[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] VeEuzUKY:
The problem with these Radios is that there are no changelogs. They are extracted from shipping HD2s from different regions. And though the hardware is all "the same", the reality is that its not. Some Radios work better on some HD2s than others and the user's confguration and ROMs also play a big role. If you have time, you try several, test them well and then choose the best that works for you. Ive had a Radio for over 8 months and never updatde it because it worked for me. How I upgraded it because when I was trying out Android it was not compatible. Personally I am not an "upgarder". When things work for me, I keep them, when there is a reason to upgarde then, I do it. I still run windows XP because there is NOT ONE single app I use that runs better or faster on Windows 7, plus its hedious, slow and uses 6 times the disk space of Xp, for positively no reason. The few apps I use for graphics that are 64 bit, those I run in Windows XP 64 bit and its great. I will upgarde from XP when I have to, now I dont.

And as for Android, its pretty and cute but file management is a nightmare, PC sync is a no go because its all cloud based and I hated and its unstable as hell. With WM i know what I am doing, I download cabs and install. uninstall them, I sync with my PC and do backups with a charm and its amazing to manage. I can do registry backups like in Windows and restore any problem I have with a simple reboot, its mature, solid and Ive spent years making it work for me and gathering software that is what I love to use.

HTC did a phenomenal job with Sense and its a masterpiece for WM albeit slow, very slow, no matter all tweaks and fixes. On top of that CHT puts the interface in a class better than an iPhone or eveything else out there. Now Android is indeed pretty, reason for which the UI by its self has the major merits against WM and that is why i think putting Sense on Android makes as much Sense as putting it on an iPhone if it was available.

In 2 months Android 3.0 is out and most current apps and hardware will nto work with it. For me, its all to beta and immature... changing too fast. I want a phone that works not one I will live the next couples years upgarding every 2 months. When the plattform matures, by all means Ill joing the party but for now, WM is as rock solid as it gets and more usable for PC users than anything else.

With Gavin's ROMs we have the best WM experience possible and we need to be happy with ehat we have and not want the next greatest thing. When I bought my HD2 I hated it, slow, stupid, jerky, bloated with stuff I didnt need.. with CleanEX it because the phone I always hoped it to be so to me, I have the perfect handset.

Gavin did for he HD2 with these ROMs what HTC did for WM with Sense. Its beuatiful enough to live with and works well enough not to be envyous of other phones. Everytime I look at people with iPhones and the NIGHTMARE it is to manage the phone, files, software, tweaking, costumization, bla, bla, bla... i just want to laugh... and with Android is not much better either. I feel like I have the best phone in the world. and I love it... actually, I do have the best phone in the world:)

My scheduled upgrade will be when a 1.5Ghz Dual Core Qualcomm CPU is availabe (within the year) or when I see mainstream handsets (not "pads") with Nvidia's Tegra2 in them. Then maybe Ill be tempted enough to try different hardware (being forced to change the software also) just as i did with the HD2! It was the screen real estate and processing power that got me sold:)

Hmmmmmmmmmmm... maybe someone will be crazy enough to make WM 6.xxx work on a dual core phone... imagine that... now we want Android in our WM machines and I wish to get WM back when no one else has it... maybe:)