Video: HTC Hero with 'rosie' Android UI leaked?

After making a brief appearance on YouTube this morning, what seems to be a promotional video for the HTC Hero has been resurrected courtesy of Android Community. Not only do we see Hero in 7 different colors, but we get another glimpse at HTC's purported "rosie" Android UI already seen in that supposed tutorial video a few weeks back. So sit back and click on through, don't cost nothin' but 89 seconds that you were just going to dither away anyway.

Exclusive: Steve Ballmer demos the Zune HD for Engadget!

That's right kids -- Ballmer himself whipped out the newly minted Zune HD for us during D7 and showed of a few of its finer features... including its ability to play a Pixar movie on its gorgeous OLED screen. Also of note, Steve off-handedly mentioned that the device would be shipping in a month, though we can't confirm that that's accurate. Anyhow, these pictures say far more than a thousand words, so just hit the gallery.

Click here to view the gallery on Engadget

I'd Actually Use a Netbook With Intel's Moblin 2.0 OS

Intel's Moblin 2.0 OS is designed specifically for netbooks, and marks the first time I've ever been tempted to utter "wow" and "netbook" in the same sentence. Just watch.

It's completely re-designed from the original Moblin, which was way more Linux-y. It's not just really modern and awesome looking, it seems like the first OS and UI really designed just for netbooks.

And it makes a lot of sense for netbooks to get their own OS and interface: Every hardware platform—which you can basically break down by screen size and input method, from desktop/laptop to mobile—works best with an OS and UI designed for it. It's why the iPhone OS, Android and Pre (theoretically) work so well when full-blown Windows running on UMPCs doesn't—they're designed to be mobile OSes, not simply a desktop OS stuffed onto a phone.

I sorta worry about Moblin being a bit limited since it's a custom OS, but Kevin says according to Intel, "thousands of applications" for Linux "just run" on it, no porting or middleware. If you're just using it as a web-oriented secondary machine, the light apps and WebKit browser should theoretically be just fine. Either way, the fact this makes me want to play around with a netbook is a pretty good start.

HTC's Android Interface Makes Us Temporarily Forget All About Palm Pre

Palm what? A better look at HTC's custom Android "Donut" build for Hero shows us just how buttery smooth and slick Android can be, and it's incredible.

The widgets have the tang of HTC—if you've used a Touch Diamond or Pro, they're familiar—but they seem to have a grace they don't on Windows Mobile. (Yeah, it's an emulator, but I'd bet—hope—that a lot of the speed translates to the handset as well, since Android is designed for this kind of customization by handset makers and carriers.)

HTC seems like the first to scratch the surface of what you can do with a custom Android build—which, I love the fact that every Android build is now named after fattening pastries—so maybe Android's time really is coming.

The ZuneX (RUMORED) vs. PSP 3000

The ZuneX

• 4-inch display at 640x363 resolution
• Custom Intel LV Atom DualCore 733MHz processor
• Custom Nvidia BLowFish chipset
• 128MB RAM
• 40 hour music, 14 hours of video, 9 hours of gaming and 6 hours of gaming with the wireless on
• 4 analog buttons, 2 shoulder buttons, an analog stick attachment
• 32GB flash storage
• Support for Bluetooth headphones
• SIM Card tray (it's a phone! Maybe!)
• Xbox Live Arcade Games
• ZuneX Originals
• OnLive Ready game streaming (now we're just getting a little ridiculous)
• WMV, H.264, MPEG-4 and DivX support

PSP 3000

Product Name	PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
External dimensions	Approx. 169.4 x 18.6 71.4 mm / 6¾ x ¾ x 2¾ in (width x height x depth) (excludes largest projection)
Weight	Approx. 189g / 6.7oz (including battery pack)
CPU	PSP CPU (System clock frequency 1-333MHz)
Main Memory	64MB
Display	4.3 inches (16:9) full-transparent type, TFT drive, 480x272 pixel, Approximately 16,770,000 colors displayed
Sound	Built-in stereo speakers
Main input/output	Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b) (Wi-Fi) High Speed USB (USB2.0) (mini-B) Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Analog Video Out Microphone
Main connectors	DC IN 5V connector DC OUT connector Video out/headset connector USB connector Memory Stick Duo™ slot
Key/Switches	Directional buttons (up/down/right/left), Analog stick Action buttons (triangle, circle, cross, square) START button, SELECT button, PS button POWER/HOLD switch, WLAN switch Display button, Sound button, Volume (+/-) buttons
Power sources	Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery pack AC adaptor USB power supply
Internal disc drive	Read-only UMD™ drive
Supported profile	PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) Game UMD™ Video
Access control	Region code, parental control
Wireless communications	Infrastructure mode Ad hoc mode (connects up to 16 consoles)
Supplied accessories	AC adaptor Battery pack (1200mAh)