The HD2 is a gigantic, but slim, slab of a phone at 4.74 by 2.64 by .43 inches and 5.54 ounces, with a 4.3-inch, 480x800 capacitive touchscreen. That is a whopper of a screen. It's not any higher resolution than the HTC Touch Pro2 or the Motorola Droid, but it's bigger; you don't get more real estate, you get more punch.
The HD2 is the first Windows Mobile phone with a capacitive touchscreen, and the first with a Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 processor. The 1 Ghz Snapdragon uses a similar architecture to the ARM Cortex-A8 found in the iPhone 3GS, and includes a new graphics processor with OpenGL ES 2.0 support. This may be the fastest processor available on any U.S. device.
The phone runs Windows Mobile 6.5, sure, but you'd hardly know it because HTC's TouchFlo 3D skin replaces many of the features you'd usually use. On the Touch Pro2 for T-Mobile, you can skim your finger along the bottom of the screen to pick out common functions like contacts, messaging, or Web. But the HD2 feels faster than the Touch Pro2, and it has even more home-screen widgets, including one that brings Twitter to a home screen panel.
HTC replaced Microsoft's address book with its own. Ditto the calendar and photo gallery apps. Did I mention multi-touch? The HD2 uses the familiar pinch-to-zoom gesture in its photo app, Microsoft Office viewer, and Opera Web browser, which will thrill multi-touch fans.
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