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bowplay, an XDA Forums member, has launched XDARoms.com: a one-stop shop for all your Windows Mobile cooked ROM needs. Visitors to XDARoms can sort ROMS by device and compare features of up to 5 different ROMS side-by-side… how’s that for a-la-carte hacking?

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This pic obtained from WinMo.nl shows an HTC HD2 running Windows Phone 7 Series. This is terrific news for a couple reasons.

First, it suggests that HTC may be looking to release a Windows Phone 7 Series update for their more recent devices.

More interestingly, however, is that it seems to show that Windows Phone 7 Series can run on current hardware, making it likely we’ll start to see Windows Phone 7 Series ROMs popping up on the forums!

It will be really interesting to see how Microsoft handles the next 8 months of anticipation – will we see leak after leak of Windows Phone 7? Leaving nothing to surprise us when it officially launches at Christmas? Or will they keep a tight lid on it until the drop date? Beta testers are notoriously unreliable…

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HTCPedia.com is reporting that the European models of the HTC HD2 may have a hidden chunk of RAM. James Koopmann notes that the US model features 576MB RAM, while European models show only 448MB. James speculates that perhaps it is to dissuade users from upgrading to Windows Mobile 7 (since the HD2 doesn’t officially meet the specs) but there’s no word from HTC yet.

A ROM apparently exists that gets European users access to the full RAM, has anyone found or used it?

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*** UPDATE: I just found this post over at coolsmartphone that links to an XDA Developers forum with an HTC HD2 ROM that enables the extra RAM for European HD2 users. Enjoy!

HTC has posted a free Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM upgrade on their website for HTC Diamond 2 users. Be sure to back up your data first, otherwise the upgrade process is simple!

HTC Touch Pro2 users on Orange and Vodafone should be happy to know that HTC has released official ROM updates for you folks!

Check out HTC UK’s support site to download the latest ROM for your device. The website doesn’t provide much info on what’s new, so feel free to give it a try and post some feedback!

A user by the name of CFay has put up a couple of ROMs at the PPCGeeks Forum that Palm Treo Pro owners may be interested in:

• WM6.5.1 Custom ROM
• WM6.1 “clean” ROM (all the bloatware cleaned out, optimized a little)

Both good news for Palm Treo Pro users. I believe he accepts donations, so be generous!

A fellow on the XDA forums has reportedly found a full-on Xperia X1 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM. This is making many wonder aloud whether Sony may release an official ROM and make it available to X1 users. Others think it would lessen the appetite for their upcoming Xperia X2, which launches in October with 6.5.

Those lucky enough to own an HTC Touch HD (I’m looking at you Europe!) you’ll be happy to hear that there is now a ROM update for your sexy little device! The new ROM doesn’t feature much, sadly, but there are some important bug fixes, etc.

More on the HTC Touch HD’s ROM upgrade including a download link

Can’t wait to try out IE 6 on 6? Well, here’s your chance… sooner than expected!

The good folks over at MoDaCo have just released a custom ROM for the HTC Touch HD and, to our surprise, IE 6 on 6 is included! The browser is not available as a separate download so you have to download the full ROM, but from what we’re hearing it’s a great ROM. The ROM, based on the HTC 1.19 Asia ROM, is in English.

You can find this awesome ROM over at MoDaCo. Be sure to let us know how you like it!

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Yes, this is exactly what it looks like – an HTC Touch Pro running a virtual BlackBerry OS. According to RIM, this OS virtualization application is called the BlackBerry Application Suite which boasts BlackBerry OS 4.2 functionality with OS 4.6 style.

Personally, I’d like to try it out — mostly just for the wow factor of being able to load up another OS on my device. But unless you’re new to Windows Mobile, you must already know that loading up new ROMs (cooked or otherwise) or even a new OS (Linux) on your WinMo phone is easy as pie. No offense, BlackBerry enthusiasts (I do love the sex appeal and work functionality of many BlackBerrys) but this is really nothing new for us. I am, however, glad to hear that BlackBerry is finally getting a long-awaited update to BlackBerry Connect.

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