Speaking of custom ROMs, they're a ton of fun to play around with, but they're hardly the quickest route to the latest software.

ENGADGET: Editorial: All I want for Christmas is a new HTC Nexus Mobile

This is true for most custom ROMs, and as it stands, not a single fully functional Android 4.2 ROM exists for the One X.

ENGADGET: Editorial: All I want for Christmas is a new HTC Nexus Mobile

It could be argued that HTC serves the enthusiast market just fine with its bootloader unlock service, which gives users the ability to load custom ROMs onto their phones.

ENGADGET: Editorial: All I want for Christmas is a new HTC Nexus Mobile

From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix.

ENGADGET: Refresh Roundup: week of October 22nd, 2012 Mobile

The folks on the Neo Geo forum wasted no time experimenting, and soon found that the handheld's Bios and game ROMs can be successfully swapped for new games or custom loaders.

ENGADGET: Neo Geo X hacked to run Unibios, unofficial game ROMS