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Of course the HTC HD2 would get Android Nougat, silly!
A seven-year-old Windows Mobile phone has been hacked to run the seventh version of Android. How sweet the victory and how humorous the irony.
HTC HD2 now runs Android Marshmallow; why would you ever need another phone?
It's got a few glitches, but an HTC HD2 Marshmallow port shows this is one phone that's not about to be stopped now.
With the One M8 for Windows, how likely is dual-booting?
The One M8 for Windows has been called the "second coming of the HD2." Will dual-boot happen? Can you convert the One M8 to WP 8.1? Read on to find out!
Pocketnow Throwback: HTC HD2 (Video)
It's the most hacked smartphone of all time, and even after 5 years, it's still impressing us. Join Pocketnow for this throwback review of 2009's HTC HD2!
HTC HD2 runs Android 4.4 KitKat too
After throwing everything at it, and coping like a champ, the HTC HD2 runs Android 4.4 KitKat too. Check out this custom ROM!
HTC HD2 Continues to Run Every Platform Under the Sun: Now Firefox OS
The next chapter in the lengthy HTC HD2 story continues with news of the HTC HD2 Firefox OS port arriving for the smartphone.
Windows RT Squeezes Its Way Onto HTC HD2
See Microsoft's latest OS running on a three-year-old smartphone.
Windows Phone 8 Ported To HTC HD2, Because Of Course It Would Be
Read about the efforts to bring Microsoft's latest mobile OS to HTC's old HD2 Windows Mobile phone.
Unofficial HTC HD2 Windows Phone 7 ROM Allows Official Updates
The HTC HD2 has long proved its ability to run Windows Phone 7 — among others like Android — which still makes it an iconic phone to come out from the Taiwanese phone maker's factory. It now gets the ultimate treat, an unofficial Windows Phone ROM…
T-Mobile HD2 vs HTC HD2 Comparison
With three days left until the release date of T-Mobile's HD2, we want to show you the differences between the T-Mobile version and the international version of the HD2. Size: T-Mobile HD2: 122x67x11mm / 4.803×2.637×0.433in HTC HD2: 120.5x67x11mm /…
How to Run Android on HTC HD2 from NAND Memory (Video)
Running Google Android on the HTC HD2 (or any Windows Mobile phone) is old news. Through the linux bootloader haret.exe, anyone can easily dump some files onto their SD card and get Android working, often to a state plenty good enough to work as one…
HTC HD2 Now Running Windows 95 and 98
HTC's HD2 is hacker's dream. From its Windows Mobile 6.5 roots, hobbyists have expanded the phone's abilities to running Android and even a passable version of Windows Phone 7. Now those coders are looking to the past for new projects, and have…
Smartphone Packing: A Brief History (Video)
Do you ever stop to think how dramatically smartphone packaging has changed over the last few years? If you were a smartphone early adopter, you undoubtedly remember the oversized boxes that were used for packaging. While these huge boxes gave OEMs…
HTC HD2 Receives Official ROM Upgrade
HTC has been busy today with their Windows Phone 7 device line-up launch but seems to not forget about good old Windows Mobile 6.5 users owning HTC HD2 handsets as they have just released an official ROM upgrade for the HTC Leo. As we've got used to…
Android with HTC Sense Running on HD2 (Video)
Previously we showed you the HD2 running on a Nexus One flavor of Android. As development continues over at XDA, we now have a new flavor of Android to show you, this time running HTC Sense right from the Desire. Just about everything is working:…
BUG: HD2’s Sense May Freeze With Contact Favorites
After syncing your contact database to the HTC HD2 you might notice a significant drop in the stability of HTC's Sense UI. It turns out when you add a contact as a Favorite in the People tab, Sense adds a tag to the Notes field of your contact while…
HTC Sense UI Themes and Tweaks
Sense UI is the latest generation of HTC's custom built User Interface running on top of the Operating System and spreading deep inside it. You'll probably be spending most of your time in Sense, so customizing it to your liking is a thing you'll…
Metal Detector App in Beta for HTC HD2
We posted about this app a few weeks ago, but the interface has now been updated. Using the compass on the HD2, this app looks for deviations in magnetic north to determine if you are near a metallic object! Naturally, the app doesn't work perfectly…
T-Mobile HTC HD2 Comes with Premium Games
We know pretty much everything there is to know about the T-Mobile HD2 at this point thanks to a variety of leaked ROMs. We know that it will allow for eBook downloading and reading through Barnes and Noble and that it will download movies from…
HTC Flashlight App for HD2 Tweaked by XDA
If your device's camera features a flash, there's a good chance you have an app installed to turn the LED light(s) into a working flashlight. Unfortunately, most of these apps don't have appealing GUIs to go along with the great functionality. HTC…