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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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Nahh, you are ok mate

If its worth using, its worth paying for
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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anybody had a look at the new hd2 yet, was thinking of getting one instead of the iphone
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TingTongPJ
anybody had a look at the new hd2 yet, was thinking of getting one instead of the iphone
I caught a quick glimpse yesterday when looking through GSM Arena, but didnt look much more.
Your post made me look again, this time at the review which opens with....

Introduction
Quietly brilliant is what HTC like to call themselves and they've been giving enough proof lately. But allow us to disagree. The last thing to call the HD2 is quiet - the monster of a PocketPC simply screams rock'n'roll.
*reads on.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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its the memory that interests me must be one powerful phone, shame the screen resolution is lacking but i could live with that.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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If I were to buy an Android phone, I'd wait until the new year. Google are rumoured to be bringing their own hardware out, like Apple did with the iphone. Otherwise, the HTC Passion is supposed to be popular with the Google staffers
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by TingTongPJ
anybody had a look at the new hd2 yet, was thinking of getting one instead of the iphone
Don't get an HD2, whatever you do. It's based on Windows Mobile 6.5 - which sucks.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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really is it unstable ? thought windows 7 was out soon (get a free upgrade)
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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I looked at the HD2 and considered it as we were looking at Windows Mobile devices for work. Although it does run Windows Mobile 6.5, it has one of the most powerful processors (Snapdragon processor) and will be able cope with any new version of Windows Mobile.

The issue was the cost, where it would cost £495 compared to £250 for the Diamond Touch 2.

We currently have Blackberrys, but I'm not overly sold on the Bold 9700 or Curve 8520.

It looks like me and my boss both agree that iPhones would be good enough... and maybe we have been sold on the marketing. Once we find the right supplier, we are getting iPhone 3GS 32GB for senior managment, and Nokia E72 or E63 for the sales people.

Looks like I should be joining an iPhone thread.... sorry!
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TingTongPJ
really is it unstable ? thought windows 7 was out soon (get a free upgrade)
No, it's just ugly, awkward and irritating to use, and there's no app store equivalent. Parts of it look like Windows 3.11.

Don't assume you'd get the upgrade to WM7 automatically. They traditionally haven't done this unless the phone manufacturer wants to spend the money adapting it to fit.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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I'm waiting for this to be released

Spec and price looks good.

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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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Hero chaps


How is your battery life?
I seam to be charging mine every day, although i do play with it a lot at the moment, so some gains could be made in that department

My N93 could go a few days without needing a charge as long as i never meddled with it (i switch them off overnight)
Wondering if the Hero would be the same?
Seen some uprated battery's for sale so may end up picking one up, love the phone, its been rock solid, never froze, never switched itself off like the symbian POS it replaced

The only problem i have encountered was a few apps closing down, but i assume it is because they are done with ghetto freebie code and have bugs, and taking a while to get used to the touchscreen qwerty keyboard (switching on the haptic stuff helped)

ps. has anybody used that metal detector app yet?

WTF how does this witchcraft work ???
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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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I have a touch hd with duttys 6.5 r9 turbo rom and manila 2.5 , may possibly get an iphone next .


Duttythroy.net

Blackstone ROM development - xda-developers

If you have an HTC these sites may interest you
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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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I had the G1 from about a month after release.... still loving it. My next upgrade with be either the Motorola Milestone which was released a fortnight ago to Voda Germany (so should be here soon) or the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10.... rumoured around Feb 2010.

The G1 I have now has limited memory so is (i'm informed) unlikely to be updated any further to Android 2.0 when its finally released.
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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 03:31 PM
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I do believe the hero is due some kind of "upgrade" to version 2.0

But i have no clue on what it is actually going to do
Or if its going to be any better, loads of people seam to be excited for its arrival, so maybe i am missing something.
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