD2. $52 out the door at Walmart with a 2 year renewal . I already had data from my TP2, Dash, MDA, PocketPC, HP6510 (a little history there). It was a no brainer. That how /why I got the HD2.
I also have a coworker who is always touting Android. So I decided to show him how my DEVICE could beat his phone. So I threw on Mattc's 1.6 and was BLOWN AWAY to say the least. I cant believe I waited so long to goto Android. I will never go back to WinMo for daily use. HOWEVER... any device I purchase from here on WILL be able to run both...... Old habits die hard I guess.
My first Windows Mobile phone was unlocked Motorola MPx220 (black limited edition). After that one of course T-Mobile MDA which I got for my brother as well... Phone was great for that time but I regret T-Mobile did not have much to offer at that time. After being bored of resistive screen on MDA and using my nails to select something on the screen, responsiveness got me away from touch-screen phones since there was no almost none capacitive screen phones other than iPhone. I got into reading a review I stumbled on between iPhone and Nokie E71. Weird I know - touchscreen phone vs full keyboard qwerty phone with much smaller screen, etc. I got myself Nokia E71 after I read the review without thinking twice... I used Nokia E71 (gray) for 2 years and got my wife another one, than my brother got it as well (back at Serbia). So, E71 was doing everything just fine; but I wanted more for God knows what reason. I got into researching without any interest whatsoever and got into more capacitive screens and got into rummor mill that T-Mobile is getting HD2. After more reading THAT WAS IT!!!
Android running from SD CARD was just 24k golden coating I put on it ...
I am now full time Froyo 2.2 user on my HD2 and brag about it whoever is asking ... "Oh, is this EVO?" "Oh, is this Droid?" ... NO! It is T-Mobile HD2 that can run Windows Mobile and Android back and forth without any problems!!!
UPDATE: I am running for the past few months Gingerbread Android CM7 (MDJ 2.6) NAND version ROM and it works just perfect for day use. I reset here and there maybe once per month or so but simply it works fine. I am also on 10$ 200MB plan with T-Mobile. Quiet honestly I do not know what the next phone will be for me ...
I got the phone for 2 reasons. One being, that i've always been a WinMo fan, and two, because of the immense power of the phone.
I wasn't bothered about Android at all when I got the HD2 (Plus, when I got my phone, there was no talk of Android coming to the HD2 anyway). Now i've tried Android, i'm loving it - And use it daily.
But, I will always want a phone that I can use WinMo and Android.
As jmmmmm said, old habits die hard !
To experiment, I already have a Nexus One.
Because I had a Dream!
Because A palm reader told me a great man would take on a project. A project that most though was impossible. She for told of the many night this man would stay up picking through the kernal. She saw a penguin on a screen so massive.
This man was Dcordes!
But seriously the screen size and I knew someone like Dcordes could do it.
avoiding the APPLE propaganda.
Well with the rumors of a phone with 1 GHz processor, I was like "This would be my DREAM phone"
So finally got it, thinkin that 1 day we'll have Android on it..!!!
The advantage of this phone over Nexus One, is that we can dual boot WinMO & Android..!!!
As even if we deny it, but WinMO has lotsa apps available that gives it an upper hand..!!!
I mean business apps..!!!
At the end of the day happy to be a proud owner of the HD2..!!!
from years of being a windows mobile fanatic, I decided one day to head off and discover new horizons, I sold my then trusty touch hd for a spangly iphone 3gs, I even sold my psp believing the iphone was all I needed, how wrong I was, I soon became tired of the ever controlling apple, bluetooth headers not working correctly, non apple accessories not compatible, no customisation, grrrr it had to go...
then sold their iphone, for a fully fledged samsung galaxy s, and yes this was quite an amazing device, but for some reason my eye had been on the hd2 for some time, trying to convince myself not to go back to windows mobile, not sure why...so I sold my galaxy s and with the money bought an hd2 and another psp for all my gaming needs so basically back were I started but with a better windows mobile device.
then after getting all comfortable again with my trusty old windows mobile, i thought I would give android a go, thinking there is no way out would run as fast and smooth as on there dedicated samsung device...yet again how wrong I was, android on the hd2 is truly amazing, for me the large screen, brilliant camera with superb flash, the quality of manufacture and huge community following, I now have the perfect device.
It was $48 and I knew I could port Android to it.
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Great question: I had planned on posing a similar one myself. I wanted the HD2 a the time of the device announcement. I had a Blackstone (HD) which is a good phone, but IMO, the HD2 knocks its socks off.
I bought the Euro model (I'm a Yank, eh), having it for a mere 4 months and I nearly nearly took got the Sprint EVO. I was hesitant on going the Android route - even after hours of research I was uncomfortable with the platform, comparable services and applications. Sure, tons of free apps, but I wasn't convinced most of them would give me what I wanted.
In March I bought a used T-Mo(USA) phone for a pittance, selling my phone for another pittance, getting 3G in the bargain.
I've been a ROM flashing groupie, so when the Android builds started coming around, I jumped on the gravy-train.
Min-Mo is still my fall back, but I am finding all my needs are met with Android except BT headset for calls.....that's not a major factor unless I start travelling again.
Guess I got carried away, but in a convoluted way, I think I addressed the query.
My brother gave it to me, because he was sick and tired of winmo and wanted an android...
I thought winmo was fine, so I was pretty happy! One month later I called him, asking: "hey bro, still liking your Desire? Ow, and guess what? I'm calling you with Android on your old phone!"
He wasn't all that enthousiatic...I wonder why
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The HD2 hardware is second to none for me, big screen and small bezel around it, dedicated buttons.
I really wanted to run Android but when I saw the level of development here on XDA I decided to try winmo and take a risk on it being hacked to run Android later. Now I have both and love it, fantastic!
Winmo with sense & CHT is my preferred interface but android with sense is winning currently, more connected, better apps and more stable.
Unbeatable combo of specs vs price. Wouldn't have bought it if I wasn't sure Android was gonna work for a 100% though, so thanks XDA =)
Originally I had a blackberry curve 8900. To be honest, this device was great for texting and emails and did those things fast and quite well but it just couldn't satisfy my desire to hack and mess with the phone. I wanted android for a long time but I liked the HD2s build quality and hardware the most, much more so than phones like the galaxy s. After looking through the winmo roms on XDA and how much momentum android for HD2 had, I went ahead and ordered an HD2 hoping that one day android and winmo would both be running on the phone flawlessly. I'm really really happy with my purchase and thoroughly enjoying the phone. Given how much progress has been made, I have no doubt that android will be fully ported to the HD2.
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I got the phone for 2 reasons. One being, that i've always been a WinMo fan, and two, because of the immense power of the phone.
I wasn't bothered about Android at all when I got the HD2 (Plus, when I got my phone, there was no talk of Android coming to the HD2 anyway). Now i've tried Android, i'm loving it - And use it daily.
But, I will always want a phone that I can use WinMo and Android.
As jmmmmm said, old habits die hard !
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Ditto mate.
Word for word!
I had a G2 Touch (HTC Hero branded for T-Mobile UK) which was a great little phone but had huge data issues with T-Mobile's ropey network.
After a lot of arguing they agreed to replace it with whatever was available at the time, HD2 was the best alternative, personally I love it.
Even better with dual boot
About 2 years ago I left my Nokia N70 for a Samsung F700V and I was amused by the touchscreen and the sliding keyboard but then all the limitations of CroixUI came up and I got pissed very soon.
Then I searched (June 2009) for a smartphone that gave me freedom and possibly with a cool design and a good OS. The finalist was Xperia X1 & HTC Diamond 2.
The iPhone was immediately eliminated due to the O.S. and to the fact that I'm a Power User not a Power Luser.
The Diamond 2 won over the Xperia X1 due to the accelerometer, the wonderfull HTC Sense interface, the awesome design and quickness of Windows Mobile 6.1.
I spend about 7 months with that phone and then I saw the HD2 (Feb 2010).
Bigger, badder, cooler and with a lot of potential.
I decided to sell my Diamond 2 for the HD2 because I enjoyed Windows Mobile and, with the huge community behind it, I was sure that, sooner or later, all the potential of that phone will come up.
And I was right... now we almost got Android and in the future we'll have Windows Phone 7, moreover the HTC HD2 is still the biggest and best smartphone on the marked.
I eliminated from my choices Android phones because NONE OF THEM got the same appeal of the dark giant, the HD2.
So I bet on the right horse and I still don't feel the necessity to change it, even because I don't see a valid successor in the actual and near future market.
I love my HD2, deeply.
What's not to like about the HD2, other than WinMo? I went from my iPhone 3G to the HD2 and handed my other half the iPhone to replace her X1. I thought with all that power WinMo couldn't possibly run bad, I was wrong! Also, the Desire wasn't around at the time so my choices were limited.
I'd had the phone a while before the whole thing with Android came along, I was ready to sell it and get something else, Android did change that, for a while! Until I liked it so much I had to get a native device, so I went out and bagged myself a sim-free, unlocked Desire on 2.2.
When the HD2 is at a stage with Android where I'm not missing out on anything the Desire will go to the other half and I'll use the HD2 as my main phone again.
One thing I did notice, even though my HD2 scores upwards of 1700 on quadrant, my Desire pulls 1400-1500 without clocking, but the Desire being native fly's in comparison to the HD2, which is absolutely not slow by any means.
Summary; No android phones available to me at the time, I didn't know anything about Android either, and the HD2 just looks fantastic, a big fat slab of awesomeness.
Phil
kerman19 said:
What's not to like about the HD2, other than WinMo? I went from my iPhone 3G to the HD2 and handed my other half the iPhone to replace her X1. I thought with all that power WinMo couldn't possibly run bad, I was wrong! Also, the Desire wasn't around at the time so my choices were limited.
I'd had the phone a while before the whole thing with Android came along, I was ready to sell it and get something else, Android did change that, for a while! Until I liked it so much I had to get a native device, so I went out and bagged myself a sim-free, unlocked Desire on 2.2.
When the HD2 is at a stage with Android where I'm not missing out on anything the Desire will go to the other half and I'll use the HD2 as my main phone again.
One thing I did notice, even though my HD2 scores upwards of 1700 on quadrant, my Desire pulls 1400-1500 without clocking, but the Desire being native fly's in comparison to the HD2, which is absolutely not slow by any means.
Summary; No android phones available to me at the time, I didn't know anything about Android either, and the HD2 just looks fantastic, a big fat slab of awesomeness.
Phil
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did you mean that desire is much more faster than hd2 android , i don't think so , my friend's desire is the same even slower in some tasks than my hd2 with mattc clocked at same speed
I currently have a Samsung galaxy s and I'm pretty happy with it, but at the same time the development for it is starting to bore me, IV realised this is because I'm getting a bit bored with android in general. I just want a bit of a change and nothing really offers that more that the hd2 and its abilities to run 5 different operating systems. But ofcouse to get one I will need to sell my galaxy s to raise the money. I was just wondering if anyone thought this is a good idea?
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I would get the HD2, the samsung galaxy has a better screen as in quality and detail but I like the flexibility of the HD2. Plus it all has to do preference. Its what you LIKE and WANT. Do some research (it already looks like it) and I'm sure you'll realize what you want
yes, because at least you can generate a bit profit from selling galaxy s to buy a hd2, lol.
Anyway, about 5 OS on hd2, don't expect too much!!! Only wm6.5 and android are quite stable at the moment.
WP7? it seems ok with some people now, but when M$ announces wp7's update (very soon indeed), who knows what will happen???
Meego: it's so lagging and some developers have just left that project.
Ubuntu: how much time did you spend with ubuntu on your laptop?
So moving to hd2 because of android while you already have very good one? Or do you want to try the last decade's wm6.5?
I understand what you mean about the is situation bit at the same time, from what I gather, the development scene will continue for a long time on the hd2, whereas the galaxy can only go so far, and if I must confess I'm a bit of flash junkie so hd2 will keep me plenty entertained
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I understand what you mean about the is situation bit at the same time, from what I gather, the development scene will continue for a long time on the hd2, whereas the galaxy can only go so far, and if I must confess I'm a bit of flash junkie so hd2 will keep me plenty entertained
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One of my friends came round with a SGS, and I was quite impressed with the screen, and the overall responsiveness, but as a fellow flash junkie, I would recommend sawing off ur sgs in two, selling one part, and buying half a hd2, and gluing them together.
If that's not an option for u, go with the HD2
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One of my friends came round with a SGS, and I was quite impressed with the screen, and the overall responsiveness, but as a fellow flash junkie, I would recommend sawing off ur sgs in two, selling one part, and buying half a hd2, and gluing them together.
If that's not an option for u, go with the HD2
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It quite responsive as long as you a good lag fix, otherwise it runs like crap, I think im gonna get a hd2, now I just have to tell my girlfriend that I don't want the phone I moaned about for like a month. Ill let you know how I do.... if I survive :/
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Well, if you really like hd2, go on then! I've moved from motorola miletone to blackberry, then htc mozart, finally hd2 now, never ever regret it! 4.3 inches screen is great and always fits my palm.
But in case u feel like "uhm ..uhm maybe hd2 a good choice but...uhm...not sure though...", my advice is sticking with ur current one, as I know that galaxy s is very good as well!
About the flexibility in flashing roms on hd2, to be honest, i was just excited in first few days, and then realised that i can't have enough time to follow every single rom updated daily by hundreds developers, so i chose one rom working fine for me (even bugs still occur) and dont care about anything else!
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I understand what you mean about the is situation bit at the same time, from what I gather, the development scene will continue for a long time on the hd2, whereas the galaxy can only go so far, and if I must confess I'm a bit of flash junkie so hd2 will keep me plenty entertained
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I'm sure galaxy development will go on as long as the hd2.... the galaxy s series in general is a much more popular series of phones and there are more galaxy s users than hd2 users, so development will go on. But the HD2 is a great phone for being able to run multiple os's... I love being able to dual-boot with WP7 on my main memory and running android off my sd card... both are running very well. Let me warn you, though... the battery life on the wp7 and android ports are not nearly as good as native phones. You'll have to charge your phone twice as much. It can be hard to get a full day out of a charge if you use your phone a decent amount. I recommend getting a spare battery or an external backup battery if you use your phone a lot.
nope !! get a n0kia 3310 !
If what you want to tinker around with your phone, try out stuff every day or two, and I mean literally, then by all means, the HD2 is your phone. However take note, as said above, only android and winmo work "perfect" and the others are a bit iffy.
Nobody knows what will happen to WP7 on the HD2 once that update hits, and it sounds very grim in my opinion. WP7 on the HD2 has problems also, you can read up on the problems in our porblem thread in our HD2 WP7 Q&A dedicated forum.
Ubuntu is not a fun ride on the HD2 either, since despite the 4.3" screen, it's still too small for the OS.
MeeGo seems to be coming along but I don't expect it to reach the stability of android on our HD2's, any time soon.
So think about what you want first. If you wants a phone that works great for what it has, then the galaxy s is your phone. However if you want to tinker,, the HD2 is your phone. Just know, the HD2 while very well rounded, does not excell in one OS.
i am also thinking of buying an HD2... is an in-depth comparison between android HD2 and Desire? battery life? performance? etc...
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i am also thinking of buying an HD2... is an in-depth comparison between android HD2 and Desire? battery life? performance? etc...
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If you just want to run android, you'd be better off with a native android phone... you get much better battery life with use on a native phone. But the hd2 makes a good android phone for the price, but you will have to put time and work into learning how to set it up and work past any bugs to get it running good. One positive about the hd2 is you can run windows on it too if you don't mind running android off sd card.
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i don't mind having windows mobile on it... having multiple OSes sounds exciting... was reading that with the latest nand android, battery life improved but is it still that far away from a native android phone like u r saying?
Hey there.
I have a Galaxy S, rooted, modified to the max, tried out most of the roms, kernels and so on.
Just last week i found out that HD2 is capable of Win7 AND Android. At first it felt like a stupid idea, HD2 is too old.
After some research, youtube and XDA I have decided. Tomorrow afternoon some guy comes home to me and make the switch.
A larger screen, multi-OS and the fun of changing phones is my reasons
You will see more of me in this part of XDA
Please forgive my bad english!
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i don't mind having windows mobile on it... having multiple OSes sounds exciting... was reading that with the latest nand android, battery life improved but is it still that far away from a native android phone like u r saying?
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If you keep your wireless off and keep battery eating things off during standby, you can get ok standby battery life, but its nothing like a native phone. During actual use of the phone, battery drains fast. A few hours of use will kill your battery... an hour of using xda app will take 25% off my battery. My brother has a galaxy s series phone, and his battery will easily last 2-3 times what mine will last of actual use.
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wow i didn't know battery life was that bad on the hd2... will rethink about whether or not i am going to buy it
backlashsid said:
nope !! get a n0kia 3310 !
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spare us
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3310 is a legend.. i had one... snake was the best mobile game at that time lol
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3310 is a legend.. i had one... snake was the best mobile game at that time lol
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Snake still is the best mobile game ever!
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I sold my Galaxy S, bought an HD2..now thinking of selling my HD2 and getting a HD7...
Ever since I put WP7 on my HD2 I even tried dual boot with Android, I just don't like Android now WP7 is so good...
HD2 is a great phone for tinkering and trying practically ever single decent UI out there...
I have just had enough of tinkering
Just joking
No hard feelings. LOL.
My real question is do you think HD2 development will die and finish in next 3-6 months after creating successful ICS ports of CM9, AOKP and SENSE 4.
My opinion is that we have 6 more months of development and maybe 1-2 years of use ICS roms before HD2 era ends. I've been using HD2 for 2 years and but i think in next 12-24 months it will be retirement of most HD2's.
Little digression. Main reason i see for leaving HD2 is becouse i want less freedom with phone. LOL. Sounds funny but i keep changing ROMs more often than i change my socks. I use my HD2 more for trying and testing different ROM's than i do for talking This device is so good that it cant even be called a phone or smartphone. Other reason for leaving is that i really like new HTC One X but im afraid that no other phone will be as much as fun as HD2.
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Just joking
No hard feelings. LOL.
My real question is do you think HD2 development will die and finish in next 3-6 months after creating successful ICS ports of CM9, AOKP and SENSE 4.
My opinion is that we have 6 more months of development and maybe 1-2 years of use ICS roms before HD2 era ends. I've been using HD2 for 2 years and but i think in next 12-24 months it will be retirement of most HD2's.
Little digression. Main reason i see for leaving HD2 is becouse i want less freedom with phone. LOL. Sounds funny but i keep changing ROMs more often than i change my socks. I use my HD2 more for trying and testing different ROM's than i do for talking This device is so good that it cant even be called a phone or smartphone. Other reason for leaving is that i really like new HTC One X but im afraid that no other phone will be as much as fun as HD2.
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Lol that title is a pretty good way to gain attention Yeah I would agree with you on the 6 months max more development time although I reckon realistically it will be between 3 and 4 months. I also understand exactly what you mean about the phone being too diverse, we're completely spoiled for choice Since around November I've definitely noticed a massive lull in the amount of activity in the HD2 forum (looking specifically at the Q&A) so soon we're going to be out of developers and development. However, I plan to use my HD2 pretty much until it is unusable really, I'm not on a contract and I see no point upgrading too hastily, only had it since Jan 2011
A year ago i broke my HD2 and after i used hd desire>optimus 3D>nokia lumia today i bought my second HD2.
i was missing old times when i used to "play" with my phone. i dont think people will forget HD2 easily and always will be a smart guy to develop for it.
I bought a nokia lumia on the first day it was out for 500 euro and after few month i am gifting it to my mom. it suck , all those money and i couldn't stop the screen from rotating when i was lied on bed. all those kind of lock they made to prevent any modification of the device software.
developing for HD2 probably will stop the same day it stop for every phone. Big companies are "buying" developers (!chevron) to prevent what happen to HD2. All these years and we are still using that phone. updating to the last software without spending any money.
I agree and will be purchasing a Samsung galaxy s 2 in the near future. I just feel with phones like the HTC one x developers will have more power to work with (eg quad core processor) and our lousy 1ghz won't be enough to pull through, however I'm too poor to own a HTC one x however in my dreams I own many
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I just got my 3rd HD2 & your right denyboy this phones has a grip on us & it needs to release us from it's powers!
No other phone I had(knew) that had so many tinkering & updating, the last phone I spent much time tinkering was the XDA II
maybe next iteration would be Banana Split or Goober Goo Goo
been using my hd2 for a year and i am the happiest guy on earth but its showing signs of age so yeah maybe use it as it was really intended a windows phone as development there seems to be still going strong
I think that the HD2 still has a bit more future ahead. Even if the new hardware is / will be faster then the HD2. I just saw this posting and was very impressed!:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633044
So, if this could be ported to HD2... *puh* there could be future
Hello fellow HD2 owners,
I'm still amazed how much support it gets and how its hardware can keep with even new versions of ICS (especially with HWA).
But in the near future I would like to upgrade.
Do you have any tips for a successor of HD2 which should I go for and which could same support in the future like HD2 does?
Thank you for nay suggestions!
kerosin said:
Hello fellow HD2 owners,
I'm still amazed how much support it gets and how its hardware can keep with even new versions of ICS (especially with HWA).
But in the near future I would like to upgrade.
Do you have any tips for a successor of HD2 which should I go for and which could same support in the future like HD2 does?
Thank you for nay suggestions!
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Unfortunately, nothing will be as versatile and long-living as the HD2 as far as I'm concerned. Sure, phones like the SGS3 are great and will probably have development for a fair amount of time, but there won't be anything which will be able to run so many OSes and do so much.
I think the next 'HD2' will be a phone which will have a high hardware spec, and be running an OS at the end of its life. (As was the HD2) and I reckon Android still has a long way to go before it runs out of steam. IMHO ICS may be the highest we can go on the HD2. But I would love to be proved wrong
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lexx-luthor said:
I think the next 'HD2' will be a phone which will have a high hardware spec, and be running an OS at the end of its life. (As was the HD2) and I reckon Android still has a long way to go before it runs out of steam. IMHO ICS may be the highest we can go on the HD2. But I would love to be proved wrong
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I agree with this for the most part but I just don't know what OS will be at the end of its life in the near future since Android and iOS seem to be the most viable choices from here out. I know a lot of people still love WinMo and by no means do I want any angry WM guys after my head lol, I'm just thinking out loud that with the way the major manufacturers are heading ie. Samsung, HTC, LG and so on, will any of them bother making a beefy winmo phone that the great xda devs can convert to Android?
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illgodson said:
I agree with this for the most part but I just don't know what OS will be at the end of its life in the near future since Android and iOS seem to be the most viable choices from here out. I know a lot of people still love WinMo and by no means do I want any angry WM guys after my head lol, I'm just thinking out loud that with the way the major manufacturers are heading ie. Samsung, HTC, LG and so on, will any of them bother making a beefy winmo phone that the great xda devs can convert to Android?
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I think eventually their will be a successor to the hd2 however it will be quite some time for multiple reasons.. hd2 was launch right when win mobile ran out of steam then came along windows phone 7 also Android also picked up so their were lots of things people wanted in a phone all of a sudden and the hd2 was the device to have.
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I don't think there will be a phone coming anytime soon that can handle all the mobile OSes and have so many ports like the HD2. I personally like the HTC One X. Planning on getting one