This is welcome news indeed for all the fans of this once rooted application for Android Devices. Until recently AnderWeb’s ADW Launcher only worked on rooted Android devices.  Many developers and theme enthusiasts have used this great home replacement app on custom ROMs and theme packages, which have been floating around the Android community.  Basically anyone with a rooted phone could install the launcher, and instantly bring new life to their phone.

Now, The ADW Launcher is a 3rd party opensource home replacement app, which is very customizable. It includes many of the best features of other high end devices.  And with this latest release has added the new “Froyo” launcher look.  Some of the features include:

• the Nexus One screen dots,
• the horizontal app drawer that is found on the Samsung Galaxy S,
• Sense UI homescreen previews,
• And an invisible “secret dock,” that gives you the option to add six more icons.

Some of the customizable options include:

• the ability to change the number of homescreens,
• add any icon to the launcher dock, number of rows inside the app drawer,
• the ability to adjust the speed and zoom effect of the app drawer,
• And the option to hide the notification bar up top.

These are just some of the features and options available, there are a few more that you can play around with inside the ADW settings menu.

Performance of the ADW Launcher has been improved greatly (some of the older bugs were removed). A smooth and clean looking new interface that adds a lot of functionality via the new animated 3D   Nexus One app drawer.  These are really features that feature on certain high end Android devices, made available to the masses for the first time. The updated Froyo themed launcher is also a big plus.  You can add any icon you want to the Froyo launcher simply by dragging and dropping the icon on to the dock itself.

The latest version of ADW launcher is available exclusively on the Android Market now. It is compatible with all Android Devices running on Android versions 1.6 and 2.1. This ADW launcher promises to be the best one yet among all the homescreen replacement apps in the Android Market. If you are a fan of the new “Froyo” look, don’t forget to give this one a whirl.