HTC Sense 3.0 (unofficially) arrives on the Desire HD

By George Wong on 04/15/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

HTC Sense 3.0 (unofficially) arrives on the Desire HD It looks like what HTC said about Sense 3.0 not being able to work on their older Android phones isn’t true after all – it’s either a ploy by HTC to get you to buy their newer phones, or the company just doesn’t want to bother developing Sense for their older models anymore. Well the folks over at XDA-developers managed to get their hands on the HTC Sensation/Pyramid ROM dump and turned it into a custom ROM that works on the Desire HD. It’s in alpha stages at this point, which means it’s buggy (about 60-70% not working properly) but it sports the new sexy looking Sense 3.0 UI and let’s not forget that it’s Gingerbread (Android 2.3) for the phone. As usual, give it a few weeks before you get a completely working and stable ROM, but for those of you who want can’t wait for it you can find out how to get the ROM here.

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

HTC: High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and tablets. The company started as an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) that was building devices for others, but went on making HTC-branded smartphones based mostly on Microsoft's Windows operating system (OS) for mobile. In 2009, it began to shift its core focus away from Windows mobile devices to Android-based ones. In 2010 the company went back to the Windows Phone eco-system.

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