SlashGear Joins HTC London Today: New HTC Hero To Debut?

The clock is counting down to HTC's London press event, with a little over three hours to go until we get to see exactly what the smartphone manufacturer has in store.  We're fully expecting to see a new Android handset, most likely the HTC Hero, which we're hearing that the company has been quietly showing off to select groups of journalists and analysts.  SlashGear will be at the event this morning, bringing you all the details.

The Hero is expected to feature similar hardware to the HTC Magic, so figure a capacitive touchscreen, 3G and WiFi connectivity, GPS and a camera.  What stands it apart are the modifications HTC have apparently made to Android; while the company's first two devices have pretty much delivered the typical Google platform experience, leaked ROM builds from the Hero suggest a new UI called "Rosie".

Rosie blends some of HTC's TouchFLO 3D UI, as seen on their Windows Mobile devices, with Android, and we're hearing very positive things from those running the ROM on their devices.  Other rumors, though, are saying that HTC will bring a second device, similar to the Hero but with a QWERTY keyboard, called Memphis along today.  We'll only know when the curtain (likely metaphorically) goes up, so keep reading SlashGear to find out all the news today.

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