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Paul Miller at Engadget raises a good point for many HD2 owning hopefuls: that the amazing new Windows Phone 7 Series will be making it to the Snapdragon powered HTC smart phone.

Unfortunately, Microsoft has just declared that the HD2 will never have an update to Windows Phone 7. Despite the fact that an update has the potential to boost the sales of the already available HD2, allowing the device to be compatible with the new OS would potentially lead to a loss of sales for the new batch of WP7 mobile phones that are expected to be launched within this year.

HTC was among the first to announce that they will be working on their own WP7 device and are expecting to have it ready by the end of the year. If the HD2 will get WP7, it could very well threaten the sales of the newer HTC device.

Hardware-wise, the HD2 is an impressive smart phone, provided that the Snapdragon is more than enough for the new OS. Despite the fact that 1GHz of processing power is already good for current standards, the new Windows mobile platform features so many dynamic elements and animations that it actually makes the Android and the iPhone OS look like bland interfaces. Another interesting point is that the new OS will be incorporating the Xbox Live Games service, which means that the new game apps might be pushing the HD2’s capabilities.

Even if the hardware on the HD2 could run the new OS, there is also the fact that the 7 series is a completely new operating system. Sadly, WinMo 6.5 will never have an update to WP7. Instead, a phone would have to be completely wiped or formatted (including the HTC Sense UI) in order to install the new mobile platform. This cannot be done with just a simple downloadable patch.

Head over to Engadget to read Paul Miller’s article.

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