HTC Puts Widgets On Market
| by Talton "Phases" Pettigrew on December 17th, 2009 |
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HTC has just put four free widgets on Market. These are for Hero and Eris only – naturally Sense UI equipped devices. I guess this answers our question from yesterday!
Dice: Tap the dice first, and then simply shake (do not throw!) your phone to “throw” the dice. This widget is only for HTC Hero & Droid Eris
Today in History: In this widget, learn about significant events and famous people who were born or who died on this day in history. Tap a link to view the corresponding article on Wikipedia.
Tip Calculator: You can adjust the tip percentage and the number of people in the group before calculating.
Battery: Tap the widget to see more battery information.
This leaves me wondering what more HTC put on the market in the future. If any of you Hero or Eris users download these be sure to let us know what you think!
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1. Jeremy wrote on December 17, 2009
“These are for Hero and Eris only” I’m missing something. Don’t the HTC devices already come with these widgets?
2. Y314K wrote on December 17, 2009
HELLS YEAH>>> FIRST>.. HTC IS VIRAL…
3. Y314K wrote on December 17, 2009
As long as they are Google/HTC Nexus/Passion compatiable..
4. Matt wrote on December 17, 2009
HTC only, ouch.
5. Y314K wrote on December 17, 2009
Well the Nexus One = HTC… Kind off.. I just hope HTC widgets out the core Sense UI widgets for the non-HTC/HTC google phones…lol
6. MatthewS wrote on December 17, 2009
Not only is it HTC only, it’s Verizon only. These will not run on the HTC Magic, at least not the T-Mobile version. Somebody needs to try these out on a Sprint Hero, or some other HTC Sense enabled phone.
7. Anthony wrote on December 17, 2009
Work well on my Eris, only kept the battery one
8. Samuel Maskell wrote on December 17, 2009
none of them would install on my magic running myhero v. 2.0.5
not impressed
though they don’t look all that great anyway..
9. John wrote on December 17, 2009
None of them work on my Sprint HTC Hero. I just get launch errors.
10. TF wrote on December 17, 2009
I wonder if Sense is just being discarded, and their way of maintaining the Sense look after upgrades to the Android version is going to be via maintaining these apps for HTC branded phones. Add in a home screen replacement app by HTC for HTC phones, and they can maintain their 7 screens, and have “Sense” still in spirit, but still offer the most current Android.
11. JROXZ wrote on December 17, 2009
Works on sprint hero… Awesome animation but nothing else. Font looks cruddy.
12. Craig wrote on December 17, 2009
Gives me a Launch Error on Sprint Hero.
13. HamilSt wrote on December 17, 2009
I like that idea.
14. Shiny-Robot wrote on December 17, 2009
They won’t load on a UK rooted MCR 3.0 Hero.
15. HamilSt wrote on December 17, 2009
I did get all 4 apps to work on my Sprint Hero.
16. John wrote on December 17, 2009
Nevermind, the apps work for me too. I was doing it wrong..
17. paris wrote on December 17, 2009
guys i have the sprint hero and i am pissed because none of these apps ran on my phone!!!!
18. petergdakin wrote on December 17, 2009
Love the battery widget – can’t be arsed with the others!
19. Patrick wrote on December 17, 2009
Works just fine on my Sprint Hero. Dice widget sucks. Battery widget is pretty sweet.
20. Z-liberator wrote on December 17, 2009
Where are my props I said this Yesterday. Hero/Eris if you look at HTC widgets section have options to install more HTC Widgets, Thanks HTC!
21. Me wrote on December 17, 2009
Just downloaded the battery widget for my Eris. I like it, and it’s a pretty convenient tool.
22. Beavokos wrote on December 17, 2009
These work on my HTC Hero. Just need to run them from the HTC Widget
23. rohan wrote on December 17, 2009
It works perfectly on my orange hero with mcr 3.0.
24. bray424 wrote on December 17, 2009
Got an installer force close on my Sprint Hero running Unofficial Modaco 1.3, but after clearing the warning they all ran fine. None of them have the standard Sense “select which layout you want” screen that all the default widgets have, so there’s no customization, but still not bad. I’ll keep the battery widget and the This Day in History widget running, even though TDIH requires an entire screen and, as I mentioned before, theres no customization. I could see the dice being useful as a sort of heads-or-tails or pick-a-number argument settler. The tip calculator I have no use for because I’m capable of doing math in my head :).
25. blampars wrote on December 17, 2009
battery widget works great on my cdma sprint hero.
best battery widget out, i think.
26. ontheFritz wrote on December 17, 2009
@matthews the article says the widgets are compatible with hero.
27. jeff wrote on December 17, 2009
tried them all, nothing to scream about. today in history is neat but overall color me less than impressed
28. JonB wrote on December 17, 2009
Install on a Telus HTC Hero with MCR 3.0 comes up with “incompatible update”.
29. Digital312 wrote on December 17, 2009
downloaded all 4 widgets on my Srint HTC Hero & all ran fine. Only decided to keep the battery widget, this is the best battery widget I’ve used on my phone and hands down blows all other battery widgets out the water that are on the Android Market.
Thanks HTC!
30. Shawn wrote on December 17, 2009
dice on a phone…. well i guess i would always have dice on me if i decided to play 3 man
31. John wrote on December 17, 2009
Droid does! Apparently not……
32. danielg wrote on December 17, 2009
Doesn’t even show up on DROID
33. Darrk wrote on December 17, 2009
Downloaded the battery widget and added it to my second home screen on my Sprint Hero. Works very well and gives a nice amount of information.
34. TM wrote on December 17, 2009
For those that stated “Droid does! Apparently not…..” and “Doesn’t even show up on DROID”…did you even read the article? These are widgets made by HTC for two specific HTC devices. The last time I checked the MOTOROLA Droid wasn’t an HTC device.
35. Steve-O wrote on December 17, 2009
I downloaded Battery and Today in History for my Sprint Hero. Worked perfectly. Don’t try to launch them as apps, just use the + button on bottom right-hand corner and launch it from the HTC Widgets screen.
36. SPRINT HERO wrote on December 17, 2009
Ok anyone who says they wont open are dumb asses. These are widgets which means you have to put it on one of your home screens you cant open them. PS it works fine on the sprint hero but they all suck and are a waste of time.
37. dm nelson wrote on December 17, 2009
None of these work on my Droid Eris, tried several times then gave up.
38. Daniel wrote on December 17, 2009
Had no problems with them. Really enjoy the “Today in History.” I don’t think a widget constitutes “sucking” if you don’t use/need them. They are well built widgets and do exactly what they say. Good job HTC.
39. Jouten wrote on December 17, 2009
Works on my imported HTC Hero (white one, with chin). They all work (except the Today in History is always trying to update). I like the battery one best. Dice is ok if you are just goofing off. Tip calculator is pretty sweet too, but it takes up a lot of screen real estate. Definitely keeping the battery one though…
40. Condi Ryce wrote on December 17, 2009
Well, well, well… they send a cease and desist letter to LevelUp Studio (creator of Beautiful Widgets, Beautiful Silence Widgets, and Beautiful Widgets: Pack 2). Then release free widgets only to Hero and Eris.
What about the G1 (no love for the early adopters), or any other HTC model? HTC, you are slowly losing my loyalty. Piss on you!
41. troy wrote on December 17, 2009
battery widget is A+
42. Elden wrote on December 17, 2009
Works great on my eris….I. love the battery widget its very convenient
43. Pavi wrote on December 17, 2009
Today in History does not work on the Eris. I just downloaded it and tried to run it. I received an error message.
44. ari-free wrote on December 17, 2009
actually, HTC created Beautiful Widgets. LevelUp just copied it to the pixel.
45. Mensahwatts wrote on December 17, 2009
@TM….you tellem TM…some foos just don’t read things through…ha..sad but oh so true
46. Mensahwatts wrote on December 17, 2009
Even though Droid can’t use HTC widgits….Droid still is one of the most badest ass phones out there if not the badest…..DROIDDDDD!
47. william wrote on December 18, 2009
only got the battery widget. i think it’s pretty dang sweet. other ones (and info under settings) generally show the percentage only in multiples of ten. but this one is accurate to the ones. i like that.
48. The Black Guy wrote on December 18, 2009
Dice works on my behold 2 so it should work for all other 1.5 and higher android phones
49. asqwerth wrote on December 18, 2009
@Pavi (post 43): don’t run it from the App tray. Access HTC widgets from your home screen and choose the appropriate widget.
I have a European Hero running on 1.5 – the battery meter and Today In History widgets work. I didn’t bother to try the other 2.
I have to say that aesthetically, I prefer the look of the vizBattery battery widget, but the HTC widget actually bubbles and fizzes on your homescreen as you charge your phone, and that visual effect looks REALLY nice. If you press on the widget while it’s charging, the pop-up info window also shows the green liquid in the battery bubbling away.
I’ll try the HTC one for the moment, see how it compares with vizBattery with regard to battery drain. The latter seemed pretty energy efficient to me.
50. MagicDroid wrote on December 18, 2009
Magic users are screwed again… thanks a bunch HTC!
51. David Goemans wrote on December 18, 2009
I think those widgets are fake, not from HTC. Look at the contact email address… it’s htcandeng@gmail.com not blah@htc.com. This is probably some joker who thinks its a good idea to spoof HTC, give them a bad name ( cause his ratings are low ) and then get kicked from the market.
52. urandom wrote on December 18, 2009
Battery widget is good. I’m not seeing the usefulness of the rest, personally.
53. r00n wrote on December 18, 2009
I really dont like it that I can’t get this on my Tattoo!!!
54. brad wrote on December 18, 2009
downloaded all kept battery very handy – tip calc kept maybe for future use. dice bit pointless.
today in history takes up to much room – great apps
works on my t-mobile HTC Hero in the UK
55. Teek wrote on December 18, 2009
@ari-free
LevelUp wrote his own code and licensed his images from another developer. What HTC did is scummy and typical of big-business. What LevelUp did was perfectly legally. There are no laws preventing you or anyone else from writing your own program that looks like another program as long as it is all original. I can go build a word processor that looks just like MS Word as long as I write my own code and create my own images…and don’t use any of their trademarks like their name. I couldn’t call it Macrosoft Word Processor.
I am sure HTC didn’t (nor should they be able to) patent the display of a clock and the weather! They just know that they can afford to send a C&D and 99% of small time developers will have to shut down rather than fight a bogus claim because they can’t afford it.
56. JD wrote on December 18, 2009
Battery widget looks great, but I noticed it is a DRAIN on the resource it monitors, so I un-installed it and no more excessive drain. I guess I COULD kill it with ATK, but then I would have to wait for it to load every time I load my home. I can get all the battery info I need in the settings. Now the dice roll? THAT’S nice!
57. Ryan wrote on December 18, 2009
Turns out they don’t work on a Hero with modded 2.0 Rom on it, Oh well
58. Ammar wrote on January 18, 2010
These widgets work very nicely on the unlocked version of the HTC Hero!
59. gino wrote on January 24, 2010
I personally think HTC should leave the customer the chance of having a phone without the sense UI for various reasons:
- any update on the OS i have it right away
- If I go 4 android, why having a UI that ruins android looks? It looks pretty much the same as the sense 4 WM devices!. Is like having an Iphone UI on top of the Android.
- I personally do not want anything that could barely interfere between my phone and Android, in that case people like me are being left only to the Nexus choice.