he has been cooking for windows 6.5 for some time, his latest (most probably last ROM) for Touch HD is Win6.5 LEO Holy Grail R0...

well, HD2 is a good device no doubt, but honestly after a while, it just doesnt have the ooomph to temp me to change to it yet...

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oh yeah how's android, evilpuppy? while waiting for android to mature even more, i'll keep my eyes on SE xperia X10...this device looks very promising, especially with the new UI...

for all kwbr fans out there, kwbr has released a W6.5 custom ROM, Topix 3.2...windows mobile 6.5 build 5.2.21876 with 1.56.405 as base ROM with manila 2.1 weather...

may not be as new as others but i believe the ROM should be as reliable as his previous ROMs...flashing and testing...

when i'm buying phone i always check for this things:
1. the official distributor sticker: in this case, SiS sticker should be on the battery and the phone itself
2. check the IMEI on the phone and the box is the same
3. the phone usage time shouldn't be high (so far my usage time on my HD havent been reset even though i has flashed to another ROM, but there might be method to reset it)
4. check out the phone package, items that should come with the phone
5. buy from a reputable seller / shop

sure you want to get HD? although it good, but newer products has since come out, try look at other alternatives as newer phones tend to have better support...

me, most probably not...rumored that HTC will announcing Hero successor in February 15th...

IMO, although HD2 is a "beast" but it just doesnt appeal to me as much, HTC still providing crappy graphics driver (just look at chainfire's graphic driver mode, and the improvement is obvious)...i think i'll just hold on to HD for a longer time and wait for windows mobile 7, which should be out in 1 year's time?

agree with benny888, if possible get a good 2nd hand unit...

anyone went to PC fair? last time i bought my HD in PC fair they accept trade-in, how much are they willing to rebate if you trade in HD for HD2 (if there's stock)? wondering if they accept if you flashed to custom ROM

it seems like more and more chefs are going to cook for HD2 instead of HD...well i dont blame them, you can see so many bugs on WM6.5 with sense 2.5 with HD...

now miri doesnt even update the test version (with the new WM6.5.x) which i hope to flash once newer but stable version available. i'm not planning to get ROMs with sense 2.5 (i felt it just not for HD) but plain WM6.5 with titanium...i just hope that there's a chef left to cook for HD when that time comes...

it's basically the same thing...starting with WM6.5, hTC rename their TouchFLO3D to Sense...

i guess some called manila is because of the files used by hTC's sense UI...open up file explorer, go \windows and you see lots of files with the name xxxxxxxx_manila...

just some UI changes...WM6.5 seems to seems to be using more memory as well...if you dwell deeper into WM6.5 you will see back the old WM6.1...

but if try those newer builds like 23xxx, you notice that the start button is now at the bottom...this version currently known as WM6.5.x, microsoft has made even more UI updates, while adding some changes to the current features, even adding new features...it's not officially released yet thus the bugs, but i would like to try it once there's a stable ROM...