HTC HD2 receives a Windows RT port

The HTC HD2 is a very popular smartphone among developers and despite its age, it has had Windows Phone 7, Android 4.1 and Windows Phone 8 ported to it. The WP8 port to date was the most surprising to us, especially considering Microsoft’s claim that current Windows Phone 7 hardware was incapable of running their latest operating system.

Now developers have managed to top their previous feat by porting Windows RT to the HTC HD2.

HTC HD2 gets to sample Windows Phone 8

The HTC HD2 was a device ahead of its time when it first launched featuring a 4.3-inch touch display, 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and powered by a 1GHz single core Snapdragon S1 processor with Adreno 200 graphics  448MB of RAM. Everyone expect that Microsoft would offer an upgrade to the device for Windows Phone 7 because of its more than capable hardware. While it never officially received an update, the developer community have ported various versions of Windows Phone 7 and even ported Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to the device.

The most recent news is even more surprising as developers have now managed to port the newest Windows Phone 8 on the HTC HD2.

HTC HD2 receives Android 4.1 Jelly Bean port

For those of you who don't remember the HTC HD2, it was one of the large Windows Mobile 6.5 devices which features some very powerful hardware at its time. The device has been treated to various version of Android OS and Windows Phone over its lifetime (and even after) and now it has been treated to the latest version from Google’s camp – Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

[Guide] How to install Windows Phone 7 on HTC HD 2

Even though the HTC HD2 is a fairly new device, it never got a chance to go beyond Windows Mobile 6.5 update. The hardware keys on the device were blamed for this, even though the internal hardware itself was capable of running Windows Phone 7.

Now we have a guide that will show you how to install Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 on your HTC HD 2.

Motorola MOTOSURF A3100 officially announced

Motorola has officially unveiled the MOTOSURF A3100, which the company is calling their touch-tablet. The device which was previously codenamed Atila, runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 and a custom skin over the Windows Mobile to enable easy finger use.

The MOTOSURF A3100 has a 2.8 inch TFT resistive touch screen display with a resolution of 240x320 and weighs in at 119 grams. The A3100 has a 3.15MP auto focus camera with LED flash which is capable of video capture and a secondary VGA camera in front for video calls.