T-Mobile has recently started sending out invitations to a press event taking place on March 16th in New York City. Apparently, the event is linked to the launch of HTC HD2, taking place on March 24th, according to a bunch of leaks from sources close to the story.

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With the announcement of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series being made at Mobile World Congress, the speculation is that the HTC HD2 would be upgraded to Windows Phone 7; however, according to an article over on apcmag.com, the HTC HD2 will not see a Windows Phone 7 upgrade.

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The HTC HD Mini follows a recent fashion of making “mini” version of big handsets, in this case the HTC HD2. The HD2 is a really big handset, so can the HD Mini reproduce its features in a more pocketable form?
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Neowin has made an interesting comparison between the recently announced HTC HD mini and the older and bigger HTC HD2. The HTC HD mini packs these features:

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Not sure if your HD2 will be provided with an upgrade to Windows Phone 7 OS? At least it has been spotted with Windows Phone 7 installed on Mobile World Congress. According to winmo.nl, it is running with an early build of the new OS. The UI is very responsive and fast, plus it can run the TomTom gps navigation software fine without compatibility issues. It is not sure if TomTom has specially ported over its software for Windows Phone 7. You might be surprise if your old Windows Mobile software could run on the 7.

We know already that the rather spiffing HTC HD2 is available from T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone here in ‘old Blighty. Orange though, have always maintained that they won’t be selling it.. but hey, what’s this in their support section? A dedicated HD2 support page ?

Now, either Orange are really going out of their way to help people buying the unlocked one and using it on Orange, or they’re about to launch it themselves. Let’s hope it’s that latter, and as usual keep it locked here to find out more.

Virgin Mobile is not the first place you go to, when you want a high end handset, but now they’ve proved everyone wrong, by selling the HTC HD2 smartphone. The device is available for free, with a decent plan and we notice that Virgin Mobile is the only network still offering 12 month contracts.

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Tonight’s press events at CES 2010 really aren’t bringing much in the form of surprise. Most of what we’ve seen so far have been leaked out long before this week’s CES hoopla, and this particular tidbit is likewise no shocker at all. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, announced during his keynote address tonight that T-Mobile USA would be getting the HD2 sometime this spring.

We reported on this news a couple weeks ago, except now it’s as official as it could ever be.

This is incredibly exciting news for fans of T-Mobile, since this device has been ALMOST as hyped up over the last four months as the Nexus One. Almost. And both devices will now be available at the carrier. Admittedly, the competition is starting to get intense between all four major US carriers in terms of which devices are being sold.

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According to a Twitter post by HTC Russia, only the HD2 will get a Windows Mobile 7 upgrade, all other phones will reportedly stick with WinMo 6.5. The translation of the aforementioned Tweet.

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In case you live in the States and you’ve been waiting impatiently for the HTC HD2 smartphone, we have good news: it’s coming on T-Mobile, probably in March 2010. The carrier of choice is more than a speculation, since the folks of wmexperts have checked the .nbh file of the device, confirming the T-Mobile ROM.

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