Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile
Last week at Mobile World Congress HTC showed off their improvements to the Nexus One. An upgraded trackpad, and the newest version of it’s Sense UI. It only makes sense that as soon as the ROM for the new Sense was released the hackers at places like the XDA forums would make it work on the Nexus One. This time it was the guys at Redmond Pie.
Somehow a very alpha release of the Sense ROM was leaked onto the Internet, so it was only natural for hackers/developers to pick it up. It’s a complicated process, but should be familiar to anyone who has rooted and flashed a ROM to an Android phone before. The result is a Nexus One running an alpha of the Desire’s Sense UI, complete with Flash 10.1. Since it is an alpha release it can be a bit buggy, so more caution than typical rooting would be best.
Given the potential for bugs here, it might be best to hold off on flashing the ROM for now. The Sense UI does look rather nice, but unless you have a spare Nexus One that isn’t your main phone, it’s probably not worth it. The question for some might end up being: do I care about my main phone being buggy if I can watch Hulu? If you answer yes, then go for it. Otherwise, just wait for the Desire like the rest of us, or for the hackers/developers to come up with a more stable version.
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