Just a quickie update from last night’s Microsoft keynote event in case you missed it. HTC’s HD2 — arguably the most potent and powerful Windows Mobile device yet — is indeed bound for U.S. shores as expected. The question answered last night was: which carrier will get it? That would be T-Mobile exclusively (at least for some length of time), which is scoring some hot devices for its sped-up network these days.
Like my Google Nexus One, which arrived today at my hotel, the HD2 rocks the 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon. And if you asked me who’s getting the buzz at this year’s CES, I’d say Qualcomm and their mobile processor are in the running — while we initially saw the platform last year, we’re now seeing the benefits of it in actual shipping products. Now that folks know what to expect, they’re all buzzing about the smartphones and smartbooks that are running on this platform.
There’s no price for the HD2 just yet, so I expect that we’ll hear more details by Mobile World Congress. And while I know nothing concrete, I have a feeling that the device will come in at a compelling and surprising price point.
