New video of HTC Hero's Android build offers Frenchy vision of widget utopia

The verdict is still out on whether what we've been seeing is indeed some precursor to Android 2.0 "Donut," or (more likely) some elaborate HTC skin designed bring HTC's Android home screen experience up to par with its extensive Windows Mobile reskinning. Either way, things are shaping up quite nicely for the HTC Hero, with another leaked build showing widget functionality galore, including weather widgets that actually show the weather. Interestingly, this isn't a complete replacement for the existing home screen, since in the add widget dialogue you can pick an HTC Gadget, a Google Gadget, or other regular things like Shortcuts, and most everything seems to cohabitate well in the example video. With the rate these leaks are coming, we're guessing we'll be hearing more about the HTC Hero before too long, and if not we've always got the neauveau cocktail jazz electro crossover stylings of Air to keep us calm. Video is after the break.

[Via Android Guys]

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 11:15AM]

Thats it. Im leaving verizon and getting me some android goodness

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 11:08PM]

It's glooooooooooorious

[dallashigh Posted May 19th 2009 1:16PM]

Can you say fake? How could it be 10:08 in San Fran if it is 12:30 local time? Time zones don't go in intervals of 22 minutes...

Also if it was after ten o'clock, why is the hour hand before the 10 instead of after?

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 1:22PM]

Because this is very common practice for photographing/displaying analog clocks, notice how all three hands are evenly spaced apart. In all videos the clock starts in this position im sure for the sake of display and then begin ticking.

The clock may not be fully functional/implemented yet, that doesnt automatically discount the videos as being fake...

[dnl Posted May 19th 2009 5:19PM]

I'm guessing the clock stays at 10:10, with the ticker running.

10:10 is standard for clock displays.

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 6:01PM]

That is a beautiful theme. I'd love to see something like that ported over for my G1.

[ShadyHaitien Posted May 20th 2009 10:00AM]

Yeah, hopefully the G1 at least gets Cupcake soon. But it would be nice to see some of this HTC goodness on my G1!

[(Unverified) Posted May 26th 2009 8:26PM]

Looks a lot like SPB Mobile Shell 3 on my Touch Dual.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDW5YaoDFV8

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2009 12:46PM]

such a good phone .

http://www.zahipedia.com/2009/06/29/htc-hero-htc-hero-video/