[HD2 General] XDA mark:
People do not seem to get the point about the HD2 and WP7S..

Yes, you buy your device for what it can do NOW. Yes, it is very awesome NOW. But a few things:

1. The device, or the WM 6.5(.3) OS is still missing something very important. Attention.

1.1 Attention of developers, to make a great appstore. I want REAL quality apps, not the BS you find on the net. Yes, it is great to have freedom to instal apps from everywhere, but I want a official appstore that offers HIGH QUALITY apps. Because all the focus is going to 7Series, Adobe is not going to make full flash anymore for 6.5 (yes, that is official, if you did not know yet). Still, Adobe said the HD2 will be the first to get full flash (so the first to get 7 Series OS, that is what Adobe said. Check pocketnow if you want to read more). But yeah, no more full flash would be a big deal. Also the Skype application has been removed from the appstore, if I am correct. Don't know much about that.

1.2 Attention of MS, to fully focus on the OS. We will get 6.5.3, then what? Yes, if we get it between today and a month or two on our HD2, it will be a good update (I just hope it will not be after the summer of something, then it will be a bad update because it is just to late). After 6.5.3, it is THE END? How much support are we going to get? MS clearly said, they are not KILLING 6.5 yet, but they will 'wait till the people don't use it anymore and let it die by itself'. That is not a good thing.

2. From what I see, MicroSoft is saying: '6.5 devices will be the 'old and boring' devices that only company's etc buy, so for work purpuse mostly, and for lower-end markets'. Wait a second? So the high end device, one of the most expensive or maybe the MOST EXPENSIVE smartphone on the market right NOW, is already being declared 'old, boring and for lower-end markets'?

IMO, this is just insane. If you look at the iPhone 3G, still running the most recent software, being up to date in almost every way, and the 4th generation iPhone being a few months ahead. The HD2 on the other hand is already 'old' before it even comes out in the US.

Now you may like or not like WinMo7, but the idea is simple: everybody is going to it. Adobe just stopped making Flash for Windows Mobile 6.5, and moved on to 7 Series. That should make it clear where it is heading to...

And we, HD2 owners, with the best smartphone HTC has to offer with MS's software, get no upgrade? I do not care if it is 'a different OS, not seen as a update', the point is everybody is going to that new software because of you MS. Because YOU showed the world 7 Series. And now we, your loyal customers, are screwed because we do not have the 'search' button on our device?

Really, IMO there is not discussion about this. If HTC/MS do not give us a free or paid upgrade to the new OS, I will just go 'ERROR'-mode instantly. This is just something they can not do.

Off course if they do it, they have no more respect from me at all. And yes, I will sell my HD2 (even though that will cause me GREAT problems, personal stuff) to get a Android phone, probably the Nexus One.

This all is how I see the situation, please do not flame or answer me in a rude way. I do not want to hurt anybody in any way. But feel free to give your opinion, or explain to me why I am not right :(