HTC Open Sources Sense UI, Dev Program Later This Summer

"The new program, known as HTCdev will allow interested developers to develop applications and new widgets for Sense UI along with allowing for more extensive modification with newly opened APIs for the forthcoming stylus and 3.0 SDK. Previously, HTC has restricted Sense for its own devices under the Apache license and did not allow for third-party distribution or modification. The move to open source Sense also follows another more developer friendly move by the company as it previously announced earlier this month that it would release all new devices going forward with unlocked bootloaders, embracing the Android hacking community."

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