HTC HD2 Thread

Yas786 · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:04

Janesy B said:
I'm thinking of ordering this on T-Mobile, can anyone comment on what the data network is like?

Data network is perfectly fine...speedy enough for me.

madindehead · 12 Nov 2009 at 15:41

EternalMovement said:
Been waiting for this phone for ages, Vodafone should have it up for order today to

Quick question for those of you who have used Windows Mobile phones before.

Can you change the network mode like you can on other phones?
E.g set it to use GSM only, dual mode or UTMS?

Cheers.

Yup. There is an option somewhere to make it use GSM only.

HarryPainful · 12 Nov 2009 at 16:34

Anyone got one of these yet?

I could really do with seeing the size of one next to an iphone.

djkav · 12 Nov 2009 at 16:40

Is watching videos any good on this phone with its 65k colour screen?

I had 3 satios before vodafone cancelled my contract because they all kept freezing. I don't like the iPhone cos of its low rez screen. Even tho i do like its touch screen and interface (but thats all i do like of it).

krooton · 12 Nov 2009 at 16:50

djkav said:
Is watching videos any good on this phone with its 65k colour screen?

I had 3 satios before vodafone cancelled my contract because they all kept freezing. I don't like the iPhone cos of its low rez screen. Even tho i do like its touch screen and interface (but thats all i do like of it).

Watching videos on my X1 and Touch Pro2 are great, don't be put off by the colour aspect.

daztrouk · 12 Nov 2009 at 18:09

ordered one of these as well a few days ago, just waiting on delivery

borich_planner · 12 Nov 2009 at 18:36

Looking forward to a full review off someone here soon!

Borich

Hen_Dawg · 12 Nov 2009 at 18:38

This is now out on Vodafone website.
Free on £35pm 24mth, or £40pm 18mth.

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/htc-hd2

However I just rang them about an upgrade as I just wanted to see what kind of deal they could do but the woman said its not in stock/not available yet. I said thanks and hung up. 2 mins later someone else rang back about upgrades. He said the same and just offered to take my details to call back when available.

I'm still not convinced about this. Hardware, looks, screen all amazing. Just WM 6.5 and it's slow development and poor application choice put me off. I know Sense IU is lovely but while Android has 12,000+ apps and has newer versions almost every couple of months WM is due WM7 in about a year (Q4 2010) and there are only 149 apps in the marketplace

dokko · 12 Nov 2009 at 19:20

will this not take a WM7 upgrade on it?

Hen_Dawg · 12 Nov 2009 at 19:36

Maybe, but that's a moot point if it is 12 months away

Janesy B · 12 Nov 2009 at 20:15

I'm having the same reservations too. After playing with a Hero, I think Android is the way forward.

Amp34 · 12 Nov 2009 at 20:36

Hen_Dawg said:
This is now out on Vodafone website.
Free on £35pm 24mth, or £40pm 18mth.

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/htc-hd2

However I just rang them about an upgrade as I just wanted to see what kind of deal they could do but the woman said its not in stock/not available yet. I said thanks and hung up. 2 mins later someone else rang back about upgrades. He said the same and just offered to take my details to call back when available.

I'm still not convinced about this. Hardware, looks, screen all amazing. Just WM 6.5 and it's slow development and poor application choice put me off. I know Sense IU is lovely but while Android has 12,000+ apps and has newer versions almost every couple of months WM is due WM7 in about a year (Q4 2010) and there are only 149 apps in the marketplace

That's because WM users don't actually use the marketplace. There are tens of thousands of apps for WM, just google and you'll find loads. Alternatively have a look at these sites that I get most of my programs from:

http://wmpoweruser.com/
www.freewarepocketpc.net

There are loads of other sites like this all over the net, as well as developer sites (Resco and Sbp for example). Eventually the software will start going to the marketplace wholesale but at the moment take advantage of the huge amount of free software there is.

fowler002 · 12 Nov 2009 at 21:53

in this day and age unless it's all available in one place(i.e. appstore/android market) it doesn't exist

Rroff · 12 Nov 2009 at 21:57

If only it had a resisitive screen and a hardware qwerty keyboard :S I'd jump on this then - I have an upgrade coming up on my vodafone contract.

Hen_Dawg · 13 Nov 2009 at 00:01

Amp34 said:
snippage

Cheers dude. That certainly helps things

Amp34 · 13 Nov 2009 at 14:13

fowler002 said:
in this day and age unless it's all available in one place(i.e. appstore/android market) it doesn't exist

That;s your tough luck then.

Whilst i'm buying my top of the range Panasonic TV you can go but your krummybergisk rubbish tv from Texco with your shopping.

fallbayuk · 13 Nov 2009 at 15:32

The guy who runs coolsmartphone.com had the HD2 for 4 days and whilst he says it's amazing, he's also said he'd pick the HTC Hero if he had to make a choice between the two. Bear in mind the site has been a WinMo only site for years until recently. I'm out of contract on Vodafone at the moment and wondering whether to give this a try, currently got a G1.

dokko · 13 Nov 2009 at 16:43

Hen_Dawg said:
Maybe, but that's a moot point if it is 12 months away

Not if you are going in to a 24 month contracts it's not. :confused:

Janesy B · 13 Nov 2009 at 17:07

dokko said:
Not if you are going in to a 24 month contracts it's not.

It's still 12 months of unhappy phone ownership.

Phat Momma Hoe · 13 Nov 2009 at 18:40

OOhhh, just made an email telling me that mines been dispatched so should be with me tomorrow as I only live about 8 miles from the store I got it from \o/

New toy to play with for the weekend

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