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===Sense 3.6 (2012)===
===Sense 3.6 (2012)===
Sense 3.6 was built for older HTC devices atop Android 4.0 (codename Ice Cream Sandwich). It is similar to Sense 3.0, but features a new homescreen with pinnable apps, like that of Sense 4.0. It was first featured on the [[HTC Sensation]] and [[HTC Vivid]].
Sense 3.6 was built for older HTC devices atop Android 4.0 (codename Ice Cream Sandwich). It is similar to Sense 3.0, but features a new homescreen with pinnable apps, like that of Sense 4.0. It was first featured on the [[HTC Sensation]] and [[HTC Vivid]].


===Sense 4.0 (2012)===
===Sense 4.0 (2012)===
Built atop Android 4.0 (codename Ice Cream Sandwich), it debuted on the [[HTC One X]], [[HTC One S]], and the [[HTC One V]]. Lighter and faster than past versions, it toned down the 3D transitions, introduced a new home screen with apps pinnable to the dock, and offered a new way to place widgets.
Built atop Android 4.0, it debuted on the [[HTC One X]], [[HTC One S]], and the [[HTC One V]]. Lighter and faster than past versions, it toned down the 3D transitions, introduced a new home screen with apps pinnable to the dock, and offered a new way to place widgets.


== Devices ==
== Devices ==

Revision as of 22:52, 6 September 2012

HTC Sense is a graphical user interface developed by HTC Corporation for mobile devices running Android, Brew and Windows Mobile.

Based on the TouchFLO 3D design,[1] HTC has referred to HTC Sense as both a user interface in itself[2] and also as a user experience layer on top of TouchFLO 3D.[3]

Announced June 24, 2009, the first phone running Android to feature HTC Sense was the HTC Hero,[4][5] and the first Windows Mobile phone to feature HTC Sense (an updated TouchFLO) was the HTC HD2, announced October 6, 2009.[6]

History

While the Windows Mobile version of Sense is the successor to TouchFLO 3D, with information featured on separate tabs, the Android version presents information through Android desktop widgets and applications, and includes launcher, app drawer, and lock screen replacements.

At the Mobile World Congress 2010, HTC showed their new updated HTC Sense UI to debut on the HTC Desire and HTC Legend, with an upgrade available for the Hero and Magic. The new version is based upon Android 2.1 and has new interface features such as the Friend Stream widget, which aggregates Twitter, Facebook and Flickr information and Leap, which allows access to all the home screens at once.[7]

When the HTC Sensation was released, it featured the new and improved HTC Sense 3.0, which added additional new interface elements, including an updated lock screen that allows applications to be pinned directly to it for easier access. The HTC EVO 3D also features Sense 3.0.

Two versions of Sense were developed for Android 4.0. Sense 4.0, included on HTC's new devices beginning with the "One" series (such as the HTC One X), was designed to provide a refreshed and more minimalist look closer to stock Android than previous versions, while integrating with the new features provided by Android 4.0.[8][9] Sense 3.6, which is distributed through updates to older HTC phones, is designed to have a closer resemblance to previous versions of Sense.[10]

Versions

HTC Sense (2009)

Built atop Android 1.6 (codename Donut), it was released on the HTC Hero. This version of Sense featured a small number of apps with social capabilities that connected to Facebook and Twitter.

Espresso (2010)

Espresso is the codename for the version of Sense running atop T-Mobile myTouch devices. It debuted on the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide (HTC Espresso) and the T-Mobile myTouch 4G (HTC Glacier). It features all of the widgets and apps of regular Sense, but the color of apps and certain interface elements are blue instead of green. "Pushed in" apps appear on the home screen.

Sense 2.0 (2010)

Built atop Android 2.1 (codename Eclair), this improved release debuted on the HTC Desire and HTC Legend as well as provided upgrades for the HTC Hero and HTC Magic. It introduced FriendStream and the Leap feature similar to Mac OS X's Mission Control.

Sense 3.0 (2011)

Built atop Android 2.3 (codename Gingerbread), it debuted on the HTC Sensation. This version of Sense introduced HTC Watch, a movie streaming service, and updated the lockscreen with app shortcuts for easier access. Additional lockscreen styles include widgets that display content such as weather and photos. It also features 3D homescreen transition effects when swiping amongst homescreens.

Sense 3.6 (2012)

Sense 3.6 was built for older HTC devices atop Android 4.0 (codename Ice Cream Sandwich [ICS]). It is similar to Sense 3.0, but features a new homescreen with pinnable apps, like that of Sense 4.0. It was first featured on the HTC Sensation and HTC Vivid.

Sense 4.0 (2012)

Built atop Android 4.0, it debuted on the HTC One X, HTC One S, and the HTC One V. Lighter and faster than past versions, it toned down the 3D transitions, introduced a new home screen with apps pinnable to the dock, and offered a new way to place widgets.

Devices

Sense 4.0

Sense 3.5 / 3.6

Sense 3.0

Sense 2.0 / 2.1

Sense 1.0

Original Sense

Espresso Sense

See also

References

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