http://www.t-mobile-phones.org/behold2-android-1.5

Another offical video leaked

I really like how the app tray is on the left side of the screen. But other than that its a poor phone. How come that guy cant tell you the specs if he has it?

I would rather have 2.0 than any special build. Especially one as worthless as this.

LAME!! the phone looks good, but the software looks like crap, and seems like it would be annoying to use.

My last addendum, I promise :)
Also, Sense does run on 1.6, AFAIK. Isn’t that what the case for Tattoo? So it’s definitely not some UI porting that holds them back.

And as proof having a standard Android distribution doesn’t give you fast upgrades, look at the Galaxy. It’s a very vanilla 1.5 phone, nothing new as far as I know. Yet there are no announcements of upgrades for it.

The Magic is nearly the same hardware AND software, just to clarify. The Hero has deeper kernel modifications, it seems. And I doubt most Hero owners would sacrifice their widgets, Flash and tethering for early Android 1.6. (In fact, the Hero wouldn’t even exist in the US if it weren’t for the modifications, as HTC had to modify 1.5 for CDMA support)

Hardware looks good, but I have to agree, that software cube is definitely old. I’m talking 1995 javascript web cube old. I’d hope it’s removable. I think I’d rather a vanilla build on there than what they have.

I wonder if the maintenance cost of these custom home apps is really as high as you imply them to be. I’d expect it to be not so significant compared to the maintenance and testing needed for the kernel and drivers.

Maybe the reason the Dream gets all updates first is because the ADP1 has a natural priority when new Android versions are developed? And the Magic is nearly the same hardware.

video 1: will get tired of gimmicky cube
video 2: slooooooooooooow swipe