HTC Desire HD (Ace)

vodafone are also official partners so hopefully they will get handsets ahead of other retailers
 
MPD are a 'HTC Ultimate Partner' which they have (in the past) claimed gets them priority on phones over networks and other companies.
 
Will a Desire HD ordered from MPD come with a T-Mobile-stuffed ROM, as with the HD2? It's one of the things putting me off ordering through MPD, that and going direct to Vodafone seems simpler especially if anything goes wrong.

Oh and I've requested a PAC from Vodafone. I'm assuming if I give this back to Vodafone when ordering then I'll keep my number, even though they say it's used when changing networks?
 
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If you order a Desire HD from MPD the chances are that it will be unbranded and a 'stock' model.

Unless it has been said otherwise, the Vodafone one is more likely to be full of rubbish you dont need.
 
I am confused, are phones DesireHD or DesireZ coming out sooner with contract or not?
 
How can MPD be advertising "unlimited data" when all the providers have actually abandoned that wording and are specifying data caps instead? :confused:
 
deadite66 said:
arggghhh!
http://www.eurodroid.com/2010/10/report-unlocked-htc-desire-hd-launch-slips-to-late-october/
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Apparently it has failed Type Approval. How that can happen, I do not know. Surely, when designing the phone, HTC would aim to meet the targets. To do that sort of testing days before release seems a bit stupid.

As for the phone, am I more likely to get an unbranded phone via Carphone Warehouse or mobiles.co.uk for example? (Hope I can list these, as not really competitors).
 
manveruppd said:
I thought I'd post this here cause it's about the America-flavoured version of the Desire-Z ice cream:
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/05/t-mobile-sneaks-root.html
I'm pretty appalled really, and surprised that Google allowed this! Glad we're not the networks' lady dogs on this side of the ocean...
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Take with a pinch of salt, current leaning is that it is a BS article. XDA forums don't seem to have much sign of it, if there was anyone that close to perm root on a G2 it'd be there.
 
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Cyanogen mentioned about the g2 resetting root (came pre rooted supposedly) after being rebooted, but last I read they were still looking into it all.
 
manveruppd said:
I thought I'd post this here cause it's about the America-flavoured version of the Desire-Z ice cream:
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/05/t-mobile-sneaks-root.html
I'm pretty appalled really, and surprised that Google allowed this! Glad we're not the networks' lady dogs on this side of the ocean...
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That's actually illegal in the States. They passed a law recently, that states you are allowed to run any OS on your mobile if you want to :p

So, forcing a stock OS back on you, could be illegal in the States.
 
madindehead said:
That's actually illegal in the States. They passed a law recently, that states you are allowed to run any OS on your mobile if you want to :p

So, forcing a stock OS back on you, could be illegal in the States.
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The way the law was before allowed companies like Apple to take you to court for jailbreaking your phone. All this new law does it make it legal to jailbreak or install any OS you want on your phone. It doesn't mean that the phone and OS developers can't try and stop you through by it as difficult as possible/impossible, it just means that if you succeed in installing software that they don't want you to, there is no legal way for them to take you to court.

Which is why even though it is legal to jailbreak an iPhone, apple still do everything they can to stop you doing so.
 
Robbie G said:
In the same way that ISPs routinely lie about 'unlimited' broadband I guess. Or have they stomped on that now?
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I've looked at all their sites and everyone except O2 has stopped calling it "unlimited"! :confused:
Guess MPD is engaging in some false advertising shennanigans...
 
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The way the law was before allowed companies like Apple to take you to court for jailbreaking your phone. All this new law does it make it legal to jailbreak or install any OS you want on your phone. It doesn't mean that the phone and OS developers can't try and stop you through by it as difficult as possible/impossible, it just means that if you succeed in installing software that they don't want you to, there is no legal way for them to take you to court.

Which is why even though it is legal to jailbreak an iPhone, apple still do everything they can to stop you doing so.
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That sucks then. Totally ignores what is good about Android. If any provider does that here, I will be moving swiftly on.
 
Trifid said:
Well Vodafone didn't want my custom again, they basically quoted the deals on their website for the HD. They wouldn't even up the internet usage up to a 1GB on the lower packages.
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Well I guess they infact do. Managed to get a 12 month contract with a free phone. :cool:
 
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