HTC Sense
HTC Sense is a user interface, based on the TouchFLO 3D user interface,[1] developed by HTC for mobile devices running Android and Windows Mobile. HTC Sense is a “design experience, an architecture that is all about how people use the device, making their content personal to how they use the device.”[2] However, HTC has confused the issue by calling HTC Sense a user interface in press releases about the launch of the HTC Hero in India.[3] Announced June 24, 2009, the first phone running Android to feature HTC Sense was the HTC Hero,[4][5] and the first Windows Phone to feature HTC Sense (an updated TouchFLO) was the HTC HD2, announced October 6, 2009.[6]
At the World Mobile Congress 2010, HTC showed their new updated HTC Sense UI to debut on the HTC Desire and HTC Legend. Among the changes to the interface are the Friend Stream widget (which aggregates all Twitter, Facebook and Flickr information) and Leap, which allows access to all the home screens at once.[7]
While the Windows Mobile version of Sense is the successor to TouchFLO 3D, with information featured on separate tabs, the Android version has several blank, customizable screen which can be customized with different widgets and links. This is due to HTC's philosophy of Android for consumers, WM for enterprise and business users.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Viddler.com - HTC Hero walkthrough
- ^ Mobile Europe - Operators benefit from Sense "subtlety"; and Sense is not a UI, OK?
- ^ HTC Introduces the HTC Hero in India
- ^ PCWorld - HTC's Hero Features a New Android User Interface
- ^ HTC - HTC Hero Overview
- ^ HTC Unveils First Windows Phone with HTC Sense, the HTC HD2
- ^ HTC enhances Sense with Leap and Friend Stream