Almost identical internally to the Nexus One, the Desire has the gorgeous HTC Sense user interface running on top of Android 2.1. However, developer Modaco has begun the port to get Sense onto a rooted Nexus One!

According to Modaco’s site, here is what we know about the porting process so far:

• If you rebuild the boot image replacing the kernel it runs. I’m running my own custom kernel with himem and bits.
• The system.img doesn’t fit on the N1 (!), it’s nearly 200MB. I booted by moving some stuff off the system partition.
• The trackball works.
• The 4 bottom keys work.
• The proximity sensor works.
• The LED works.
• The light sensor works.
• The compass and G sensor work.
• The camera works fine and is great with face recognition and touch focus.
• The FM radio loads, but makes no sound / finds no stations it seems. Maybe we need Desire radio ROM?
• Flash 10.1 is included and works well.
• It’s FAST!

Source: Into Mobile

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As expected, the Desire is nothing more than a Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Nexus One, but with the HTC Sense UI that many are claiming to be critical to having a proper Android experience.

It’s 119 mm tall, 60 mm wide, 11.9 mm thick, with a weight of 135 grams. Where that extra 5 grams comes from is a mystery since the Google Phone weighs only 130 grams. It runs the latest version of Android, 2.1, has a 1 GHz Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) Snapdragon processor, 576 MB of RAM, quadband GSM/EDGE, dual band (900 MHz, 2100 MHz) 7.2 Mbps HSPA, 1400 mAh battery, WiFi, GPS, accelerometer, compass, and all the other stuff typically associated with a high end smartphone.

HTC say this device will come out in early Q2, and T-Mobile UK recently shot out a tweet saying that they’re going to be selling this device starting March 26th. No word on USA availability.

Source: Into Mobile.

Android, Google, HTC Corporation, HTC Sense, Nexus One, Smartphone, Snapdragon, Wi-Fi