HTC Espresso Reveals New Sense UI [HTC Working on new HTC Sense User Interface?]

Posted on TFTS by Chris Smith on Monday, 21. December 2009 under: Mobile/Cell Phones

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We don’t have a clear idea of the HTC Espresso yet but it looks like the smartphone will come with a totally new HTC Sense user interface. The leaked shots prove that HTC is working on modifying the new UI and I’ll have to say that so far nothing extraordinary has been leaked.

Is it just me or do those buttons neatly arranged on the screen look more and more like the buttons found on the iPhone’s home screen?

The Espresso is rumored to arrive in the first half of the year and people say it’s coming with a QWERTY keyboard. Other than that we have really no details about the phone. The HTC Espresso was mentioned in an Android 2.1 ROM so it’s safe to say that the handset should be one of the first Android phones coming from HTC next year. The phone could be unveiled around MWC in February but we’re probably going to get all the details about it before it goes official.

The HTC Sense will offer you a new bar at the bottom. Unlike the one found on the Hero for example, the new bar shows a new icon for “People” which could lead to your contacts. That way you’ll be able to make calls even faster, right? After all, the primary job of any phone is making and receiving calls.

As you can see the apps are neatly arranged, each one in its proper box, but that particular design isn’t to thrilling. HTC has plenty of time to play with the new Sense UI version and tweak it around until the Espresso becomes official. On the other hand, it’s not exactly that much that can be done when it comes to ordering a bunch of icons on a small screen. We’re bound to see similarities between different mobile platforms sooner or later when it comes to these app screens for example.

What do you say? Do the looks of HTC Sense UI matter all that much to you?

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