android/webkit text-overflow: ellipsis not working

Question

hello --

i am trying to get the following code to work on an androind 2.1 phone (HTC Sense UI):

h1 {
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #FFF;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    overflow: hidden;   
}

however, the text-overflow property does not seem to work. has anybody else had this problem, or found a way to work around it?

thank you in advance for your time.