Friday, December 28, 2012

HTC HD2 runs Windows RT, postpones trip to afterlife yet again

[![Image](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/12/ajrg5vcuaengfu.jpglarge.jpg) ](http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/28/htc-hd2-windows-rt/)

[HTC's HD2](http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/htc-hd2-review/) may have begun life as just another [Windows Mobile 6.5](http://www.engadget.com/tag/WindowsMobile65/) handset, but its [surprisingly ](http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/28/htc-hd2-keeps-spry-with-mango-rtm-and-custom-rom-looks-to-clear/)[hardy](http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/08/hd2-keeps-active-with-nodo-rom-shows-no-sign-of-slowing-down-v/) [internals](http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/24/htc-hd2-can-now-dual-boot-windows-phone-7-and-android-promises/) [enable](http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/03/htc-hd2-gets-a-shot-at-meego-still-suffering-from-abandonment-i/) [it to run](http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/htc-hd2-android-and-ubunbu-builds-now-available-for-mass-consump/) [almost any](http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/06/htc-hd2-runs-windows-phone-7-makes-us-yearn-for-more-video/) [mobile OS](http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/18/htc-hd2-and-nexus-one-get-some-gingerbread-crumbs/) going. The latest software to appear on the three-year-old device is Windows RT, which was jammed onto the system by a developer called Cotulla -- who previously put Windows Phone 7 on the [same unit](http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/08/htc-hd2-spotted-running-windows-phone-7-for-real-this-time/). While we imagine it's not that comfortable to use on the HD2's 4.3-inch screen, we can imagine some superheroes are now scouring eBay for a [similarly immortal](http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/01/superman-the-motion-picture-anthology-blu-ray-set-arrives-june/) smartphone.

[Image Credit: Cotulla]

Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Software](http://www.engadget.com/category/software/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/), [Microsoft](http://www.engadget.com/category/microsoft/), [HTC](http://www.engadget.com/category/htc/)

**[Comments](http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/28/htc-hd2-windows-rt/#comments)**

**Via:** [GSM Arena](http://blog.gsmarena.com/htc-hd2-spotted-running-windows-rt/)

**Source:** [Cotulla (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/CotullaCode/status/284378905383686146), [(2)](https://twitter.com/CotullaCode/status/284383557185589248), [(3)](https://twitter.com/CotullaCode/status/284378978955972608)

URL: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/28/htc-hd2-windows-rt/

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