Peter Chou is sharing HTC’s graces at Uplinq 2011 with the announcement of OpenSense SDK, where the corporate hopes to recruit developers willing to create apps specifically for Sense 3.0 . With help from the HTCdev community, software designers will receive tools to create a unbroken experience between their applications and HTC’s user environment (while also rendering their apps incompatible with non-HTC handsets). Beneath the surface, developers can be provided access to proprietary APIs that support 3D displays and tablet pens — that may make quite the gaming session. There’s currently no release date for the SDK, however the company is already taking names for a summer launch. So, in case you are comfortable helping HTC build this barrier around Android’s “open” mantra, we imagine there’s some rather slick apps waiting to accept life. Jump the break for the accompanying PR.
[Thanks, Jonny and Eric]
SAN DIEGO, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — HTC Corporation, a world leader in mobile innovation and design, today launched HTCdev, a program designed to support mobile developers through tools, resources and community. HTC also announced the HTC OpenSense SDK, a good way to allow developers to harness software and hardware innovations on HTC phones to develop more richly integrated mobile applications and experiences. In launching HTCdev, along with the HTCpro program launched last year, HTC is making a network of resources to assist developers and businesses meet challenges and opportunities around the mobile space.
“HTC is a corporation of engineers occupied with the chances of the mobile space with the goal of fostering choice through innovation,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC. “We believe in openness and the facility of imagination to create that innovation and are excited that HTCdev will extend new tools to mobile developers, helping them create a better wave of mobile experiences.”
The HTCdev program will support developers around the industry and world wide, from individuals to massive enterprises. The recent program website, www.HTCdev.com, is scheduled to launch in summer 2011 and should feature an intensive resource library of tutorials, best practices, documentation and support. The location will even offer a user feedback channel to HTC for ongoing investments and improvement to the developer toolset and program resources.
The core offering of this system could be the HTC OpenSense SDK, so one can enable Android developers to more deeply integrate into the HTC Sense 3.0 experience. The framework may even provide APIs and sample code for three-D display and the Tablet pen. The HTC OpenSense SDK would be released in parallel with the launch of the hot HTCdev.com site, and may have regular updates and expansions in response to inputs from the developer community. Users can visit www.HTCdev.com today to enroll in a release alert for availability of the HTC OpenSense SDK.
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