HTC HD2 gets a shot at MeeGo, still suffering from abandonment issues
Poor HD2, it could never know life as a
(legitimate) Windows Phone 7 handset, and instead has to sustain the indignity of hack after hack -- slouching back to the slums of its Windows Mobile 6.5 default as its
only respite. Well, here's another shovelful
of shame: MeeGo 1.1 has been ported to
the phone, and it looks pretty snazzy. It
runs about as well as anything runs MeeGo
right now (which is to say: very poorly), but we see some promise in this OS as a
deliciously open Android alternative, and
the basic UI seems very comfy on the
HD2's ahead-of-its-time gargantuan
screen. Check out a video of MeeGo in
action after the break. If you listen very closely you can hear the sound of the HD2
weeping large, colorful tears.
Poor HD2, it could never know life as a
(legitimate) Windows Phone 7 handset, and instead has to sustain the indignity of hack after hack -- slouching back to the slums of its Windows Mobile 6.5 default as its
only respite. Well, here's another shovelful
of shame: MeeGo 1.1 has been ported to
the phone, and it looks pretty snazzy. It
runs about as well as anything runs MeeGo
right now (which is to say: very poorly), but we see some promise in this OS as a
deliciously open Android alternative, and
the basic UI seems very comfy on the
HD2's ahead-of-its-time gargantuan
screen. Check out a video of MeeGo in
action after the break. If you listen very closely you can hear the sound of the HD2
weeping large, colorful tears.
