diff --git a/bin/templates/project/assets/www/css/index.css b/bin/templates/project/assets/www/css/index.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c869f872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/templates/project/assets/www/css/index.css
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+html,
+body {
+    height:100%;
+    font-size:12px;
+    width:100%;
+}
+
+html {
+    display:table;
+}
+
+body {
+    background-color:#A7A7A7;
+    background-image:linear-gradient(top, #A7A7A7 0%, #E4E4E4 51%);
+    background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(top, #A7A7A7 0%, #E4E4E4 51%);
+    background-image:-ms-linear-gradient(top, #A7A7A7 0%, #E4E4E4 51%);
+    background-image:-webkit-gradient(
+        linear,
+        left top,
+        left bottom,
+        color-stop(0, #A7A7A7),
+        color-stop(0.51, #E4E4E4)
+    );
+    display:table-cell;
+    font-family:'HelveticaNeue-Light', 'HelveticaNeue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+    text-transform:uppercase;
+    vertical-align:middle;
+}
+
+.app {
+    background-image:url(../img/cordova.png);
+    background-repeat:no-repeat;
+    margin:0px auto;
+    width:275px;
+}
+
+h1 {
+    font-size:2em;
+    font-weight:300;
+    margin:0px;
+    overflow:visible;
+    padding:0px;
+    text-align:center;
+}
+
+.status {
+    background-color:#333333;
+    border-radius:4px;
+    -webkit-border-radius:4px;
+    color:#FFFFFF;
+    font-size:1em;
+    margin:0px auto;
+    padding:2px 10px;
+    text-align:center;
+    width:100%;
+    max-width:175px;
+}
+
+.status.complete {
+    background-color:#4B946A;
+}
+
+.hide {
+    display:none;
+}
+
+@keyframes fade {
+    from { opacity: 1.0; }
+    50% { opacity: 0.4; }
+    to { opacity: 1.0; }
+}
+ 
+@-webkit-keyframes fade {
+    from { opacity: 1.0; }
+    50% { opacity: 0.4; }
+    to { opacity: 1.0; }
+}
+ 
+.blink {
+    animation:fade 3000ms infinite;
+    -webkit-animation:fade 3000ms infinite;
+}
+
+/* portrait */
+/* @media screen and (max-aspect-ratio: 1/1) */
+.app {
+    background-position:center top;
+    height:100px;              /* adds enough room for text */
+    padding:180px 0px 0px 0px; /* background height - shadow offset */
+}
+
+/* lanscape (when wide enough) */
+@media screen and (min-aspect-ratio: 1/1) and (min-width:445px) {
+    .app {
+        background-position:left center;
+        height:140px;       /* height + padding = background image size */
+        padding-left:170px; /* background width */
+        padding-top:60px;   /* center the text */
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bin/templates/project/assets/www/img/cordova.png b/bin/templates/project/assets/www/img/cordova.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8169cf7
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diff --git a/bin/templates/project/assets/www/index.html b/bin/templates/project/assets/www/index.html
index de69cb12..f5cf6213 100644
--- a/bin/templates/project/assets/www/index.html
+++ b/bin/templates/project/assets/www/index.html
@@ -1,60 +1,24 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML>
-<!--
-       Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-       or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-       distributed with this work for additional information
-       regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-       to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-       "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-       with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-       software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-       "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-       KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-       specific language governing permissions and limitations
-       under the License.
--->
+<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
-  <head>
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=320; user-scalable=no" />
-    <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
-    <title>PhoneGap</title>
-      <link rel="stylesheet" href="master.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title">
-      <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova-2.0.0.js"></script>
-      <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="main.js"></script>
-
-  </head>
-  <body onload="init();" id="stage" class="theme">
-    <h1>Welcome to Cordova!</h1>
-    <h2>this file is located at assets/www/index.html</h2>
-    <div id="info">
-        <h4>Platform: <span id="platform"> &nbsp;</span>,   Version: <span id="version">&nbsp;</span></h4>
-        <h4>UUID: <span id="uuid"> &nbsp;</span>,   Name: <span id="name">&nbsp;</span></h4>
-        <h4>Width: <span id="width"> &nbsp;</span>,   Height: <span id="height">&nbsp;
-                   </span>, Color Depth: <span id="colorDepth"></span></h4>
-     </div>
-    <dl id="accel-data">
-      <dt>X:</dt><dd id="x">&nbsp;</dd>
-      <dt>Y:</dt><dd id="y">&nbsp;</dd>
-      <dt>Z:</dt><dd id="z">&nbsp;</dd>
-    </dl>
-    <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="toggleAccel();">Toggle Accelerometer</a>
-    <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="getLocation();">Get Location</a>
-    <a href="tel:411" class="btn large">Call 411</a>
-    <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="beep();">Beep</a>
-    <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="vibrate();">Vibrate</a>
-    <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="show_pic();">Get a Picture</a>
-    <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="get_contacts();return false;">Get Phone's Contacts</a>
-    <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="check_network();return false;">Check Network</a>
-    <dl>
-    <dt>Compass Heading:</dt><dd id="h">Off</dd>
-    </dl>
-    <a href="#" class="btn large" onclick="toggleCompass();return false;">Toggle Compass</a>
-    <div id="viewport" class="viewport" style="display: none;">
-      <img style="width:60px;height:60px" id="test_img" src="" />
-    </div>
-  </body>
+    <head>
+        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
+        <meta name = "format-detection" content = "telephone=no">
+        <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width;" />
+        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/index.css" />
+        <title>Hello Cordova</title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <div class="app">
+            <h1>Apache Cordova™</h1>
+            <div id="deviceready">
+                <p class="status pending blink">Connecting to Device</p>
+                <p class="status complete blink hide">Device is Ready</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="cordova-2.0.0.js"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="js/index.js"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript">
+            app.initialize();
+        </script>
+    </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/bin/templates/project/assets/www/js/index.js b/bin/templates/project/assets/www/js/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3894b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/templates/project/assets/www/js/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+var app = {
+    initialize: function() {
+        this.bind();
+    },
+    bind: function() {
+        document.addEventListener('deviceready', this.deviceready, false);
+    },
+    deviceready: function() {
+        app.report('deviceready');
+    },
+    report: function(id) {
+        document.querySelector('#' + id + ' .pending').classList.add('hide');
+        document.querySelector('#' + id + ' .complete').classList.remove('hide');
+    }
+};
