HTC
today announced that something great has happened for you since HTC is no longer
holding its ROM updates behind an e-Club registration wall. As of Thursday, just
like on HTC's US site, you will be able to visit the
support section
for any of HTC's unlocked Windows Mobile smartphone and UMPC models and see a
link to downloads, including ROMs. For sure, these ROMs can be used with
original HTC devices only and will not work with carrier branded versions (out
of the box) but many of us has experienced the frustration of not being able to
register a phone properly on the HTC e-Club, and therefore have been denied a
ROM update. Actually HTC listened to all our complaints and opened the download
to everybody.


Nevertheless, the HTC
e-Club is
not going away, but rather becoming a place where customers can come to get
goodies to customize their phones. For instance, HTC is now offering 20 new
ringtones for the launch and more content will be rolled out later.
Cheers ~ Arne