HTC Phones - HTC’s New UI (HTC Sense) Not Coming To Google Branded Phones

The highlight of the HTC Hero is HTC’s new user interface, HTC Sense. It’s really cool, and most attractive. So many Android phone users want to know whether it can update to the new UI. Here is your answer. Eric Lin, a company spokesperson, responded to the question:

We are looking at bringing the HTC experience to existing Android phones, so long as they are not Google branded since those require the Google experience. We are still in the process of determining how to do this, but when we do it will only be available for HTC branded Android phones.

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Tags: Android, Google, HTC Sense, User Interface

HTC Phones - 4 Major Carriers In Europe Focus On Android Phones In The Second Half of 2009

The four major carriers in Europe – Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange and Telefonica/O2 – all plan to move focus Windows Mobile-based phones to Android Phones in the second half of 2009. And “the move is likely to gradually eat away the global market share currently enjoyed by Windows Mobile phones, the sources commented”, according to sources from Taiwan’s handset industry.

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Tags: Android News, Android Phones, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone

HTC Phones - Android OS Running On Samsung Omnia Cell Phone

We have post Android OS Running On HTC Touch Pro And HTC Touch Diamond, and now Android OS can run On Samsung Omnia cell phone. It’s pretty awesome, huh? And the andromnia 0.3.1 alpha for Omnia is available from modaco.

Some new features in andromnia 0.3.1:

• SGH-i900 specific kernel based on 2.6.29 (sgh-i910 should also work)
• Basic battery support (no fake driver needed, but still not full detected by Android)
• Basic touchscreen support (freezing randomly)
• Full 128MB RAM support
• Some buttons working (phone down (=back), volume up/down)

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Tags: Android, Andromnia, Samsung Omnia