Although we had previously reviewed the HTC HD2, otherwise known as the first Windows Mobile device to offer a capacitive touchscreen, you should also check out the review over at our friend Mobile Tech World, who also found that the photo rendering in HTC Album comes out a bit clearer and supports better gradiants of coloring than the stock Windows Mobile rendering, as you can see from the pictures below:

HTC HD2 Album

Windows Mobile rendering

The best part here is that HTC managed to overcome the 16bit limitation of Windows Mobile and render the images in what looks like 32bit (well it’s not real 32bit mode as they are probably using some advance dithering algorithm).

Overall, the HTC HD2 received strong recommendations from Mobile Tech World despite some of its pitfalls. Here’s what the reviewer concluded with:

HTC did an awesome job with the HD2 and came out with what is currently the best smartphone on the market and the only Windows Mobile device I would recommend. The ball is in Microsoft camp right now, they must deliver something great and do it as soon as possible because I don’t expect to see HTC do what they did with Windows Mobile and the HD2 again. Android is free, getting updated rapidly by Google on a monthly basis and gaining market share and mind share every day.

(via: Mobile Tech World)