We informed you about the new and upcoming T-Mobile US ROM for HTC HD2, which hinted towards a possible US release of the said device. And now it seems like the ROM has been leaked, and is available for download. Beware though as this ROM is for T-Mobile US only and it may have issues working properly with carriers outside United States.
It looks like HTC is set to release a mini variant of HD2 in the first half of 2010. This news comes out through HTC portfolio which has been leaked online via XDA, hinting at a number of Windows Mobile and Android based devices for next year.
Microsoft today on Day 2 of Professional Developers Conference (PDC09) has released Office Mobile 2010 Beta for Windows phones running Windows Mobile 6.5. Those of you with Windows phones, capable of running Windows Mobile OS can download and install Office Mobile 2010 from Windows Marketplace for Windows Mobile.
International Business Times has made a nice comparison of HTC HD2 and iPhone 3GS by pitting the two in a head to head contest. To some extent, they have been successful in rightly proving that HTC HD2 is far superior to iPhone (in terms of hardware anyway). Different aspects of the two like: size, display, camera & video recording, connectivity and wireless connection, OS, processor, music and video, keyboard, storage and memory, power and battery, Price tags and browsing have been compared. The final verdict shows that HD2 wins in 8, where as iPhone in 1, and there are ties on 4 other aspects.
The first COM5 Build (23502) of Windows Mobile 6.5 has been leaked by Tom_Codon of HTCPedia.com. This latest COM5 build brings in some interesting new changes from the last COM4 (Build 23060) and COM3 (Build 23420) builds of Windows Mobile 6.5 that we covered. Here is what’s new in this COM5 Build 23502 in comparison with COM4 Build 23060 of Windows Mobile 6.5.
HTC has finally, in an official announcement unveiled its long awaited high-end mobile device called HTC HD2 which was previously codenamed as Leo. HTC HD2 is powered by Microsoft's newly released Windows Mobile 6.5 and will be the first Windows phone to feature multi-touch support through HTC Sense (aka HTC TouchFLO 3D 2.5) which up till now was only available on the company's Android-based handsets like HTC Hero.
The Mozilla Foundation has just released a new version of Firefox, codenamed Fennec for all Windows Phones running Windows Mobile 6.0 or later. The main focus of Fennec is to bring decent desktop browser like functionality to Windows Mobile devices which are currently lacking a browser like Safari is for iPhone.
Windows Mobile 6.5 is on a roll these days. There’s a constant leak happening all over the place. It seems as if we are going to get a new build leaking out every other day. The new Build in question is 23037 which fixes few bugs found in the last leaked Build 23036.
Just found this hands-on video of a Windows Phone via The Inquirer which is said to be running the final version of Windows Mobile 6.5 on HTC Touch Diamond2.
The new Windows Mobile 6.5 home screen with Zune-like interface is optimized for touch-screens and includes an improved UX, making it easier to take action with a finger.
HTC TouchFLO 2D which is also known as Manila 2D from the upcoming HTC Mega has been leaked and is now available for download for all Windows Mobile 6.5 powered phones! Kudos to Da_G, a member of XDA-Developers Forum who has made this possible by porting it from a leaked Rom of the upcoming HTC Mega phone.