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HTC’s “Virtual Book” UI Patent Could Be Sense UI’s Successor

4:30AM Chris Jacob | HTC’s new UI patent that “organises applications, widgets, and web pages into pages of a virtual book” may “borrow” a few ideas from Palm, but it’s cool with me. I’m all for a snazzier version of Pre’s card system. More »
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What HTC Means When They Talk About “Sense” On Windows Mobile

1:20AM John Herrman | Sense for Windows Mobile isn’t a full port of the Hero’s interface for Android; it’s a nebulous design philosophy, with “pillars” and a “vision.” But don’t worry! It—taking the form of TouchFlo 2.6 here—isn’t as lame as it sounds. More »
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HTC Hero’s Sense UI Comes to iPhone as a Jailbroken Theme

11:57AM Dan Nosowitz | Have a jailbroken iPhone but long for the exciting new Sense UI seen on the HTC Hero? A new theme brings Sense to the iPhone, though the skin is, unfortunately, only skin-deep. More »
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Motorola’s Giving Android A Full Makeover, Just Like HTC And Sony

3:15AM John Herrman | HTC kicked it off with Sense, and Sony wasn’t far behind with Rachael. Now Motorola, with their upcoming “Blur” social-networking-centric Android interface, has confirmed the trend: plain vanilla Android is a thing of the past. More »
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Rumour: Existing Android Phones Won’t Get HTC’s “Sense” UI For Lame Licensing Reasons

7:55PM John Herrman | That HTC’s “Sense” interface would run on older hardware was known for months before its official announcement, so a sanctioned update for existing phones makes sense, right? Turns out, there might be an extremely annoying barrier standing in HTC’s way. More »
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HTC Debuts Hero, With Fresh “Sense” Face For Android

8:50PM John Herrman | As expected, HTC has dropped the details on a new Android phone—the leaked-to-all-hell Hero, no less. And HTC’s fantastic, also-leaked Android interface overhaul is here, too: it’s called Sense. Oh, and it’s got Flash support. More »