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IS Evo getting the latest Sense UI?

Slice28

Slice28

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The new sense ui on the desire hd looks awesome.. my question is was there any official announcements as to whether or not the evo will get updated to the new sense ui.. if so is there any further information as to when this will happen ?
 
Overview here for those new to this topic -

HTC - HTC Sense

Power off is really sleep, so power-on is sleep wake-up - really quick (although this does make boot into recovery harder). I especially like the map caching, and the phone tracking.

I think if they're planning Gingerbread for us, we'll get the New Sense.

It only makes sense (no pun) for them to not have any more software branches than necessary - and the DHD and Evo seem too similiar to keep way different branches.

Just speculation on my part - I haven't found answers (yet) for the questions: is there an official word on this, and if so, when.

I appreciate the thread - it prompted me to look up what the New Sense is, and now I want it, too.

As to the Gingerbread conflict with Sense, Drew Bamford, who heads HTC’s user experience design team, told Forbes -

Google, too, has indicated that it wants to make the next (3.0) version of Android more polished and user friendly. Industry observers have speculated that manufacturers like HTC will make fewer alterations on their Android phones as a result. Bamford, however, says he doesn’t expect Google’s tweaks, which are scheduled to debut before the end of the year, to affect his work. “Google may focus more on improving the user interface on the stock Android [software], but I don’t think they’ll preclude manufacturer customization,” he explains.

In fact, Bamford is full of ideas on how to improve Sense by adding new experiences and evolving others. The current version of the software is people-centric, emphasizing the aggregation of social feeds and photos of people deemed important to users. In the future, Sense will also make discovering and sharing media–music, video, mobile applications and books–easier, says Bamford.
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Here's a tube of it - it's 15 minutes and to my surprise, I not only sat through it, I enjoyed it -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_fExfBZfWY
 
Wow, new Sense UI + Gingerbread = Heaven. I cannot wait until a good ROM comes out on this combo. But I'm really hoping that we have landscape mode with the homescreen.
 
toomuchgame441 said:
But I'm really hoping that we have landscape mode with the homescreen.
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That would be sick. Something my captivate does my evo doesnt.

EDIT: My captivate only did it with launcher pro so...forget what i just said lol
Forgot i run launcher pro on captivate because i hate the dock
 
heroparadigm said:
Guys, forgive my ignorance, but what is Gingerbread? I keep seeing it but have no idea what it is. Thanks.
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It's the next Android update. Right now, we're all running froyo (2.2). Gingerbread is 2.3. It's basically the naming convention for Android versions:

1.5 - Cupcake
1.6 - Donut
2.1 - Eclair
2.2 - Froyo
2.3 - Gingerbread

The update after that is apparently Honeycomb and will probably be 3.0, but people said the same about Gingerbread, so who knows. As you can see, Google likes dessert.

EDIT: by "all", I meant Evo users. Not everyone has froyo, yet.
 
heroparadigm said:
Guys, forgive my ignorance, but what is Gingerbread? I keep seeing it but have no idea what it is. Thanks.
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Hey, no worries - here's the post with the official Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) video, many other posts in that thread worth following.

http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/112594-gingerbread-aka-android-2-3-evo-3.html#post1989082

And - if you look down that list of revision names - first letter - it's C, D, E, F, G and H.

I'd bet the next one after Honeycomb would have to be Icecream.
 
So are we going to have to choose between 2.3 and the new sese ui? if i had to pick one over the other i think i'd want the new UI. when does maps 5.0 come out?
 
cyaiphone said:
So are we going to have to choose between 2.3 and the new sese ui? if i had to pick one over the other i think i'd want the new UI. when does maps 5.0 come out?
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None of us here know that for fact - I think.

What we do know is that so far, HTC has been incredibly responsive to supporting the EVO, especially compared to other brands' treatment of their customers.

And lot of your Android brethren are waiting on 2.2 - and in the case of one very capable handset - have been given a 2.2 incremental update that the maker just conveniently tagged as 2.3, with a warning that it's their 2.3, not Android 2.3.

While others are playing 2.2 games, HTC is pressing forward. Remember, we've had official 2.2 support for more than 4 months - that's 4 months longer than a lot of handsets.

Time will tell if I'm right or wrong, but I'm stoked that ultimately, it won't be an either/or kinda deal.

Great if they arrive together, great if they come staggered - so long as we end up with both in a timely fashion.

History:

1st phone with official release of 2.2 - Google Nexus 1
1st non-Google phone with 2.2 - HTC EVO 4G

1st phone with official release of 2.3 - Google Nexus S (pre-order status)
1st non-Google phone with 2.3 - ???

I'm betting it'll be the Evo and with the new Sense.

In fact, in the fine tradition of our Froyo predictions - I'll say before the end of the first full week in February - so I say no later than Feb 8, '11.
 
HTC says it wants to sell 60 mil phones next year. The only way they can do that is to offer a choice of with and without Sense. The best bet would be to have Sense that can be turned on/off. 60 mil is three times what their 2010 sales target was.
 
EarlyMon said:
None of us here know that for fact - I think.

What we do know is that so far, HTC has been incredibly responsive to supporting the EVO, especially compared to other brands' treatment of their customers.

And lot of your Android brethren are waiting on 2.2 - and in the case of one very capable handset - have been given a 2.2 incremental update that the maker just conveniently tagged as 2.3, with a warning that it's their 2.3, not Android 2.3.

While others are playing 2.2 games, HTC is pressing forward. Remember, we've had official 2.2 support for more than 4 months - that's 4 months longer than a lot of handsets.

Time will tell if I'm right or wrong, but I'm stoked that ultimately, it won't be an either/or kinda deal.

Great if they arrive together, great if they come staggered - so long as we end up with both in a timely fashion.

History:

1st phone with official release of 2.2 - Google Nexus 1
1st non-Google phone with 2.2 - HTC EVO 4G

1st phone with official release of 2.3 - Google Nexus S (pre-order status)
1st non-Google phone with 2.3 - ???

I'm betting it'll be the Evo and with the new Sense.

In fact, in the fine tradition of our Froyo predictions - I'll say before the end of the first full week in February - so I say no later than Feb 8, '11.
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so you think by feb 8, 2011 we should have 2.3 and new UI ? Gosh i hope you're right!
 
EarlyMon said:
An interesting PS I just ran across -

http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/231703-2-3-gingerbread-captivate-discussion-3.html#post1998230

Interesting if true - will HTC become the defining hardware standard for Android?

I think the new Sense UI along with Gingerbread, along with the large screen on the Evo and dual cameras will turn heads, again.

The Evo as a design concept may be a market influence for much longer than any of us thought.
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I completely agree...

I think HTC is well on the way to becoming THE standard Android manufacturer, and I hope your predictions are right.
 
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