In fact, like Palm's Pre, the HTC Hero seems ready to fully integrate your local data with all your subscribed social media sites.

ENGADGET: HTC Hero running Android and Sense UI leaks from HTC's own website (updated, official, video)

That's definitely odd, considering how big a bet Motorola seemed to be placing on Blur as its handset differentiator -- and doubly odd since the HTC Hero Eric Schmidt was holding at the same photo op was running Sense on top of Android.

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Hero includes the new HTC Sense widget-based interface that puts at-a-glance info right up front on the home screen where it belongs.

ENGADGET: HTC Hero running Android and Sense UI leaks from HTC's own website (updated, official, video)