Originally Posted by Pocketnow

TouchFLO 3D 2.1 and Sense 2.5 have a lot of eye candy to go along with the tremendous functionality found within both versions of HTC’s UI. The combination of beauty and execution has undoubtedly been successful. Still, at one point or another, many users have realized that a portion of the gloss is unnecessary. An example of this is evident in the redundant clock flipping animation that occurs when returning to your home screen. Every time you unlock your device, return from the Start menu or do anything that brings you back to your main screen, your clock will cycle through an hour and two minutes (via flip animation) until it displays the correct time.

After the novelty factor wears off, some may prefer to disable this animation. Thankfully, a user on XDA-developers has given us an option by creating a replacement manila file that will disable this feature with relative ease. While it paralyzes the excess shuffling of time, the real-time flip animation will remain intact. If you’re running HTC Sense 2.5, it should be noted that this fix will not conflict with your gorgeous home screen weather animations.

Notes: the feature noted above is found on newer versions of TF3D/Sense. Only proceed with the fix if the home screen flip is present and you want to disable it. Remember to backup the file you’re about to overwrite. That way, you can always revert back if you don’t like the changes.

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Originally Posted by Crave asia

Users of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 who have been wondering if their smartphone will be upgraded to Windows Mobile (WM) 6.5 can finally stop obsessing over it. Putting the matter to rest, a Sony Ericsson spokesperson told Crave Asia that there will not be an official update. There has been speculation regarding the availability of WM6.5 for the X1. This stemmed from an Xda-developers discussion in September started by a user who had gotten hold of a 6.5 ROM for the device, prompting rumors that Sony Ericsson was working on an update.
In any case, we don't think this is big loss. Aside from some interface tweaks, some of the most important features like the My Phone backup service and Windows Marketplace for downloading third-party apps are available for WM6.1, too. But if you insist on having WM6.5 for your X1, it's still possible to install a cooked ROM from Xda-developers. The procedure isn't exactly idiot-proof, so don't dive in flippantly as you may risk spoiling your phone.

Originally Posted by 1800pocketpc

The hacker developer Chainfire , who is a well know member in the xda-dev community has managed to bypass the protection with a generic hack that will completely bypass the entire code snippet provided by Microsoft that is supposed to check and validate your license code,for all Marketplace apps.

The 1st copy protection took him 5 mins to break and this one in under 2 hours. He will NOT release the code ( which is an exe file that runs in the background, good on ya mate ) but wants Microsoft to take notice of the issue and allow developers to to use their own licensing systems.

Originally Posted by pocketnow

It appears that one user gets their kicks from checking out the beast from the inside-out, rather than through the beautiful 4.3” capacitive display. As you can see in the images below, the device has been completely stripped down. We wouldn’t dare tear the device down ourselves, but it’s always nice to get a detailed look at what’s going on behind the screen. Get a closer look at the Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon processor in all its glory thanks to 19 images posted on XDA-developers.

Originally Posted by engadget

Hello there, HD2. To be honest, it's a bit soon in our relationship to be seeing all your inner workings -- not that we mind. The folks on the xda-developers forums have done the duty of tearing down HTC's impressively skinned Windows Mobile 6.5 device. Not much to glean from the snapshots, but if you do harbor some strange technologically-inclined curiosity and would never consider ripping up the phone yourself, hit up the read link for more pictures.

Originally Posted by pocketnow

The Zune-like Titanium interface for Windows Mobile 6.5 is insanely fluid and gives users access to a bevy of features. Just like with any interface, however, the visual appeal can become a little too familiar, leaving the user looking for other options. What better way to spice things up than with a custom theme? Not just any theme, but one that actually transforms the interface into something else.

If you’re running Titanium and want some Sense action of the Hero variety, you can download/install a theme that will alter Titanium into just that. It doesn’t necessarily have the customizing abilities of the real Sense UI, but it certainly does hold its ground on the visual side of things. Continue reading to learn more about “Titanium-Hero Sense UI.”

The popular Hero look can now be integrated with Titanium via a theme and some plug-ins. It’s still early in development, but it is functional. There’s a learning curve as far as setting up the interface goes, but everything’s pretty simple after that. The main home panel encompasses the Hero clock with flipping animation, current weather, calendar shortcut and the famous Sense menu bar. You can swipe left or right to get to a detailed 4-day weather widget.

Messaging and programs can be reached from the right and left buttons, respectively, on the menu bar. From the program launcher, you can connect to custom Twitter and music panels. A neat thing about the music panel is that it can be used with either S2P or Nitrogen. There is also a settings panel that houses wireless connections, wallpaper, sound profile and other system related widgets. The lock screen has been skinned too.

Since the project is pretty much in beta still, there are some bugs. Unfortunately, it’s only available for QVGA and VGA (pictured below) devices. I wouldn’t be surprised to see support for WVGA soon, considering this was originally a QVGA only project. If you’re using a WVGA display and are interested in Titanium-Hero, it wouldn’t hurt to give the developer a nudge on his thread. Head over to XDA-developers for the files.

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Originally Posted by Softpedia

HTC Hero, the most attractive handset running under Google's Android operating system the Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has released on the market, will soon see an update to the Android 2.0 (Eclair) version of the platform. While this has been rumored for the past few days, now it is almost official, as HTC announced the update over its Twitter account.

Those HTC Hero owners out there who were waiting for the Android 1.6 flavor of the operating system to come to their handsets won't see this happen, as the device will jump to the just announced / unveiled Android 2.0 variant. According to the news, the update should come to the phone as soon as the HTC Sense solution is optimized for the new OS flavor.

Here is what HTC's customer support said in an email to androidguys regarding the updates for the device: “The Hero will not be receiving the Android 1.6 upgrade, it will however get the 2.0 one. Do note however that we do not have a confirmed release date for this upgrade, all I can recommend at the moment is that you keep yourself updated by visiting our website regularly as the latest information will be available to view from there.”

The aforementioned tweet is further proof that the Taiwan-based handset maker will deliver an Android 2.0 update for the HTC Hero and will skip the release of Android 1.6. For what it's worth, this does not sound like bad news, only that those hoping to receive Donut in a matter of days might have to wait a few weeks before Eclair arrives.

In related news, we learn that the Android 2.0 flavor of Google's OS has been brought to a T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream). The videos below will show you just how the device can handle the new OS version, brought to it via a cooked ROM from XDA developers. Basically, it shows that the good old HTC Dream can run under the new platform.

Click through to Softpedia for the videos here

Originally Posted by Pocketnow

The official Facebook app for Windows phones from Microsoft has been recently updated from version 1.0.0.7p to version 1.1.

The application appeared also in Marketplace with the version number 1.1 and it is downloadable for free. Unfortunately they forgot to change the version number from 1.0.0.7 inside the application (About) to version 1.1 but according to XDA Developers who have analized the files, we're facing a new version which contains newer files and also some new languages.

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Originally Posted by Pocketnow

One of our readers, John, sent us a tip on what could be the next iteration of the threaded text message screen. While we don't have confirmation that there will be an update to Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional before Windows Mobile 7 hits the market, the screenshot below along with some builds we have explored before have us pondering what Microsoft is up to.

In this latest build, 23071 to be specific, the threaded conversation view SMS window shows the time and date of the message, something that isn't enabled in the carrier release of Windows Mobile 6.5 that happened on October 6.

The keys along the bottom are not part of the operating system but are part of FingerKeyboard 2.