HTC HD2

I’ve been playing with desktop platforms (Windows/ Linux/ etc) for well over a decade now. But of late, mobile platforms have really taken off in terms of number of people using them. Obviously technology and innovation followed. After resisting the temptation for a couple of years, I took the leap of getting myself a Smart Phone. Meet my new HTC HD2.


I’ve already had it for a week now and I already hate and love it. Hate –because of the stuff I can do but doesn’t! And love, of the delightful potential it carries ;-)
Ergonomically, it is distinctly different from my Nokia. As expect it was larger in dimensions and heavier. Here’s a quick comparison:

Phone	The Old: Nokia 5300	The New: HTC HD2
Weight	106.5 grams	157 grams
Dimensions (H)	92.4 mm	120.5 mm
Dimensions (W)	48.2 mm	67 mm
Dimensions (T)	20.7 mm	11 mm
Battery	Stand-by upto 223 hours Talk Time upto 190 mins	Stand-by upto 390 hours Talk Time upto 320 mins
Camera	1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels	5 MP, 2592 x 1552 pixels
Memory	Internal 5 MB	Internal 448 MB (+512 MB ROM)
Display	53.34 mm 256K colours QVGA TFT	109.2 mm 65480 X 800 WVGA Multi-touch Capacitive touch screen
Operating System	Nokia Series 40	Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5
CPU	ARM9	1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon

Apart from the larger screen,  better resolution and multi-touch capabilities, it is the 1GHz CPU that is the exciting bit me for. There are already innovative mobile applications that are making the most of this processing power.
I’ve just started setting it up and intent to customize it to the hilt. I am also looking forward to looking under the bonnet and hope to push this little fella into areas it’s never gone before ;-)
Watch this space for more posts on this front.