On a lazy and humid Sunday, cool yourself down by reading about another lookalike –this time, an HTC HD2 Mini wannabe for a low ¥ 550, less than one Benjamin Franklin bill. More »

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From Htcyou: Combining revenue for the first four months of 2010, Android pioneer HTC has raked in $1.76 billion (NT $55.71 billion), up almost 30% from the same time last year. Immense hits like the Desire and the Legend in Europe and the Droid Incredible in the States - and even the HD2 - have contributed to HTC’s record setting April. More »

Sunno’s S880 Pro is a higher performance smartphone that has a lot going for it: 1,680 CNY ($246 USD), a 3.6″ 800×480 screen, an 806MHz Marvell processor, and a 5 megapixel camera with flash. Unfortunately, the S880 Pro also runs obsolete Windows Mobile 6.5 and must be imported from China (Americans pay barely any Customs tax so not a big deal). More »

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Russian programmers have managed to load Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 ROM onto the HTC HD2, which will never see an official WP7 update. So far, Wireless, GPS, Bluetooth, and nearly everything else is working except the graphics driver and lack of CPU optimization, leading to some lag. More »

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As expected, the 4G Android phone that many have been drooling over is the “Supersonic,” now officially named the EVO 4G. Sprint will be releasing this HTC made super-phone in the summer. More »

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 presentation today unveiled nothing that has not been widely rumored for months: there will be no multitasking; Microsoft’s Marketplace store is the only way to obtain WM7 apps; HTC HD2 will not be upgraded to WM7. In a nutshell, Microsoft is following the strictly isolationist iPhone instead of open source Android (surprise!). In more cheerful news, Samsung, Asus, and LG all demoed WM7 devices. More »

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This is official breaking news: Microsoft has declared that no Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone, not even the HTC HD2, will be upgraded to Windows Phone 7. Aside from having two buttons too many (Microsoft stipulates only three buttons), the powerful HD2 lacks “some hardware components,” according to Tony Wilkinson, who is the Business Operations Director for Microsoft Australia. More »

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From Htcyou: One of the most highly anticipated smartphones yet to be confirmed is the HTC Supersonic, which for sometime, has been rumored to be a 4G phone. Since Sprint has just stated that it will have a 4G smartphone by this summer, it stands to reason that the Supersonic is the very device in the works. More »

Most of the attention at Mobile World Congress centers around Android and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Phone 7 announcement, but HTC is one of the few companies that is still Windows Mobile 6.5 loyalists. The HD Mini, which is a more affordable version of the HTC HD2, runs Windows Mobile 6.5.3. Presumably, the HD Mini will not be upgradable to Windows Phone 7. More »

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From Htcyou: In addition to showing Flash 10.1 on an HTC HD2 (Windows Mobile 6.5) and the Nexus One, Adobe hopes that AIR will allow easy cross-platform integration with so many different operating systems powering smartphones. More »

From Htcyou: I was unimpressed with the supposed screen capture HTC’s Supersonic running Android 3.1 on T-Mobile’s network, but these newly released photographs of the actual device have me agog. Some Polish bloke has published a better shot of the Bravo as well, this time with the phone turned on. More »