HTC HD2 gets Ice Cream Sandwich

The HTC HD2 has been around since November 2009, and since then it’s received numerous ports of different operating systems. From Windows Phone 7, to Android 2.x and Meego, it looks like the developer community isn’t done yet. Some folks have managed to create an Android Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for the HD2 and have put it up for download. As a beta release, some features are unsurprisingly not working, but for the short amount of time it took to come up with it, it’s pretty impressive.

USB mass storage, the camera, hardware acceleration and some other features aren’t ready yet – but hey, it’s Ice Cream Sandwich (albeit laggy) on a two-year-old phone! Manufacturers don’t even want to waste their resources bringing ICS over to their “lower end” phones themselves. If you own an HD2 and want to give it a new breath of life, you can load up the custom ICS ROM for yourself, or wait for a more stable and complete release first. Check out the demonstration video below:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcdeaWB-lWM

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Windows Phone 7 Mango Shown Off on HTC HD2 (Video)

We know that Windows Phone 7 Mango has been hacked over to the evergreen HTC HD2 and we even hope to see a public release sometime soon (probably even today) but until then there are a couple of videos to get you through the waiting.

Yes, Windows Phone 7 Mango is working on the HD2 even if there are currently some things that do not, like the Marketplace, search or HTML 5 rendering in Internet Explorer. Other than that, just take a look at the two demo videos below to see how the beloved Leo is handling Redmond’s upcoming greatest:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq7le236lHI

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Marketplace for Windows Mobile website closing shop on July 15th, My Phone following suit

For most phone enthusiasts, hearing that Windows Mobile 6 is winding up operations is much like receiving news that your neighbor is moving — when all along you’d thought the house was empty. And so it’s with some remorse that we announce the Windows Marketplace for Mobile website will cease operations on July 15th — the very day it will stop accepting app submissions from developers. Those hesitant to go Metro are given a reprieve, however, as the storefront will survive on your mobile device — ready and willing to accept your impulse purchases.

In related sadness, the My Phone sync service will meet a similar fate on August 7th, giving you until that date to migrate to SkyDrive. If you’re forgetful, Microsoft plans to automatically save your contacts, calendars, text messages and photos to its Live service — but it’s on you to transition your video, music and documents. We know everybody makes the switch at their own pace, but once you’re ready to part with that iPaq perhaps it will find a happy future on the streets of Hong Kong. For the complete communique from Microsoft itself, just follow the break.

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Shut-down of Windows Marketplace for Mobile Web Site and My Phone Service Notification

June 8, 2011
Dear Windows Mobile 6.x customer:

Microsoft will be discontinuing the My Phone service for Windows Mobile 6.x. We will also be discontinuing the Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site. Because you may be affected, please review the details below:

Windows Marketplace for Mobile Web Site To Be Discontinued

The Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site at http://marketplace.windowsphone.com will no longer be available starting on July 15, 2011. After July 15, 2011, you will no longer be able to browse, buy or download applications for Windows Mobile 6.x phones via the Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site.

The Windows Marketplace for Mobile service will continue to be available on your phone, however. You will continue to be able to browse, buy and download applications for Windows Mobile 6.x on your phone.

My Phone To Be Discontinued

On August 7, 2011, the My Phone service will stop saving content from phones to the My Phone service. If you rely on the My Phone service to back-up the content on your Windows Mobile 6.x phone, you will be affected.

Starting on August 7, 2011, Microsoft will begin moving your My Phone content to Windows Live SkyDrive. SkyDrive is Microsoft’s free online storage service that helps you access and share your files such as photos and Microsoft Office documents. Contacts, calendar entries, text messages and photos will be moved to SkyDrive for you. Once moved, you will be able to access this content by logging into SkyDrive using the Windows Live ID that you used to register for the My Phone service.

Other content types, including videos, music, documents and favorites will not be moved from My Phone to SkyDrive for you. If you want this content, you must save it from the My Phone service to your local PC.

On October 6, 2011, the My Phone web site at http://www.microsoft.com/myphone will no longer be available. On this date, you will no longer be able to log in to the My Phone service to access your content stored to the My Phone service. Microsoft will continue to store your My Phone content for one (1) year. Physical copies of your content can be shipped to you upon request until October 5, 2012.

Take Action

To learn more about the My Phone service shut-down, including information about your content moving to Windows Live SkyDrive and how to save other content to your local PC, please visit this web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2557520

Microsoft is committed to making this transition easy. In the meantime, we want to sincerely thank you for your use of Windows Mobile 6.x.

-The Windows Phone Team

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HD2 keeps active with NoDo ROM, shows no sign of slowing down (video)

No thanks to Windows Mobile 6.5, the HTC HD2 is managing to keep spry as it’s approaching retirement. Rather than relegating itself to playing shuffleboard with the codgers, it’s been dancing to the tunes of Windows Phone, Android and Meego. Now the HD2 is learning NoDo’s moves, and from the looks of its demo video, the phone is quite a performer — take a peek after the break. Of course, this wouldn’t be possible without a jolt from the WaterBear development team, which bundles the 7392 security update, an HD7 registry key and some language fixes. If this is new territory for your HD2, it’ll require a little assistance from HardSPL (for unlocking), MAGLDR (the bootloader), and the proper radio file, but it seems like a worthwhile pursuit. After all, there’s no sense in keeping this handset cooped up in the old folks home — it’s bound to rile up the nurses.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO7MTFYBOPs

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HTC HD2 gets Honeycomb

If there’s one thing you can be sure of about the Android community, it’s their dedication to get things done especially when it comes to porting the latest versions of Android to different phones. The folks over at XDA-developers have done it again. This time they’ve managed to port Honeycomb over to the HTC HD2 – a phone that was built to run Windows Mobile. Anyway, like most first versions of these ROMs, there are always problems and in this case only a certain number of features work: it boots, touchscreen, LED and screen-off works, hardware buttons are properly mapped, it has graphics hardware acceleration, data should be working, browser works and so does SD mounting. Pretty impressive, since most of these Honeycomb ports can’t do much except allow you to play around with the Android homescreens. Hit the break for a video of it in action, and head here if you’d like to get your hands on the ROM (make sure you backup and know what you’re doing as usual).

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HTC 7 Pro vs. HTC TyTN II (Video)

The HTC 7 Pro is the latest in keyboard sliders with tilting screens. The HTC TyTN II (Kaiser) was the first keyboard slider with a tilting screen. How do they compare? Check out the video below to find out.

Obviously, the HTC 7 Pro is not remotely designed to work well with a landscape-style keyboard. Many parts of the Windows Phone 7 operating system don’t even rotate to landscape mode. The old HTC TyTN II from 4 years ago running Windows Mobile 6.1 on the other hand works VERY well with a large horizontal slider keyboard. In fact, the old version of Windows Mobile had so many great hardware keys used for navigation, that you could do practically everything without having to take your hands off the keyboard.

Which do you think is better for usability?
Having to turn your head to the side and take one hand off the keyboard to touch the screen periodically… or being able to keep you hands and fingers in one place while controlling every part of the device using hardware buttons that you can feel with your fingers?

Also check out our original HTC TyTN II review

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Android for Men, iPhone for Women According to Recent Survey

A recent survey published by Nielsen reveals that Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone are among the most popular phones in the U.S., with iPhone and BlackBerry leading the pack with 27 percent market share each and Android not too far off with 23 percent and Windows Mobile capturing 14 percent. What’s interesting about the survey is that the male gender prefers Android over the iPhone and its iOS operating system (33 percent for Android versus 29 percent for iOS) and that women were more interested in iOS (31 percent to 23 percent). Overall, though, the iPhone seems to be leading the pack with 35% those who are looking into purchasing a new phone preferring an iPhone while 28% are choosing Android.

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HTC HD2 ROM Upgrade now available

Faster multi-tasking and searching of contacts

HTC have released a new ROM upgrade for the HTC HD2. This update brings together all previous updates plus two new updates in one new ROM. This update will apparently make background processes run more smoothly as well as quicker searching of contacts.

Click on the source link below to make your HD2 a little more snappy!

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Android Overtakes Windows Mobile In Sales

comScore is reporting that Android overtook Windows Mobile by 5 percentage points, rising from 12% to 17% while WinMo dropped from 14% to 11.8% in share percentage. Rim dropped two points while remaining on top and the iPhone dropped 2 points as well, from 41% to 39%.

What does this mean? Not much, but Microsoft should probably release WinMo 7 soon or they’re toast. Generally, uptake comes with business fleets of cellphones and RIM is stable in that catbird seat for now. Windows Mobile will fill some of the business niche, but not much, and as employees take to iPhones rather than the company Curves they’re offered, things could change considerably.

Unfortunately, as well, Google isn’t quite ready for business, although you’d think it would be. I haven’t heard of a single implementation of Android phones in a company from any of my IT contacts (the few I still have.)

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Opera 5.1 drops for Windows Mobile, promises better browsing

Opera Mini 5.1 improves web experience on Windows Mobile devices

Looking for a better Windows Mobile browser? Opera today released the improved Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile. The new update brings better support for high resolution handsets, accelerometer support and the ability to set Opera Mini as the default browser.

Opera Mini 5.1 has already been released for Java, Android and BlackBerry phones. Now available for Windows Mobile 2003 SE, 5.x and 6.x handsets, Opera Mini’s server backbone speeds up browsing while reducing the data transferred to the phone. For users roaming on expensive networks, or with pay-as-you-go data plans, Opera Mini can cut your mobile data bill by up to 90 percent.

Opera Mini 5.1 features many compelling updates, including:

• The ability to set Opera Mini as the default browser
• Support for devices with high-resolution (high DPI)
• Improved page layout and font rendering
• Support for auto-rotation
• Advanced configuration support for power users

“Opera Mini 5.1 contains several key improvements for the millions of people with a Windows Mobile phone,” said Jon von Tetzchner, Co-founder, Opera Software. “The new Opera Mini is particularly vibrant and really takes advantage of high resolution screens. And, now that you can set Opera Mini as your default browser on a Windows Mobile phone, it is much easier to enjoy the speed boost and data compression. It is our way of making your Windows Mobile phone better.”

Download

Visit m.opera.com with your phone’s default browser, and Opera will automatically select the optimized version for your phone. Opera Mini is free to download and use. Opera Mini works on Windows Mobile 2003 SE, Windows Mobile 5.x and Windows Mobile 6.x phones.

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