HTC HD2 running the forked Android OS from the Nokia X

The HTC HD2 is the phone that never dies. Back in 2009, the handsets 4.3 inch screen seemed humungous among a crowd of 3.2 inch and 3.5 inch devices. Originally powered by Windows Mobile Professional 6.5, over the years we have seen Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7 and Android, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT and Firefox OS shoehorned into the handset.

Today, thanks to one of the guys at XDA, we can now add the forked Android OS running the Nokia X to the list of operating systems that has powered the HTC HD2 at one time. Before you start reaching for your old HTC HD2 collecting dust in a drawer, the port isnt bring much in the way of working features to the old gal. Outside of the boot graphics and sound, nothing else is working. Of course, we need to consider that the HTC HD2 is powered by a single-core 1GHz Snapdragon S1 with 448MB of RAM. Eventually, we expect to see the gang at XDA working hard to bring over more functions from the forked Android OS.

The HTC HD2 continues to live on, as best as you could hope for a phone that sports technology half a decade old. Like the cockroach, this is one handset that cannot be killed off.

source: XDA 

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Sofica Speedcam is an online service that measures how fast the camera is on a smartphone. And that is where an anonymous person decided to test the unannounced Nokia Lumia 630, aka the RM-974. The test confirmed that the device is powered by Windows Phone 8.1 (build 8.10.12324.0). And with previous rumors on Thursday speculating that both the Nokia Lumia 630 and Nokia Lumia 930 will both first see the light of day at the BUILD 2014 conference, we dont have terribly long to wait for not only the two handsets, but also for the introduction of Windows Phone 8.1.

According to one report published on Thursday, it looks like the Nokia Lumia 630 will feature a 4.5 inch screen with resolution of 480 x 854, have dimensions of 129.55 x 66.7 mm, be offered in various colors, and will have 3G connectivity. It will also have a 5MP camera without flash, which dovetails perfectly with evleaks leaked press image of the device.

BUILD 2014 will take place on April 2nd, which is less than two weeks away.

Visit to Sofica Speedcam reveals that Windows Phone 8.1 was spotted on the unannounced Nokia Lumia 630

source: NPU 

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