HTC HD2 - Linux Porting - News!!!!(one)

FrenchTart · 17 May 2010 at 16:37

Check out the linux porting thread on xda-developers. They've managed to get things moving rather nicely. I'm not sure it's enough for everyone to quite go installing android on their HD2 yet, but I imagine things will start to move very quickly now.

soundb0y · 17 May 2010 at 17:24

Ah very interested if it means I could get a stable version of android on my hd2.

deadite66 · 17 May 2010 at 17:29

why would anyone buy a brand new WM phone then put android on it, the mind boggles.

Neodite · 17 May 2010 at 17:32

If they like the look of the HD2 but do not like WM?

Locke · 17 May 2010 at 17:34

Because the HD2 is a beast and is probably the best looking phone with high specs out there

soundb0y · 17 May 2010 at 17:55

Because I love the phone, have had it a few months now and getting annoyed with some of the bugs and lack of good app support on winmo.

Amp34 · 17 May 2010 at 19:25

Locke said:
Because the HD2 is a beast and is probably the best looking phone with high specs out there

Other than maybe the Evo, which isn't coming to the UK...

"andy" · 17 May 2010 at 21:04

Locke said:
Because the HD2 is a beast and is probably the best looking phone with high specs out there

x10 ? same specs (infact better camera) arguably looks better imo. and id bet anything on it getting the latest android before hd2 gets working android

but this is good news for HD2 owners. hopefully things will improve

GeX · 17 May 2010 at 21:06

deadite66 said:
why would anyone buy a brand new WM phone then put android on it, the mind boggles.

because of the WinMo'ness?

FrenchTart · 17 May 2010 at 21:13

Unfortunately on o2 the only phone available with a 1ghz processor was the HD2. I also like the fact that the screen is larger than on most phones - useful for those of us with larger hands

borich_planner · 17 May 2010 at 22:31

So this means Andriod is a step closer to this phone then?

FrenchTart · 17 May 2010 at 22:48

borich_planner said:
So this means Andriod is a step closer to this phone then?

Yup. Quite a big step closer too.

borich_planner · 17 May 2010 at 23:43

I have both the desire and hd2 here, android on the hd2 with swype will be a nice result.

FrenchTart · 18 May 2010 at 09:04

borich_planner said:
I have both the desire and hd2 here, android on the hd2 with swype will be a nice result.

Agreed, though you can get swype on the HD2 already

(not that I've got round to trying it..is it that much better than the standard keyboard?)

borich_planner · 18 May 2010 at 09:34

Swype makes typing 1000 times better than standard keyboard

Sin_Chase · 19 May 2010 at 04:37

Cannot live without swype. Well worth it

soundb0y · 19 May 2010 at 12:44

I can't really get to grips with swipe. Sometimes it works well but I have a habbit of typing some words in txt spk which causes problems.

Also sometimes it doesn't feel smooth while swiping my finger around. I havn't described that very well but it feels as though movements are restricted without putting a bit of force, even after using a screen cleaner.

krooton · 19 May 2010 at 12:54

soundb0y said:
Also sometimes it doesn't feel smooth while swiping my finger around. I havn't described that very well but it feels as though movements are restricted without putting a bit of force, even after using a screen cleaner.

Have you got a screen protector or just bare glass?

I found whilst my screen protector dropped sensitivity a bit, it made gliding my finger around SO much easier.

soundb0y · 19 May 2010 at 15:08

Bare glass. I do have a screen protector but never applied it after realising it came with a nice case. I might put it on as I still managed to put a small scratch in the screen.