HTC Sense 3.0 not arriving on older phones

By George Wong on 04/14/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

When HTC announced the HTC Sensation recently, they also showed off the latest version of HTC Sense in the promo video. Since the new UI looks pretty rad, someone sent a tweet to HTC asking them if the new sense would arrive on his Desire HD. HTC replied with:

“due to Sense’s hardware requirements, only our newest devices (Flyer, EVO 3D, Sensation) will be able to support it.”

From the examples mentioned in the tweet, it looks like not even the newer phones such as the Incredible S/2 or Desire S will be getting the new UI. The Flyer has a 1.5GHz processor while the EVO 3D and Sensation both back dual-core processors, signifying how much processing power the phones will need to run. But since this is Android we’re talking about, I’m pretty sure some developers will port it over to older phones anyway. Hit the break to watch the HTC Sensation promo video:

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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