What to get after my poor broken HD2.

[RimBlock]

Hi,

I have a HTC HD2 which died after it was dropped on a concrete floor from 5ft and then sat on......

I love the hardware but dislike the WinMo 6.5 and am not so interested in hacking around to put a new OS on it.

The cost of replacing the screen could be used to fund another phone so any recommendations out there.

I like a big screen (must not put phone in back pocket though )....
It should be able to play FLAC music files
It should be able to handle most standard video codecs out there.
should be able to view doc / txt / pdf files.

I am using a loaned HTC desire now and Android is ok, never tried IOS or WM7.

Thanks

RB

 

[bam0]

Tbh with MAGLDR out there putting an Android release on an HD2 doesn't really require much in the way of hacking around.

Also with your specs, no phone supports them out of the box, you're going to have to look into what programs are available for each of the platforms that you're thinking about. For example on Android QQPlayer seems pretty damned good at playing most any video I've thrown at it. And you can get doc viewers and Adobe Reader for PDFs.

 

[krooton]

I've gone from an HD2 to a Desire to tide me over until the next batch of phones come out later in the year.

Based on your needs, a Desire HD seems the logical choice, I certainly don't miss anything about WM6.5 (apart from MyMobiler)

 

[Myshra]

A Samsung galaxy S supports native flac/hardware x264 + other video codecs and comes with viewers for all those filetypes. This is not to say it's the only option but it is the one out of the box which requires no messing about.

Any android can get playback of flac through meridian music player though and adobe have a free reader for pdf. There are also doc viewers on most androids by default (through think free office trial). An iphone i believe can play back apple lossless encoded audio so you could convert from falc to that and has all the other options.

 

[RimBlock]

A Samsung galaxy S supports native flac/hardware x264 + other video codecs and comes with viewers for all those filetypes. This is not to say it's the only option but it is the one out of the box which requires no messing about.

Any android can get playback of flac through meridian music player though and adobe have a free reader for pdf. There are also doc viewers on most androids by default (through think free office trial). An iphone i believe can play back apple lossless encoded audio so you could convert from falc to that and has all the other options.

The Samsung is on the list to look at. I had the Samsung Jet from them and didn't really get on with the OS. Hopefully the Android phones will be better.

Tbh with MAGLDR out there putting an Android release on an HD2 doesn't really require much in the way of hacking around.

Will take a look, thanks. Still need a new phone though .

Also with your specs, no phone supports them out of the box, you're going to have to look into what programs are available for each of the platforms that you're thinking about. For example on Android QQPlayer seems pretty damned good at playing most any video I've thrown at it. And you can get doc viewers and Adobe Reader for PDFs.

I will give them a go on this Desire I am borrowing if I can get my wifes gmail password from her (if she can remember it).

I've gone from an HD2 to a Desire to tide me over until the next batch of phones come out later in the year.

Based on your needs, a Desire HD seems the logical choice, I certainly don't miss anything about WM6.5 (apart from MyMobiler)

Thanks Krooton, that was one I had not looked at. Seems good and just going through a review now.

Thanks
RB