I'm an AT&T subscriber and i've been waiting on the Nexus one or compatible device.
I really don't know which is better between the nexus and the desire, but I know I do like the Physical buttons and the optical trackpad on the desire. I'm just not sure I want the Sense UI over Android.
Does the Sense UI still allow animated backgrounds and have all the features that vanilla Android has?
My main concern is the fact that it seems to take manufacturers with UI over Android a while to upgrade to the latest Version of Android.
So what do you guys think the best choice will be? And how hard will it be to remove Sense off the Desire and make it Vanilla Anroid? Will it then get the OTA updates just like the NExus One?
elijahblake said:
I'm an AT&T subscriber and i've been waiting on the Nexus one or compatible device.
I really don't know which is better between the nexus and the desire, but I know I do like the Physical buttons and the optical trackpad on the desire. I'm just not sure I want the Sense UI over Android.
Does the Sense UI still allow animated backgrounds and have all the features that vanilla Android has?
My main concern is the fact that it seems to take manufacturers with UI over Android a while to upgrade to the latest Version of Android.
So what do you guys think the best choice will be? And how hard will it be to remove Sense off the Desire and make it Vanilla Anroid? Will it then get the OTA updates just like the NExus One?
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Yes someone can make a stock android 2.1 rom for the desire. HTC SENSE UI has everything that stock android has except (correct me if I'm wrong) the new launcher.
In every htc sense device you can just turn off sense and just use stock android so no problem there.
The device won't get major updates from google (like OS upgrades) but it might get minor updates (like 3G fixes, bug fixes, newer flash)
Just so that you know Sense UI is android except with a skin, like sense on the hd2.
I would get the Desire (you get both stock and sense ui, the desire has more RAM then the nexus one, the desire looks much better and sleeker.)
Agreed. Couple points:
1. I own a Nexus. It's very good. I'm a WinMo guy and it was good enough to convert me to a phone with no keyboard.
2. I'ld get the desire. Its almost like a 2nd gen N1. Takes away most common faults: bad network coverage, problems with capacitive buttons, vanilla interface.
3. Furthermore, Sense is great. Coming from an HTC WinMo phone I reeeaeaally missed Sense. Android clocks look cheesy while sense looks classy. There is now a dedicated phone button on the screen. My number one complaint was I hate the way iphones find contacts to call them. It's like 4 clicks and a ton of scrolling. Android is like that. But with Sense on, Sense dialer is a smart dialer. Just start typing their name on dialpad (dad = 323) and it quickly finds the number.
4. Although sense can be turned off, its not "just" a launcher. Its also a dialer, a contact app, an entire new homescreen with 7 screens and specialized htc widgets preprogrammed into them, with saveable custom homescreens called "scenes." New weather app, new app drawer with no 3d effects. Also, Sense ("Rosie") is said by Rom chiefs to be built deep into the "framework" of Android, which is why they sadly havent just ported the apps to stock yet.
thanks guys, Looks like the Desire is the best choice then... Now I just hope that it really comes to AT&T. And SOON!!!
i wonder if at&t will screw up the desire like they did with the backflop?
Brickflop, you mean. But I wouldn't be surprised if the Desire gets the same treatment.
Some new screens of the Espresso UI showed up from the upcoming myTouch Slide and they look... weird.
What do you guys think? I don't really like any of the changes - what the hell is HTC thinking?
HTC Gives T-Mobile myTouch Slide’s Sense UI An Espresso Boost
"find coffee shops near me" LOL
Well they are trying to copy WP7, don't they? It's horrible!
I can't believe this concept is the future UI for mobile phones! Sense 2.5 on WM is (was) and probably Mobile shell and such.... But what's the story with this plain text ugly interfaces? Next step in 2012 is a DOS command prompt?
C:\>call 0047135994454
Dialing....
is their a way to change the lock screen on the evo that actually works?
You can use Lockbot Pro to change it to whatever you would like. I'm not sure if you are asking for something a little more in depth with coding but then again, you did not say either way. Here is a vid of it running on the EVO. O use it on my HD2 (same hardware specs) and it works well
Is it possible to keep the stock sense 3.0 launcher but cut down the amount of screens to about 5 ?
Thanks
I'd like to be able to do that too. Galaxy SII has this feature. You can remove screens just as easy as you'd remove a widget. Hopefully next versions of Sense will have this too.
No. It's not. Rosie has the worst customization of any launcher out there.
Sent from my Leedroid Sensational Htc Sensation!
I may betting an Inspire in 2 weeks, replacing an HTC Aria (FroYo, rooted, likely to be Sense 1.o). I see that many of the ROMs for the Inspire are Sense 3.0 or higher. Do these higher/newer versions of sense have landscape home screens?
There are only 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary math, and those who don't.
Some do and some don't. You can often flash a rotating rosie mod on the ones that do come with it right off.