June 25th, 2009 
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HTC Hero
One of our friends at HTC cleared up some of the speculation that has resulted from HTC CEO Peter Chou’s comments that we could see the Hero’s Sense UI on existing HTC Android smartphones like the Dream and Magic.
Turns out that HTC is trying to do just that – but there’s a major catch. There’s no possibility that users with HTC phones featuring “with Google” branding will get the update, since those phones are required to offer the phone with the “Google Experience”, as it is called.
I’m looking at you T-Mobile G1 and Vodafone Magic users…not to mention future myTouch 3G owners.
This is the same case as we saw with the Microsoft Exchange client and improved dialer/camera apps on some of the HTC Magic smartphones in Asia and elsewhere. They are not “with Google” phones, so HTC is not limited in what it can do with the UI and other parts of the system.
But even if you are rocking a non-Google branded device, this is just something that HTC is attempting. It may not pull it off for any number of reasons, so don’t get your hopes up too much.
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[...] Android Authority beweert nu via een bron binnen HTC extra informatie te hebben ontvangen over deze kwestie. HTC wil inderdaad proberen de Sense™ interface beschikbaar te stellen voor bestaande Android telefoons, maar dan alleen voor de toestellen zonder het “With Google” logo op de achterkant. Dit logo legt namelijk het aanpassen van het Android besturingssysteem aan banden. Dit omdat “With Google” garant moet staan voor de zogenaamde Google experience die deze toestellen behoren te leveren. en een aangepaste userinterface blijkt daar dus niet in te passen, aldus de bron van Android Authority. [...]
[...] Android Authority tweetmeme_url = [...]
Wait, so Sense is the UI?
No, exactly the opposite. Sense is the design philosophy, the UI on the Hero has no name. The only way to refer to it, however, is the Sense UI (which is still technically correct, though confusing). Had they just given it a proper name, *cough* Rosie *cough*, we’d not have this problem.
You’re right about it being confusing…
!*%!% GOOGLE EXPERIENCE, I WANT SENSE!!!!
Just curious if this will be a simple click and go type install or we still have to root or whatever the hacks are doin now
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