This is great news!

No need for an extra Spotify laptop anymore

But where is the squeezebox classic? Is it out of production? Replaced by Squeezebox Touch?

Anyways, I got to try this the coming week.

THANKS Martin for posting this comment and link!

Been running VillainROM 10.3.0 for a few weeks. It’s rock solid. No need for testing matrix, all features are stable and fast.

Now onto testing VillainROM 12.0.0.

VillainROM 10.3.0

VillainROM 12.0.0

A great update to HTC Hero Villain ROM!

First version of the Villain 5.4 ROM was a bit shaky to initial-boot, but worked after a 2nd try. The ROM is real solid. A few glitches, like Friend Stream, didn’t work at first -BUT were corrected through the new OTA update channel. The OTA updates, by the way, works real well!

OTA update = Over The Air update.. Meaning you get ROM updates and patches over your wireless connection. No PC required

Google Maps Navigation, which was a problem in 5.3 is fixed and is working. Apart from that feature-wise the ROM is equal to 5.3 in my test in previous post.

The only problem now is that popularity seems to hit the Villain site hard and it’s not coping with the traffic it seems. Bad uptime. However there are alternative sites like the XDA developers forum.

Once again, fantastic work by the community.

(Update 2010-04-26 23:10 CET)

Villain 5.3 functionality results so far. Google navigation was broken due to patch package for Live Wallpapers. After a re-flash NOT applying the Rosie patch Navigation works. The ROM is real fast and seems great so far!

I’m now staying on 5.3 on my phone and will test more.

Link to the Villain 5.2 description and download

Link to the Villain 5.3 description and download

Fantastic work by @nprussell and others in the community!