We love a good surprise as much as the next person, but we’ve got some mixed feelings about this one. Truth be told, we’re fans of the Sense User Interface that HTC developed for their Android devices. It’s an upgraded, advanced version of TouchFLO 3D, and we couldn’t be happier about it. However, with the custom skin over the Operating System (just as we’ve seen on other devices), getting an upgrade takes inherently longer than on other devices. But, as we can see from the screenshot, it looks like that’s exactly what’s happening here.
You’ve more than likely seen the Nexus One in some capacity or another, but just in case, here’s what you’re looking at: a 3.7″, capacitive AMOLED touchscreen, Google’s mobile Operating System Android under the hood, powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. It was all the talk of the town about two months ago, when Google officially announced the beast of a phone’s launch. One of the missing features though, especially considering the device was manufactured by HTC, was lack of Sense UI. It got a lot of people up-in-arms, as Sense UI is considered the primary reason to own Android, in some people’s opinion.
[Update] Looks like we were right about the typo thing. Verizon Wireless has subsequently (and rather quickly, we might add) yanked the whole “Sense UI” nonsense from the Nexus One’s specifications sheet. So, back to stock the Nexus goes, and there go your Sense UI dreams, dashed on the rocks.
The screenshot looks real enough, but we’re under the impression that this could have just been included by mistake. Things like this have happened before, and we’re sure they’ll happen again and again in the future. But, there is certainly a possibility of this happening. After all, if the HTC Incredible does indeed have the specifications that’s been rumored, then customers might be more inclined to pick up the prettier looking UI.
[via Android Central]
