News · 2 Jun 2011 · MTW Editorial Team
HTC’s CEO Perter Chou has just announced, during his Qualcomm Upling Keynote, that the company is opening up the Sense UI to modders with the OpenSense SDK and launching a new developer program named HTCDev. So what is this all about? Here’s the official description:
HTCdev will be a comprehensive resource for developers that will provide the core tools you need to develop your ideas specifically on HTC devices, including access to HTC OpenSense SDK, support, education, and enhanced services that will enable you to build, publish and promote your ideas. HTCdev will be a constantly evolving platform and we intend to use your feedback to add new features and tools in the future. This is the start of a conversation and of a collaboration. Where it goes from here is only limited by your imagination.
As you can see HTC is going to provide a free OpenSense SDK that will allow anybody to play around and modify the famous and critically acclaimed Sense UI.
The HTC OpenSense SDK will allow developers to harness software and hardware innovations on HTC phones to develop more deeply integrated mobile apps and experiences. Altogether, you’ll have access to documentation, sample code, APIs and more importantly, the support and inspiration of the HTCdev community.
Ironically this is something that was promised by HTC nearly 4 years ago when the original TouchFlo3D UI was introduced on the Windows Mobile 6 based HTC Touch Diamond.The HTCDEv program has not yet launched but you can already register here to be alerted of the launch date.
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