Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, which arrived on the Google Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus officially just around a week ago, also runs on the HTC HD2.

The folks over at XDA-Developers have managed to port over Jelly Bean onto the HTC HD2, which was launched in 2009 with Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system.

The HTC HD2 smartphone has always remained popular amongst hackers and modders. It ran on Windows Mobile 6.5.3, Windows Mobile 6.5.5, some builds of Windows Phone, Android 2.2 Froyo, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, and most recently Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean.

Jelly Bean onto the HD2 seems to be running fine albeit with some problems, such as video playback and USB mass storage are not working. Some apps are also not working in the Web, but you should not forget that it is just the beginning.

As Ice Cream Sandwich OS is still running on just 10 per cent of Android devices, it is interesting to see a three-year-old phone running on the newest version of the Android.

The HTC HD2 smartphone features a 4.3-inch WVGA display, 1GHz single-core processor, a 5-megapixel photo snapper with video functionality and dual-LED flash, and 512MB of RAM.