HTC builds a custom user interface that runs on top of Android phones and tablets. It’s called Sense and it features a custom lock screen, custom widgets, settings menus, and other features. In the early days of Android, HTC Sense provided a little extra polish to an operating system that was rough around the edges. Now HTC is preparing to launch a new version of… Read more »

Research in Motion hasn’t officially unleashed BlackBerry Messenger 6.0 on the public yet, but we know it’s coming. Now the folks at CrackBerry have snagged some screenshots of the new messenger app. BlackBerry Messenger 6.0 will likely be released when BlackBerry OS 6.1 comes out. It will have new icons, and color options, allowing you to change colors for contacts and individual chats. Word on… Read more »

There’s a rumor going around that Research in Motion is working on the next-generation of its BlackBerry Messenger service. According to a rumor posted in the BBBlueZone forum,  BlackBerry Messenger 6 will include social gaming over the BBM network. The game platform sounds a lot like the Xbox Live integration in Windows Phone 7 or the Game Center feature in iOS. Users will be able… Read more »

Google is expected to launch a major (and long overdue) update to the music player bundled with Google Android. Eventually the app will allow users to browse for music stored on a PC using their device, and transfer music purchases made on the web to their mobile device seamlessly. Those features aren’t available yet, but a member of the xda-developers forum managed to track down… Read more »

Apple is set to launch iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch users this week. But a developer preview has been available for a little while already, and it turns out the latest build installs just fine on pretty much any supported Apple mobile device — even if you haven’t ponied up the $99 for a developer license. The folks at Uneasy Silence tracked down… Read more »

Update: The official beta is now available for download. Yesterday we reported that TweetDeck for Google Android would be available this week. Today it is… kind of. A pre-release build leaked out, and a number of folks have grabbed the installer file and taken it for a test drive. It actually works pretty well, but TweetDeck CEO Iain Dodsworth says the build floating around right… Read more »

Another leaked build of Google Android 2.2 Froyo for the Google Nexus One has been leaked. It’s not entirely clear what if any changes there are between this build and the one leaked a few weeks ago, but it appears likely that this is just a bug fix update, since the update is quite small (under 2MB). In order to install the update, you’ll want… Read more »

While Apple still hasn’t announced any plans to bring video calls to the next-generation iPhone, there’s been mounting evidence that the company plans to add that feature. And a tipster sent some screenshots to Boy Genius Report that appear to be a pre-release version of the next generation iPhone software with support for video calls. Of course, there’s a chance the photos are doctored. But… Read more »

Microsoft released the first Windows Phone 7 emulator a few weeks ago, and that was enough to give people a good idea of how the operating system will look. But the emulator was designed to run on a PC with an x86 processor, so there was no way to install it on an ARM-based phone or really dissect the way it will work with mobile… Read more »