There seems to be a fashion at the moment for jailbreaking PS3’s using odd electronics, including TI-84 calculators and Palm Pre’s.

We thought we would let HTC HD2 owners know that they do not have to be left out of the party.

Raddicon has uploaded the instructions for using the HTC HD2 for the process, which includes loading a special Android partition.

The instructions are:

1. Extract the Android folder on the root of your SD card.
2. Run CLRCAD.exe and haret.exe in the Android folder on your HD2. Boot the build until at home screen, ensure screen remains on.
3. Plug in the HD2 USB cable in to the Playstation 3 whilst the Playstation is turned off from mains.
4. Turn Playstation 3 mains power on.
5. Press the Power button on the Playstation then the Eject button as soon as the Power has been turned on.
6. And that should be it
7. Copy the backup-manager to an USB-stick and connect it to the PS3
8. Install the backup-manager in the “game” menu

Full details and downloads can be found at xda-developers.com here.

The software has received some UI improvements, such as a grid view for books, and some major functionality improvements, such as being able to read books lent to you by other eReader users, such as users of the Nook, and also lend books to others, the ability to easily bookmark pages, easily look-up words in the dictionary, a search feature,  night mode, and a few more features.

Hopefully we will see a similarly full-featured client for Windows Phone 7 in the near future.

Read about all the new features, with many screen shots, at Pocketnow here.

Hwangytangy9 has taken the mod of using the Palm Pre inductive cradle to charge an HTC HD2 to the next level, attaching the circuitry to an HTC HD2 extended battery for even longer away from the plug.

Have any of our readers contemplated this hack? Let us know below.

When released, the HTC HD2 was a device for the ages. This new technology had something no other phone had, and much to my surprise, that statement still stands true for the most part with today’s new hardware. I have been trying to replace my HD2 with a more modern and newly released device. Now you may ask why? Well apparently I might have listened to a bit too much music and now my HD2’s 3.5mm headphone jack does not work properly. Now back to the story. I looked at all the new devices from Android to Android (no new Windows Phone device coming out anytime soon, Only WP7). I looked at the Samsung Vibrant for T-mobile and figured out while its new, it still pretty much mimics the HD2 but does not bring along the dual LED flash or the non buggy software. I looked at the Desire, but it does not have T-mobile 3G and the hardware is pretty similar to the HD2 except for the small screen.

After all this, it hit me. The HD2 was not made to just replace the HD1. It must have been made as HTC’s final device for Windows Mobile 6.5, and they wanted something that will never get old. I mean the spec sheet is still pretty hard to beat even with more advanced technology out there, and it still looks very sleek and slim.

At the end of the day, if you want to stick with WM6.5, it seems HTC gave you all they got and put everything into the perfect final device. Now let’s hope they do the same for the HD3 (which I should be buying if it looks sick). My HD2 is still in my pocket, it cannot be replaced at the moment with any current hardware out there.

Its not the most elegant control scheme, but here we have a video showing a Protos 3 Robot controlled by a HTC HD2.

Protos III is a universal robot used for experimenting with Wi-Fi,Computer vision, line following, navigation and through WIFI. The vision system uses the build in webcam of the netbook and then sends the X and Y axes of the detected object back an Arduino unit through USB cable. The robot then steers and navigate to the target.

The robot has been used in a SWARM test where a number of robots are controlled from the same notebook via WIFI. Protos III.

The robot is a project by Calex64 and is written up in detail on Letsmakerobots.com.

At present the game consists mainly of planting virtual trees to gather resources, and having to travel physical distance to move from tree to tree (the board is about 100 KM big in real life).

The software uses  Philippe Wechsler’s free Tigre OpenGL engine

3 quests already implemented include:

QUEST 1: I’ve planted 10 trees on map (positions are bellow), your goal is to find one of them and get some seeds from it (Player -> Interact -> Extract -> Get seed). Note: Extract feature works only if you’re very close to tree. Now look into your inventory, Tree Seed should appear there. You can get another one or two from that tree.

QUEST 2: If you already have your own Tree Seed, you can plant your own tree wherever you want (I recommend some place near your home, it will be easier to get wood from it in future). Now how can you plant the tree? Simply select it in your inventory and click Action -> Drop. Tree will be visible for you and for every other player after restart of the game. Yes, the in-game world will be very dynamic… You can also get next seeds from your tree

QUEST 3: Wait, until your tree grow (it takes a few hours). When you click „Extract“ on your tree, you can see how much of wood you can extract from it (Older tree = more wood). Now the real fun begins… Hold your phone like when you hold axe and make a move like with axe. Extracted value will raise and when you click OK, the extracted value will be added to your „Inventory“, just check it The tree you’ve extracted will be lost and you can plant another on that place.

Not the most thrilling missions yet of course, but its early days, and isn’t gold farming about 90% of WoW?

To get started read more at Shawn.cz here.

The HTC HD2 is likely to be the pinnacle of Windows Mobile handsets, and to celebrate its release on T-Mobile USA we will be giving away one of these amazing devices to a lucky reader.

As regular readers know we are trying to give away the T-Mobile US version of the device while trying to increase our twitter follower numbers at the same time.

To win you need simply follow us on twitter – as soon as we hit 5,000 followers we will pick a winner for a T-Mobile HTC HD2, which has a no-commitment price of $450.

Unfortunately only US residents will be able to qualify for this give away, but if you are lucky enough to be in the USA, follow us on http://twitter.com/wmpoweruser.

Remember to re-tweet the contest – the sooner we get to 5,000, the sooner your HTC HD2 will be on its way

Edit: As we are very close to the launch of Windows Phone 7, the winner will have the choice of waiting for the first device to be released, and we will purchase it for the the no-commitment price if they so prefer.

The HTC HD2 has just received another calendar hotfix (the last one was last year in December) which enables users to create annually recurring calendar appointments.

The hotfix, which is not applicable to the T-Mobile HTC HD2, should not damage your data, and can be downloaded here. A backup however is still always advised.

The Wireless Power Consortium, consisting of heavyweights such as Duracell, Nokia and Phillips have finalized their Qi wireless charging standard for interoperability, meaning soon you will be able to charge any Qi-certified battery on any Qi-certified charger, bringing the wireless dream that much closer.

XDA Developers member Carnivore9 however could not wait for Qi-compatible batteries for his HTC HD2 to arrive, and inspired by an HTC Evo mod he ripped apart a Palm Pixi TouchStone back and forced wireless charging on his poor HTC HD2. 

Fortunately his mod is non-destructive, but I think I will wait just a bit longer for the official accessory to arrive

Read more about his mod at XDA-Developers here.

Via Pocketnow.com and Engadget.com

Dash Genie is a new type of car cradle that uses a special adhesive rather than brackets to adhere both the cradle and phone to your dashboard.

Available through MobileFun.co.uk for £14.99, Zepiii have given the cradle a good going over and published the above video showing the device holding the rather heavy HTC HD2 rather steadily over pretty rough terrain.

The adhesive does not damage the fascia and can be easily removed and moved from one car to another.

Read more about it at Mobilefun here.

Any of our readers have experience with the gadget? Let us know below.