As if one round of leaks wasn't enough, now more photos of the HTC First have leaked showcasing the 'Facebook Home' UI it will ship with.
Less than 24 hours away from the Facebook event that is supposed to unveil “Facebook’s new home on Android,” we’ve got more leaked images of the HTC First.
The HTC First is the rumoured new flagship from HTC that has gone significant UI tweaks to give it a very strong “Facebook” flavour. The name is also appropriate for the device as it is the “first” phone to be designed keeping Facebook in mind, but also, it is in line with HTC’s other flagship phone, “One.”
The user interface of the HTC First device has been leaked courtesy 9to5Google and from the initial looks of it, Facebook has sunk its networking teeth into pretty much every aspect of the phone. Almost every context menu has a relevant Facebook option, leaving very little need to navigate the actual app. Conceptually it sounds pretty neat, and from the leaked screenshots, it looks like Facebook and HTC have done a good job at integrating the feature, but we will only know its effectiveness once we’ve given it a test run for ourselves.
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The hardware isn’t the only thing being showcased at tomorrow’s event, as Facebook also plans on showing off a rich, skinned version of its Android app at the press event tonight. The skinned app won’t get limited to just the HTC First though, with rumours suggesting that Samsung’s TouchWiz UI will also be able to play fair with the new app.
Currently, we know a fair bit about the announcements that will probably be made tonight, but we can’t be too sure about whether this is all there is. Leaving aside the fact that the nitty-gritty details of both the phone and the app are still amiss, we can’t help but feel that there may be more here than meets the eye.
Source: 9to5Google