[Off-topic] Shasarak:
I see this thread is sadly going the same way as so many others on this forum: someone dares to suggest that the HD2 might be slightly less desirable than the Second Coming and all the fanboys instantly pile in, screaming abuse and demanding the execution of the heretic. :(

It's especially sad in this thread as there is actually a rather important point being raised by one or two posters, and it's a point which the abuse-hurlers have entirely missed because they're so caught up in their preconceptions that they haven't even read the posts they're attacking. This thread is not a thread criticising the HD2's hardware, or its built-in software, or even the capabilities of its Operating System - it's not a "Windows Mobile sucks" thread. The point being raised is about third party software support.

A smartphone is not a stand-alone device. You don't buy a smartphone just to use the software that's on it when it ships; if you wanted that, you'd buy a dumbphone. People buy smartphones because they're looking to buy a highly portable computing platform. You wouldn't judge a laptop or desktop computer solely on the basis of how well it functions without any additional software installed on it; ditto a smartphone.

The original poster's concern is that Windows Mobile, as a platform, may be dying. Of course that has no direct impact on the HD2 - it won't suddenly stop working just because no new WinMo phones are being sold. But what certainly will happen (and, as the example of TomTom makes clear, what is already happening) is that, as Windows Mobile marketshare declines, there will no longer be any financial incentive for commercial software developers to produce versions of their software that run on it. And that's a serious problem. Back in 1995, if you had just invested in a PC that ran OS/2 at the time the rest of the world was switching to Windows 95, then you had a real problem with that PC's practical longevity. If WinMo really is dying, then it is perfectly reasonable to question what the software support is going to be like for a Windows Mobile phone over the next year or two.

Now, maybe you think the basic assertion is wrong: maybe you think Windows Mobile's share of the smartphone market is not in decline. Maybe you think it doesn't matter if it's in decline because there are so many hobbyist developers for Windows Mobile that even if every commercial software developer stopped supporting it, there would still be enough amateur-produced software running on it to make the platform highly useable. Maybe you think WM7 will completely turn things around, and WinMo marketshare will soar as soon as it launches. Or maybe you agree with some analysts that WM7 will be the last WinMo release there is. Or maybe you think WM7 will be entirely non-backwards-compatible with earlier versions, so that once WM7 ships it will actively kill off any reason for developers to produce software that runs on WM6.x, and that there will never be a WM7 port to the HD2, which means WM7 will accelerate the obsolescence of the HD2 rather than staving it off.

All of these are potentially valid perspectives on the question, and there are many others. I think it would be interesting to discuss some of them in a calm, civilised fashion.