Fans of HTC’s popular Sense UI skin that currently lays atop countless Android devices spanning the globe will no doubt be pleased to know a revamp is on the horizon. Debuting on the HTC EVO 3D, the new HTC Sense will feature tweaked lockscreen allowing more customization from a stock device than ever before. Other enhancements to the new Sense UI also include refinements in navigation allowing less clicks to get to the users’ desired app or service. As of...

The general consensus amongst smartphone enthusiasts is that Android skins and most homescreens are more trouble than they’re worth. Delays in updates and the reduced performance they often bring negate any advantages. But Kite UI could make believers out of even us. Much like Windows Phone 7, Kite UI is different. It’s much more free-flowing in nature to the point where individual apps blend into each other rather than appearing as walled gardens of code,...

While RIM has been criticized many times in the past for their aging UI and OS in the modern era with such competitors as webOS, Android, and iOS, a new acquisition could spell success for the Canadian-based company. David Yach, Chief Technology Officer at RIM announced today via the company’s BlackBerry Blog that RIM is acquiring Swedish UI designer TAT The Astonishing Tribe. If you haven’t already seen some of TAT’s phenomenal UI work, take a few...

I’m sure Apple has spent countless man-hours determining a suitable Mission Control UI. Such staple features of a new OS update aren’t taken without immense consideration for a number of varying factors. In Apple’s case, the Mission Control we saw shown off was certainly graphically pleasing to the eye. But it could be so much more. While I’m generally not a huge fan of the 3D fanaticism that’s currently enveloping the tech market, this...

Android has been receiving an increasing amount of flack as of late for the surging use of custom, 3rd party skins. The developers of the skins say they aid in usefulness to the customer as well as making Android look better. The former is mildly debatable while the latter is a blatant lie. I have yet to see an Android skin that makes me want it in return for slowed and delayed updates. But Google could easily fix this problem — outlaw custom skins and make...