HTC “Book” UI coming to a smartphone near you?

Companies get ideas, services, and products patented everyday. If it’s an idea, they may never even implement or use it in any current or future products. They’re protecting themselves. Because of this, we can’t take every patent we see literally or as if it is “set in stone” but instead more as “suggestions” as what could be coming in the future.

With touchscreen’s the new “it” feature on dumbphones, featurephones, and smartphones alike, distinguishing yourself from the playing field that’s becoming increasingly saturated gets harder and more challenging with each device release. In fact, it’s even to the point now that if your device doesn’t have a unique or highly tweaked UI — barring any earth shattering hardware — your device will go unnoticed and under appreciated. HTC never standing still and always looking forward has something that might just stand out from the rest…