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Intro Sense Hero Live-blog Comments 7

6:57 AM: That's it for the liveblog. Check the article in a bit for more an in-depth look.

6:56 AM: Getting hands-on with everything now. It looks and works nicely so far. It's very fast.

6:34 AM: In Europe, T-Mobile and Orange will launch it. Asia by end of summer.

6:32 AM: Hero coming July 2009 (but not for US until end of year)

6:31 AM: new virtual keyboard, too.

6:30 AM: ...in the browser, plus full-screen player for Flash video

6:30 AM: supports Adobe Flash!

6:30 AM: sensor data available to developers

6:29 AM: 3.5mm jack for *your* headphones. 5mp camera. geo-tagging. HTC Footprints. multi-touch display. GPS, tilt sensor, compass.

6:28 AM: White version has Teflon; looks and feels better. Not "cold and slippery".

6:27 AM: "unique 15-degree angle fits face, tilts display, provides place for thumb." They're making a lot of the "chin" at the bottom.

6:26 AM: showing street interview video

6:25 AM: "doesn't look like any other phone on the market" oh really?

6:24 AM: Horace Luke, Chief Innovation Officer, now on stage to talk about Hero.

6:23 AM: New "perspectives" feature lets you look at content by service (facebook, flickr) then drill down to content from each contact.

6:22 AM: New browser has coverflow-like bookmarks, multi-touch zooming.

6:20 AM: Dialer screen includes T9 for real-time contact search

6:20 AM: Interface screen for a contact has tabs across bottom: info, emails, text msgs, status updates, photos

6:18 AM: Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter talked about a lot... no other services so far.

6:17 AM: LOTS of HTC widgets to choose from in Sense!

6:17 AM: Showing Twitter integration, lots of widgets.

6:14 AM: John Wang, Chief Marketing Officer, on stage.

6:13 AM: Video of street interviews, followed by Hero team on stage.

6:13 AM: Announcing HTC Hero.

6:12 AM: 3. Discover the unexpected. Lets you discover advanced features easily.

6:11 AM: 2. Stay close. Brings together info about people from different sources.

6:11 AM: Three pillars of Sense: 1. Make it mine. Customizable.

6:10 AM: Announcing HTC Sense, new UI that "just makes sense".

6:10 AM: "We have more Windows Mobile and Android developers than anyone other than MS and Google."

6:09 AM: "In the past three years, we have been building a special software team in US and Taiwan."

6:07 AM: The CEO is giving basic intro. "Smartphone is the new phone."

6:03 AM: Welcome to our liveblog of the HTC event in London! We're seated and it starts in just a minute.

Stay tuned to this page today for live updates from the press event in London.

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