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December 21st, 2009, 10:10 GMT · By

HTC HD2 to Arrive at T-Mobile USA

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HTC HD2, the most appealing handset running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system that the Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation delivered to the market during the ongoing year, is expected to arrive on the US market in early 2010, and T-Mobile might be the carrier to have it. HTC hasn't stated anything official in this direction, although it promised that HD2 would be available globally; yet, a recently leaked pre-release ROM for the handset shows that the operator will have it.


According to a recent article on WMExperts, the HTC HD2 is indeed on its way to T-Mobile in the United States, as showed in the .nbh file from the aforementioned ROM. Moreover, it seems that there are also some more goodies that T-Mobile's users can expect for this behemoth to bring around, including Leo ROM 2.01 (far updated from the recently leaked ROMs for the handset, it seems), and the WM 6.5 build 21869.

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At the same time, the ROM also shows that HTC HD2 is set to arrive stateside with Opera 9.7.0.35627 on board, Teeter 2.0, TMOUS_Manila_Core 2.5.1921401, and there is also reference to OzIM_US_1.0.5.1.139. One way or the other, if this rumor pans out, T-Mobile USA will put on sale a handset clearly upgraded when compared to the version that is already available for purchase in a series of markets around the world.

We should mention as well that the wireless carrier seems set to make its subscribers quite happy, compensating a little for the latest outages they have been through. The HTC HD2 should come to Magenta's airwaves along with two other very appealing handsets, which run under Google's Android operating system, the HTC Nexus One (aka Passion / Dragon) and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. None of them has been officially announced for the time being, so we'll have to sit back and wait until that happens. Keep an eye on this space for more updates on the matter.

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Comment #1 by: strange on 22 Dec 2009, 06:36 UTC reply to this comment

...how does the pic show evidence that T-mobile is getting it?


Comment #2 by: Jennifer Hadley on 26 Dec 2009, 00:34 UTC reply to this comment

The HTC HD2 has a few issues. The pink camera defect still exists in all units. HTC released a software patch, but the patch doesn't work with video.

Speaking of video, the Snapdragon processor has the ability to decode 720p HD video. However, Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system cannot recognise or open 720p video files, so the handset is limited to a much lower resolution of 480p.

The answer is to avoid the HTC HD2, and instead get its sister phone, the HTC Passion, which runs the Android operating system, and has 720p video enabled.

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