Disqus
If you have an HTC Hero in your pocket, you’re probably already well aware that your Android phone will soon be getting a handy little update to Android OS 2.1. What’s not clear is whether or not HTC will roll out an updated version of the Hero’s custom Android user interface – the Sense UI – in conjunction with the new Android OS. To make matters more unclear, we’ve just come across a video of an HTC Hero running a version of Sense UI that supports multitouch pinch gestures. We have no idea if the multitouch feature is HTC’s doing or just a creative homebrew modification to the Sense UI, but it sure looks nice!
What you see below is the Sense UI responding to pinch-zooming gestures. A quick pinch of the finger “explodes” the Sense UI into a multi-widget view that reminds us of the “Expose” feature on Mac OS X. The multitouch gesture allows the user to quickly and easily switch between Sense widgets (not that it was all that difficult in the first place).
Will we see this multitouch Sense UI feature in the upcoming HTC Hero Android 2.1 update? Time will tell.
About The Author
Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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