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Possible to use Sony Rachael (Android2.0) or Sense 2.0

Yea Sense UI is really awesome, and the Droid has the processor to run it seamlessly. I think it will come over but I'm worried about how bug free it would be.... Like the resolution of the Droid and it's processor are different different. If you just slap on a Hero ROM would it be able to run or would it need to be modified to supposed the Processor etc?
 
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Well the hero will be out for Verizon as well. It will be called the Eris, but the hardware isn't as good as the Droid and it won't have 2.0 for 6 months.


Yeah. I would rather have the better (more fitting to my needs) equipment and just wait for a solution for the UI than to choose the lesser of the phones (for my needs) just to have the UI I want.

It's only a matter of time before it happens. :)
 
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Would it be possible to load the Sony Rachael Rom on a Droid once root access is available? What about the sense UI once the Android 2.0 version is available. Since the G1 can run the sense, I would guess the latter would be possible.
i don't understand why you would replace the Sony's version for the HTC Sense UI. The Sense UI isn't as nice as the Sony's.
 
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If the X3/X10 is gonna have Android 2.0 then it wouldn't be a ton of trouble for someone to port it over since they use the same resolution. Sense will be much more work since it is built on 1.5 and has a smaller resolution, so when increasing the image sizes they will need a lot of touch up otherwise you will get pixelation (sp?). Also the X3/X10 is a GSM phone so the ROM would need to work for a CDMA phone like the Droid. It will most likely happen, prolly not till after the new year though.
 
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If the X3/X10 is gonna have Android 2.0 then it wouldn't be a ton of trouble for someone to port it over since they use the same resolution. Sense will be much more work since it is built on 1.5 and has a smaller resolution, so when increasing the image sizes they will need a lot of touch up otherwise you will get pixelation (sp?). Also the X3/X10 is a GSM phone so the ROM would need to work for a CDMA phone like the Droid. It will most likely happen, prolly not till after the new year though.
Well the Hero will be getting 2.0 soon so you could just port over that ROM, but yea the resolution sounds like a problem.

i don't understand why you would replace the Sony's version for the HTC Sense UI. The Sense UI isn't as nice as the Sony's.
Sense UI looks awesome, from what ive seen the x10's looks good but i think it loses some functionality and I still think the Sense UI looks better.
 
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I am new to androids so please bear with me. (Will be leaving BB and was quite proficient with their OS and putting hybrids on etc. but this seems to be different).

If you put on a new UI, will that disable the Droids driving features (the navigation and things like that).

Also, why has google made this aspect so difficult as to change the type of UI you want on your phone. I figure it should be some standard theme type of thing like Blackberry's themes. Is this something that will get changed in the future, or will we always have to figure out which one has the best options and take that (like Rachel's UI over droids UI) and leave some options behind?
 
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I am new to androids so please bear with me. (Will be leaving BB and was quite proficient with their OS and putting hybrids on etc. but this seems to be different).

If you put on a new UI, will that disable the Droids driving features (the navigation and things like that).

Also, why has google made this aspect so difficult as to change the type of UI you want on your phone. I figure it should be some standard theme type of thing like Blackberry's themes. Is this something that will get changed in the future, or will we always have to figure out which one has the best options and take that (like Rachel's UI over droids UI) and leave some options behind?
The Rachael and Sense UIs belong to Sony Ericsson and HTC respectively. It's a bit like trying to get the iPhone OS onto an Android phone...it doesn't seem to me like it's an entirely legal, or at least ethical process to port the entire interface over. It wouldn't stop me or anyone else from doing it, but there's a very good reason that it's not fully endorsed by Google.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong on this.
 
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The Rachael and Sense UIs belong to Sony Ericsson and HTC respectively. It's a bit like trying to get the iPhone OS onto an Android phone...it doesn't seem to me like it's an entirely legal, or at least ethical process to port the entire interface over. It wouldn't stop me or anyone else from doing it, but there's a very good reason that it's not fully endorsed by Google.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong on this.
yea, HTC's Sense UI is done by them to make people get their phones for their UI. If Google wanted to put that onto all of their phones I'm sure they'd have to pay some amount of money to HTC to be able to. Same with Sony's UI.
 
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yea, HTC's Sense UI is done by them to make people get their phones for their UI. If Google wanted to put that onto all of their phones I'm sure they'd have to pay some amount of money to HTC to be able to. Same with Sony's UI.
Let's not forget, though, that Sense and the Rachael UI are essentially very heavy skins of GOOGLE's operating system. I don't think HTC would have the right to ask for royalties from google, although, they put Sense on pretty much every OS they use (WinMo.) So I don't know what the legal situation between HTC and Google would be if Google wanted to spread Sense around.
 
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Let's not forget, though, that Sense and the Rachael UI are essentially very heavy skins of GOOGLE's operating system. I don't think HTC would have the right to ask for royalties from google, although, they put Sense on pretty much every OS they use (WinMo.) So I don't know what the legal situation between HTC and Google would be if Google wanted to spread Sense around.
They don't put Sense on their WinMo devices, they put TouchFLO3D on it. Bot you're right, they like skinning over the OS of their phones and it started with Windows Mobile to make it more touch friendly cause the peeps at Microsoft aren't very smart and didn't give it any touch support or even a UI good looking enough for the 21st Century. Sorry but I still think that if Google did want to they wouldn't be able to put the Sense UI onto all android devices without approval of HTC. Android is open source and all isn't it? HTC can do what they want to it (just means their phone won't be the "google experience"),the Sense UI on the other hand seems like something that is copyrighted and all and can't be taken by anyone. It wouldn't make sense since HTC has put money into making it, then any other company could use it and they didn't put any money or effort into it.
 
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