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Originally Posted by DavidinCT
Most of those leaked roms, AS I UNDERSTAND are not from HTC, they are from Microsoft. Some stuff gets leaked but, with some companies, it's only what they want leaked. VZW/Sprint didn't want it enabled, why would someone leak it ?
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You obviously don't understand software licensing. M$ does NOT create or release ROMs for WinMo phones. They are developed by the phone manufacturers who simply pay M$ a licensing fee for using WinMo on their phones. Any development of the phone is done using the M$ SDK, but that's about the extent of M$'s involvement. As for any ancillary apps included by the manufacturer, they are developed in-house. For instance, HTC developed TF3D and Sense, not M$. If there is a software implementation of hardwar, like the FM radio, it is done by the phone manufacturer. It is their responsibility for that app and trying to get M$ to give you tech support for something outside the OS would be a waste of time. The M$ SDK may make it possible to implement something like an FM radio, but it is the device manufacturer that is responsible for the hardware and software to actually make it work.