HTC's Sense UI, a custom-made theme that sits over another OS and provides new functionality and a high level of polish, is probably the best regarded of all manufacturer-made custom UIs.
Others, like Samsung's TouchWiz and Motorola's BLUR, are often less preferable than the untouched OS, but HTC Sense is often a major selling point on HTC phones like the HD2 (pictured), Droid Incredible, and Evo 4G.
But a new tide is coming. The OSes HTC had been improving with Sense, namely Android and Windows Mobile, may not need it quite so much.
Google is rumored to be focusing on UI improvements with the next version of Android, even hiring away one of Palm's crack UI designers to work on Android 3.0, codenamed
"Gingerbread." And Microsoft, saddled with an OS long past the point of improvement, has simply tossed out Windows Mobile in favor of the new, very slick Windows Phone 7.
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Others, like Samsung's TouchWiz and Motorola's BLUR, are often less preferable than the untouched OS, but HTC Sense is often a major selling point on HTC phones like the HD2 (pictured), Droid Incredible, and Evo 4G.
But a new tide is coming. The OSes HTC had been improving with Sense, namely Android and Windows Mobile, may not need it quite so much.
Google is rumored to be focusing on UI improvements with the next version of Android, even hiring away one of Palm's crack UI designers to work on Android 3.0, codenamed
"Gingerbread." And Microsoft, saddled with an OS long past the point of improvement, has simply tossed out Windows Mobile in favor of the new, very slick Windows Phone 7.
Read More @ fastcompany.com
