HTC launched a new set of developer tools today that could lead to better apps for its Android phones.
The OpenSense software development kit, which is now live on HTC's developer web site, lets developers design applications that will specifically interact with HTC's custom version of Android, HTC Sense.
Sense is a custom graphical user interface created by HTC, built atop the Android platform. The Sense interface serves to differentiate HTC phones from devices made by Motorola, Samsung, LG and others. So instead of picking up an HTC device and seeing the same screen you would on many other Android phones, you get HTC's particular flavor of Android.
Developers can use the tools to create apps that utilize different HTC-specific Android traits, like the stylus pen that comes with the Flyer tablet, or Android's stereoscopic 3-D display.
The new OpenSense platform is a step in HTC's progressing differentiation strategy. If HTC can lure more developers into creating apps that interact with Sense, that means more content available specifically for HTC devices — which, in turn, gives potential customers more reasons to purchase HTC-made products.
HTC is hosting the toolkit at its developer resources page, found here.
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