HTC HD2 Smartphone, Running Windows Mobile, Lands in U.S.

by Nicholas Kolakowski

The HTC HD2 measures a slim 2.64 inches wide by 4.74 inches tall by 0.43 inches thick. It weighs 5.54 ounces (with the battery) and runs Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional.

The smartphone is heavy on the social networking, giving users the ability to share photos on Facebook and Twitter, swap videos via YouTube, and Twitter with HTC Peep.

The HTC HD2 features a 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus and a dual LED flashlight.

The 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen boasts a 480 x 800 WVGA resolution, letting it display movies—and Megan Fox—with clarity. Processor-wise, the smartphone runs on a 1GHz Snapdragon processor.

Users can “swipe” their finger across the keyboard to type words, relying on the phones software to interpret the motion correctly.

The phones virtual keyboard.

The phone using Opera Mobile for Internet navigation.

The phone includes a variety of Web widgets, such as one-touch access to Yahoo mail.

User interface for making a phone call. HTC claims the phone will offer between 320 and 280 minutes of talk time, with standby time of between 390-490 hours (depending on whether its running on GSM or WCDMA interface standard).

Using the touch-screen to navigate Google Maps. The HTC HD2 contains an internal GPS antenna and digital compass.

Like all smartphones running Windows Mobile, the HTC HD2 includes Windows Marketplace for Mobile, a mobile-applications storefront.

The HTC HD2s navigation app.

The HTC HD2s camera module (with flash), centered on the back of the device.

The HTC HD2 features five mechanical buttons (Talk/Send, Home, Start, Back, End/Power), which has raised questions over whether the smartphone can be upgraded to Microsofts next smartphone operating system, Windows Phone 7 Series; Microsoft is determined to only pair devices with three mechanical buttons to that release.

The phones applications also include Office Mobile, Games, and Visual Voicemail.