HTC's Sense UI not coming to any "Google" branded phones
By Ross Miller 
posted June 25th 2009 10:31PM
posted June 25th 2009 10:31PM
posted June 25th 2009 10:31PM
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but i thought exchange is on the MyTouch 3g?
Seriously, this entire UI is a knock off of the iPhone - the scrolling wheel for date /time settings, the photo album listing, the list goes on.
The saying is if you can't beat them (apple), might as well join them!
Im assuming what you said have nothing to do with my comment..
and..
I'm also assuming that your fanbou ways have everything to do with your comment..
fanboy^
Yes, because that UI _totally_ screams Apple. Get real, fanboy.
Looking...looking...looking.
What on there screams "OS X" ?????
Some people are pure idiots.
But to answer your question...everything is saying it does have Exchange. The blogs, news, and T-Mobile hype site. This is an odd one indeed.
I think he means it won't have *htc's* exchange, it'll probably have something dev by either tmo or google, wishfully google cause then the rest of us could maybe get it
The UI shown in the photo looks nothing like iPhone - what it looks like is a convoluted mess. Do you really need to take a full quarter of the screen to tell me it's sunny and 16 degrees out? Reminds me of the huge (and silly) analog clock on Android - and Vista.
@Quix
Those are widgets...you can move and resize them as you see fit...if you watched the release video you'd know that. The thing that cracks me up most is that, MOSTLY, it's the uninformed who are the loudest with criticism. I assume you like NOT having a choice how your phone looks?
Well, fanboy, I totally - absolutely - one hundred thousand percent - AGREE with you.
BUT reason I don't like iPhone is obviously evidenced from your action:
That damned thing evidently makes a fanboy such as yourself post STUPID comments, probably even while you are dreaming too.
I'm just not interested in any gadget news today. Anyone else?
ps Cmon engadget, still waiting on the MJ article.
most of the articles today were good with the exception of the silent mouse.
p.s. shut up about mj no one cares.
I care.
In other news, prepubescent boys everywhere are sighing in relief tonight.
with a name like swineflu and jokes less than 24 hours after the event - I would suggest you are prepubescent.
I've been trying the Hero builds from xda on my G1. It's a phenomenally awesome UI, and could be huge for android's progress. However, the G1 just can't quite cut it. I suspect the Mytouch 3G will have similar slowdowns even with improved RAM. I suspect that may have more to do with it for now.
Doesn't really matter what HTC does as long as you root your phone, its more about the hardware now.
I absolutely agree, it has less to do with the maker, and more to do with the phone specs, and whether it can handle the gui. Not an iphone fan AT ALL, but look at what the speed bump did for their PSX emulator.
the G1 has the same CPU...Im sure an optimized version will come out and run just fine on the G1 as long as a million apps aren't loaded in the background.
Out of curiosity Wii60, have you been turning off the processor underclock while you test the Hero builds?
I kinda expected this. This is where the beauty of a opensource vs closed source system comes into play. I give the xda hackers 1wk tops, to have this ported over to G1 & Co. post official release. It doesn't even have to be released, just someone with a device to do a rom dump lol. The google ion rom was skewered and cooked for G1 in like 48hrs post the developers conference. I expect nothing less in this case. No worries.
Thank you for calming my fears, lol.
Rogers Dream and Magic remain unrooted.
I just wish that they would at least let the mytouch launch in the US before they totally antiquate the tech. Now I'm going to have to import in the Hero.
I have this on my G1 already, with a little tweaking it runs smoothly. Can't wait until the official rom is ported over.
I'm on the same boat. I have best feature of the Hero rom on my G1 but I'm sure it'll get way better when the official rom is released.
As long as it replaces Touchflo 3D on their winmo devices I'm happy.
Now if only we could get a trackball-less, chin-less, Sense UI enabled, Snapdragon or Tegra Android device on ATT's 3G bands, I'd be over the moon.
I've got $800 just waiting for it.
Oh great, now i'll have to flash an unofficial ROM on it. Back to WinMo days.. I can't get away from it, switched to Android, yet I am still seeing how I will be swapping ROMs.
everyone moans that WinMo required loading unofficial roms to get the best of it - but I guess this would be the case for most phones if hacking it up was possible - this includes the iphone as well.
The hacking process gives you things that you may not have had and there is the element of risk (bricking your phone).
If you want the best performance and newest features out of any piece of hardware you have to tinker with it. If you don't mind "good enough," leave your G1 in the hands of Google, HTC and T-Mobile and you'll get select new features when they feel like it.
Just wait until you're flashing custom firmware to your router and your camera. You'd be surprised what some point-and-shoots can do once you tinker with them.
the more and more i see this Hero....the more i am getting tempted to buy it :D
They need to just build their own OS...
who HTC? what are you tarded?
they will just skin the os...although if they hack into android enough, it is free, it would become their os?
Another example at how tech and progress gets stifled.
Thank god, looks like Vista, typical of HTC.
I don't think this is a silly thing at all. Google is keeping things organized for end users, and the three-tier system is as clear a way to do that as I can think of. I appreciate the fact that they're sticking by the rules they've set up -- it'll keep the market less confusing.
What's the difference between Michael Jackson and the HTC hero? One has a weird plastic chin and the other .... oh hang on.....
Have you no decency? =/
A Hero doesn't touch small boys.
An hero, however, does.
I found it funny, so thank you for that.
True about the little boy touching.
I don't dislike the guy but lets be honest, he is coocoo
too soon...
HA, thats what they think.
what bout the ion. will that get it?
one acronym will fix this, XDA
Good on HTC for trying not to make their new UI locked only to new hardware. Boo for Google having such stringent guidelines for their "with Google" branding.
Ok can someone tell me if this is right. With HTC Sense in place, the phone can not receive official android updates until HTC gets their hands on it, tweaks it, and releases it themselves? But even phones with HTC Sense still have access to the android marketplace?
That is my understanding as well, though I haven't seen an official HTC comment on it yet.
good thing i don't need exchange
Three interfaces that are better anyways:
http://images.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/images/hero-home-screen-20090608.jpg
http://www.ubuntu.com/files/u1/html-small.jpg
http://www.ubuntu.com/files/u1/clutter-small.jpg
wait..you accidentally included the Iphone's interface...clearly NOT an attractive interface unless you are seventy and NEED the giant colour filled buttons, not to mention the Iphone has the most annoying interface, flipping through pages is not my idea of interesting or designed with ingenuity.