Just wanted to bid a farewell to Windows Mobile. It's been a venerable platform and I have been one of its staunchest supporters.
My HD2 broke a few months ago and I didn't really miss it too badly, that is until the borrowed iPhone I was using started to outright make me depressed. Once I read that Android had been ported to the HD2 I really started to kick myself because overnight I could have had myself a high end Android device.
I looked around a bit, came close to blowing another huge wad of cash on an unlocked Android phone, and then I came to my senses and picked up a used HD2 - mainly to run Android on it. I love the 4.3" screen and neither the Droid X or the EVO are available in Canada... plus the HD2 seems to be much more svelte and better built than those two. I also wasn't sure if I would like Android, if I could even use it properly since I don't have a data plan... so I bought an HD2 thinking I could dual-boot and go from there.
Long story short I have all but abandoned my beloved Windows Mobile... even though we're still limited to running Android off the SD slot, builds are nearly perfect for the HD2 now. I'm running a buttery smooth build of Froyo off the Nexus One, and battery life and everything else is more than acceptable. Android hasn't blown me out of the water but it just works well and is blazing fast.
So that's that, just wanted to leave some parting words for Windows Mobile. One reason I bought a second HD2 is so I could hold onto one of the last and definitely the best Windows Mobile devices ever. I still remember when black and white Palms were the latest and greatest and then PocketPC came along and pushed us from glorified digital organizers to truly multimedia pocket computers.