Not to mention, most of the geeks prefer stock Android over the Sense. Stock is eveolving since its launch but the Sense is nearly the same as it was in the days of Windows Mobile. Well, if you have the hot phone of the era – the Samsung Galaxy S in your hands, you’d definitely love Stock Android on it. I rate Samsung’s TouchWiz a lot lower than the Sense. But that’s just me, you can differ.

Apparently, some Android modders/hackers also prefer Stock Android over TouchWiz. So they decided to run stock Android 2.1 on Samsung Galaxy S and they did! Just imagine the neat default Android interface. Makes life much easier. See the demo for yourself:

Looks cool eh? Really, I love it. There are some issues, as mentioned in the video. Camera isn’t working as yet. But they have achieved major milestones. Camera is not too far away. You’ll have to wait until all the bugs are fixed. You’ll then be treated with the fresh out of the oven Eclair for your Galaxy S

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A few months ago, Motorola launched the Milestone in Hong Kong and Singapore (Mar).  Motorola will launch a new Android phone tomorrow in Hong Kong. We also have word that there is a launch event in Singapore tomorrow but we suspect they will launch the BackFlip instead.

It is suspected that the new phone is the XT701. The XT701 is very similar to the Milestone except that it doesn’t come with a slide out keyboard. It has a 3.7″ screen with 5 mega pixel camera. For Milestone users who have been complaining about the lack of a Chinese interface, the XT701 comes with a full Chinese interface and it is preloaded with Android 2.1

We anticipate that the Milestone XT701 to be an exclusive deal with Hong Kong’s Vodaphone-Smartone, the suggested retail price in HK is HKD 3980.

In case you are not aware, Motorola Milestone comes with a Navigation software “MotoNAV”. It is available for a 60 days trial after which you can purchase the license online.

In this video, we take a quick look on how it looks like. If you haven’t read our review of the Motorola Milestone, here is the link of our Review.

In the next couple of weeks, mobile phone users will be spoilt for choice. There are at least 3 new Android phones that will make it’s first appearance in Singapore. Motorola Milestone is coming next Tuesday according to online media and the two other Korean ones should make it in Singapore by Chinese New Year.

The first would be the slider keyboard phone Motorola Milestone. It has a large capacitive screen and has keyboard shortcuts feature. This phone spots the latest Android 2.0 and it is said to be exclusive to Singtel. So, other telco users, if you are seriously considering, you would have to sign another contract. just to get the new phone. This phone is already on sale in Hong Kong last December. Processor runs at 550MHz and has a 5 megapixel camera.

The LG GW620 is another slider QWERTY phone from LG. It is powered by Android 1.5 (cupcake) and has a resistive screen. It has a 5 megapixel camera and uns at 528MHz as well.

The third is the Samsung Spica (i5700), the slim down version of the Galaxy which we preview before on OCWorkbench. It runs on Android 1.5 (Cupcake) too but it has a more powerful processor running at 800MHz. It has a 3 megapixel camera. The rest of the specifications are very similar to the Galaxy (i7500).

*Specifications are subjected to changes without prior notice