The kings of ROMs, xda-developers, have just updated their list of phones running Android 2.3, Gingerbread. One of the unlikely candidates included in that list is the HTC HD2, but there’s eight other devices, are ready to find out the rest?
Described as “for testing and playing purposes”, ROMs are the bread and butter of the underground community, a community which most recently includes Android. The self-described open source OS has made it easy for determined programmers to port the OS to new and exciting devices such as the HTC HD2.
As of today, that list includes the HTC Droid Eris, HTC Hero, HTC Hero CDMA, HTC Desire, HTC Wildfire, HTC EVO 4G, HTC Incredible and HTC Sapphire. Nine excellent HTC devices all running the next version of Android. Please keep in mind that SDK ROMs are not typically ready for prime time and as the name suggests, they are intended for developers only.
Included in today’s announcement, xda-developers has made it clear that these ROMs “only boot, and they only show you the Gingerbread interface. Nothing more. You can’t do anything with it”. We’re not exactly sold on validity of this statement, but we’ll keep in mind before we get to some testing.
With that being said, we wouldn’t steer you clear of giving the ROMs a thorough testing and if you choose to take the challenge, do let us know your thoughts on Gingerbread. We’re eager to get our Nexus One updated or a review unit of the Google Nexus S, so rest assure we’ll be joining you shortly.
via xda-developers
