Android build for upcoming HTC Hero has revamped interface, social networking?

by Paul Miller May 18th 2009 @ 9:46AM

This one's a bit of a mystery, but it's certainly a tantalizing one: Haykuro of xdadevelopers fame has posted video of what purports to be the Android build off of HTC's upcoming Hero device. What's special about it is a reworked interface, which shows a lot of polish from icons to built-in apps to general interface elements... and maybe just a bit of TouchFLO flair. There are also new features like a login / logout menu for "social networks" in the settings menu. While the device lists the firmware as 1.5, there's a small possibility that some of this new look and feel could be headed for Android 2.0 "Donut," or perhaps HTC just feels like it needs to diverge from the pack a bit now that other manufacturers are starting to drop their own Android handsets. Check out the incredibly epic video after the break.

[Via Android Central]

Filed under: Handsets, Software, HTC, Android

Tags: android, cupcake, donut, hero, htc, htc hero, HtcHero, touchflo

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pheer6224 @ May 18th 2009 7:43PM

Looks Great!

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Eternal @ May 18th 2009 11:15PM

Yes it does look good ^_^ i hope that we can see this on the G1 the small enhancements made to the GUI is pretty awesome but im assuming that HTC did this to draw the public's eyes away from other android devices. Kind of like they did a little with Windows Mobile.. they added their own little twist to make it "usable" i certainly know how frustrating it is to use Win Mo its not exactly user friendly. HTC hero i wonder what it looks like hope it will include a 3.5mm the annoying usb cable annoys the bejesus out of me when i listen to music the cord it's ridiculously long.

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lmjabreu @ May 19th 2009 8:36PM

That's an HTC-built shell, just like the manilla, you can see a resemblance between them like the bottom bar with app icons, bloatware I say.

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Mark @ May 31st 2009 2:32AM

Manila is not bloatware. It's necessary.

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