http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/ Engadget Comments for HTC debuts widgets for Sense-equipped Android phones http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Hey, it was nice.]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/eh]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Its just the end of thew article says HTC is keeping it away from other phone makers, but also its own phones -_-]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/I think your missing what im saying, i know normal G1's cant use them because they dont have the Sense UI, but the end of the article is saying that HTC is keeping its products for its phones, but its still alienating its own phones.]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Downloaded but doesn't appear on my widget list on my G1 with 2.01...]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Funny. didn't know that. Just got that app last night with no problems.]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Any similar ones ont he market place?]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/
But HTC would be shooting themselves in the foot if they did that.]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Why, Sense is hardly one of their biggest selling points. Millions of people still buy HTC phones without Sense UI on them, I don't think it would affect their handset sales or profitability much at all]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/
They don't sell Sense as a download because that would be impossible, and they don't sell these widgets to Droid users because they simply wouldn't run. If you convinced them to install somehow they would just crash your phone when you tried to load them. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/
That is right on the money. Motorola has stated (and HTC has inferred) that there are only "so many combinations" of keyboards, and screens, etc. and that the way they intend to differentiate themselves is through software. The Sense UI is just that software. It is what makes a person (or not) buy an HTC handset over a competing phone with WinMo or Android. Of course the downside to that is, it is also the reason that the MyTouch 3g and the Eris are running 1.5 (cupcake) and not at least 1.6 (Donut). (I guess that is the "cost" of your phone "getting YOU" but... that is a whole other discussion).

So, yes, (Unverified) is right, based on that strategy, HTC would in fact be shooting themselves in the foot, not to mention, that they would be forced to support the Sense UI widgets across a broad spectrum of platforms, instead of knowing it is only on 1.5 until they are damn good and ready to release a version that runs on 1.6, because right now, until they are ready, all the phones they produce are going to remain stuck right there.]]>Dec 18th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Why? with as open as Android is, they can take Google's base, strip some of it down, and put their own design into it. Much cheaper that way.]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/
Perhaps I should've specified the "desktop" bit; that is to say, I think HTC should create a desktop OS.]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/
Uh how about no.]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/
There's room for more yet ;)]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/
Different OSes get it right for different people; different OSes have different purposes.]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/
These aren't limited to Sense phones because HTC is greedy, they're limited to Sense phones because stock Android is simply incapable of running them. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/Dec 17th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/I don't see any problem with it...It allows phone manufactures to add incentives to buy their phones. Why would exclusivity be a bad thing? Its kinda how the whole mobile market operates anyway, as well as many other electronic markets(i.e. game console wars), and it has worked well for many companies, and adds a competitive edge which in turn brings innovation. I think it would be silly to complain about that.]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/update not compatible...]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/htc-debuts-widgets-for-sense-equipped-android-phones/what a pain in the ass. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:57PM