Warning, shameless promotional plug ahead! The HD2 it isn’t, but our friends at Wirefly have asked for a little help in promoting their Sony Ericsson Equinox giveaway. I have to admit that I’ve been using this phone steadily over the past few weeks and it’s been a real pleasure to use. It’s not a smartphone and I’m not under any delusions about what it can do, but what it does do, it does very well. Their contest is simple. You enter by posting a comment like “Wirefly is the greatest thing since sliced bread” and you’re entered. Really, it’s that simple. So enter, win, and thank Wirefly.
Note: The Upgrade offer is only available through Partner channels, NOT through corporate-owned retail stores! This makes for two separate BOGO’s, one for corporate retail which is doing new lines only and one for retail partner sales which is doing new lines AND qualifying upgrades.
Quite a few of you took notice of the fact that to participate in the current BOGO promotion running now through the 31st , you had to be a new customer in order to qualify. As of yesterday, T-Mobile has gone and done something swell by extending this promotion to eligible upgrade customers now through the 31st! Hip hip hooray! This is a terrific offer and upgrade eligible customers should take advantage of this asap or as soon as the HTC HD2 launches, of course! Check the details in the image but this is one offer not to pass up!
Update: There seems to be a bit of confusion as quite a few of you have emailed in stating that the $99.99 price is showing up in your upgrade. However, some of you are also reporting the upgrade price to be $189.99. We’ll try to get to the bottom of this ASAP!
That’s right, Android fans. Today is March 17th, otherwise known as Cliq XT arrival day. Unfortunately, though, the news isn’t all sunshine and rainbows as we should have stuck with our gut and believed in the $129.99 price point. As it turns out, the news we received on the 15th was inaccurate and the documents we received originally were right all along. Sigh.
Oh well, for $129.99 you’re still getting a hell of a deal with the Cliq XT and reviews so far have been mostly positive. A major downside is Android 1.5. However, we’re sure Motorola and Google aren’t going to let the Cliq XT sit at 1.5 forever. Expect to see an update down the road sure to breathe new life into an already feature-rich Android device.
Update: Almost forgot that the @TMobile_USA tweet finally finally finally is confirming what we already knew. Many many thanks to the @WMExperts crew who gave me their blessing to repost their info. Enjoy the show, guys!
Thanks to the good folks over at WMExperts who have so graciously and thankfully blessed us with the use of their pictures at the T-Mobile HTC HD2launch event. Things are happening live and we definitely suggest checking out the WMExperts live Twitter stream as they update the night away. We’ll be updating details as they arrive. Many many thanks to the guys over at WMExperts for allowing us to use their pics as, with little surprise, we weren’t invited.
Blockbuster movies: cost anywhere from $2.99-$3.99; you can also buy them. Purchases work w/other BBuster services. Saves to 16gb SD (included)
MobiTV is 3g streaming. Works very well. It’s basically live TV.
MobiTV is rocking. Very fast and great quality/channel selection. This HD2 is very media-centric. http://twitpic.com/190seq
Barnes & Noble eReader: very nice. Syncs OTA w/your acct. You can “lend” to the device but not from the device in this version.
Finally, after months of speculation and rumors, rumors and more rumors, the Magenta mothership herself has confirmed the date of launch. It’s March 24th. So get your piggy banks cracked open or beg and plead for money from your Mom but come one week from this very Wednesday, this baby is all yours. If the price is right.
It’s been a nice run of HTC HD2 posts though up till now, right?
We’ve been hearing whispers through emails and smoke signals that the Nokia Nuron was indeed facing a short delay to launch. We can now officially confirm the delay as well as the March 24th launch date. Originally slated for the 17th, we’re not sure what the cause of the delay was and, frankly, since this phone only requires a $10 data plan, we’re willing to wait an extra week. The pricing details were missing from the launch announcement, but we’re still hearing the $69.99 for 2-year and $179.99 no contract are solid prices. That $179.99 no contract is a steal. Want more of the Nuron? Take a look here and here!
Well, after a little bit of website trouble, we’re back and ready to report some good news. For you Cliq XT fans, a few more days of waiting will cost you less than previously thought. The first of the month showed us a leaked price sheet that put the Cliq XT at $129.99 and, as it turns out, the actual price on a 2-year contract will be $99.99. No word on pricing for Even More Plus customers. As we last heard, it was $329.99 so we’ll be sticking with that until we hear differently. Judging by the feature set and with the probability of a future Android OS update, $99.99 is a steal for the Cliq XT. In our eyes, $99.99 is a sweet spot and should bring some nice sales numbers. Of course, you can always get two.
So, you have seen some amazing videos, fantastic pictures, and even the price for the HTC HD2, and it couldn’t get any better, right? Well, you are right, because this will hit you like a ton of bricks or feathers (depending on how comfortable you want to be when that ton hits you). It has been confirmed that the HTC HD2 will not be upgradeable to Windows Phone 7. I’ll repeat, it WILL NOT be upgradeable to Windows Phone 7. I know it was touch and go there for a while, but Joe Belfiore has brought down his hammer. Maybe you can live with a skin or just stick with that glorious Sense UI (which I still like more than WP7 anyways). So, does this change your opinion on buying the HTC HD2 or are you holding off until WP7 arrives? Let us know in the comments!
We’ve had the good fortune of knowing the HTC HD2 price point for almost two weeks now. Some of you wanted to wait until it got a little closer and/or wanted something else “official.” Well, now we have an HTC HD2 leaked price card bound to grace the shelves of T-Mobile retail stores once again and it confirms that beautiful $199.99 price. Of course, with the price so low you can always buy two, especially considering the current BOGO going down now till the 31st. Assuming the phone drops the 24th with no more release date round robin, that’s a solid week to grab two of these Windows Phone bad boys.
So what say you, $199? Will you break open the piggy bank?
You guys asked, and we delivered. Yup, that’s right. We’ve got some more exclusive T-Mobile HTC HD2 goodness. Above you will see a quick look at some of the HD2’s multimedia features on a huge 4.3 inch capacitive touch screen. Leave your thoughts in the comments!
Sidenote: The video above was taken with another T-Mobile HTC HD2. Definitely shows how good the video quality is.
