0a HTC Touch HD2 to run AndroidHTC’s Touch HD is one of the flagship Windows Mobile devices which gets shown at press events – seeing HTC switch this one over to Android is going to leave quite a few people at Microsoft’s in an extremely unhappy mood.

RegHardware reports the following:

The original Touch HD – launched late last year – runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. But the phone firm told us that the updated version – to be called, unsurprisingly, the Touch HD 2 – will use Google’s Android OS instead.

A source familiar with HTC’s plans also told Register Hardware that the Touch HD 2 will be significantly faster than the original – and faster than the vast majority of HTC handsets to date.

All of this could of course be a trick to force Microsoft to lower its prices – stay tuned for further info as we get it!


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