HTC HD2 coming to a U.S. carrier in early 2010
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One of the smartphones that left quite an impression on us at was the HTC HD2. It could have been the massive 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen, its extreme thinness, or that the Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone was powered by Qualcomm's new 1GHz Snapdragon mobile processor--whatever the reason, we wanted this device.
Well, it looks like we might be only a few months away from seeing this wish become reality. Already shipping in Europe and now in Taiwan, HTC announced on Wednesday that it plans to bring the HTC HD2 to the United States with a major carrier in early 2010.
Unfortunately, the company did not reveal which U.S. provider would have that honor, or any pricing information, but we should note that the smartphone will be available through T-Mobile UK on November 9 and TmoNews has spotted the smartphone mentioned in some leaked T-Mobile USA documents. We'll let you know as soon as we hear anything official, but certainly something to look forward to in the new year. For a preview of what's to come, check out our from CTIA Fall 2009.
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If only this baby rocked Android. The Droid is a great start, but I won't be pulling the trigger on keyboards and gold bling. I'll wait for the Dragon/Passion.
Also, side rant: having used both winmo and android, you ppl are CRAZY when you say how much more awesome android is than winmo, i just dont get it... it's just not that much better... im sorry lol
read the news much?
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/TMobile-Suffers-Another-National-Outage-105315?nocomment=1
Their 7.2 rollout will be out this year and 21mbps HSPA+ next year is going to be Awesome. So haters can keep saying the same old things but T-Mobile has been expanding 3G by leaps and bounds and this time Next year is going to have the Fastest Data Network in the USA bar none.
And with T-Mobile 4G being a simple software update to their brand new 3G towers, they definately will be rolling out 4G around the same time as its competitors. They will easily gain more subscribers with this plan and leave other companies HORRIBLE network like a certain one who cant keep a 3G signal for longer than 2 minutes due to network saturation and slowness(ATT I'm talking to you).
I look forward to 2010, its going to be the Strongest Year T-Mobile has ever had and I think a lot of you Haters will be surprised and suddenly be silenced as you eat your own words you've said and I"m sure WILL be saying.
Cheers! = D
I have had Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T......So far, hate to say it, but Verizon was the best as far as coverage and drop of calls. Sprint lost calls in my area ALL THE TIME. So I kicked em. Verizon overcharged and jacked up rates like no tomorrow. AT&T has been great on the billing (sort of) but the 3G service drops to edge any time you go inside any kind of complex building. They have dead zones all over the place. If I sit on my screened in Lanai (outside mind you) I drop calls left and right. All that is left is T-Mobile and from what you describe I couldn't have asked for a better situation. I have heard good things and bad things. The bad things always seem to have no significant basis in reality. I have heard about good coverage in my area. They are GSM!!! Guess what guys GSM is what a MAJORITY of the Earth works off of. CDMA is significantly smaller and if you travel you are SOL unless you go to certain areas of India or other places with shotty CDMA coverage. I'm looking forward to drop kicking my Iphone 3G. It was a revolutionary phone. I admit that, but its no different than apple computers. They are limited in their ability by the company. The software selection is limited. The company (Apple) limits what you can do with your own hardware. This is why I booted the Apple computer to the curb when it WAS apple. Now the fancy overpriced MAC is showing its true colors just as apple did. So no iphone, no need for AT&T with their calls droping, they have been the worst next to Sprint for this.
T-Mobile....hear the folks with experience.....GET THE HD2........you'll win a lot of us over. Oh and offer a free upgrade or discounted upgrade to winmo7 when it comes out. How about that for a nail in the coffin.
Oh....did I mention FLASH compatibility, the ability to change your damn battery, a flash / light, better internet / browser.
If CNET hears more information on this I'd like to know. Especially an official response from HTC. I'd like to know if HTC will recall the defective units, or keep selling them, or offer a refund to anyone who's got one.
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by bombones
December 4, 2009 3:36 PM PST
- HTC HD2/android 2.1 sweet sweet.
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