Known as the best phone on the market currently running Windows Mobile 6.5, the HTC HD2 is a surprisingly attractive handset thanks largely to its unique blend of cutting-edge mobile hardware and customized software. In particular, HTC’s newly created Sense UI, which operates on top of Windows Mobile, should attract men looking for a more individualistic and straightforward approach to phone navigation. All bells and whistles aside, it’s still hard to recommend this device over competing smartphones from heavy hitters such as Apple, Motorola, RIM, and Nokia, or even non-Windows Mobile HTC handsets for that matter.
This is because even with the valiant effort on the part of HTC to push limits with the HD2, no amount of face paint or engine work can fully mask the inherent usability frustrations Microsoft has still yet to address in its Windows mobile platform. However, if you are dead-set on standing out from the pack of BlackBerry, iPhone and DROID owners out there, this may be your best bet.
Powered by a lightning-quick 1GHZ Snapdragon CPU and 448MB of RAM, it has more than enough processing power to make HTC’s flowing Sense UI work in buttery smooth fashion. Other additional niceties thrown in the mix include: an auto-focusing 5-megapixel video/still camera with dual LED flash, GPS, accelerometer, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and a variety of sensors to detect everything from the ambient light around the phone to its proximity to your head.
Despite these conveniences, the HTC HD2’s biggest attraction by far on the hardware side is its beautiful 4.3-inch, 800 x 480, capacitive WVGA touchscreen display. Thanks to its high resolution and deep color contrast, small text and images are clearly visible, making it very easy on the eyes even in relatively bright sunlight.
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