is sense getting in the way of ICE?

[chrisrach3]

http://m.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/10-sweetest-features-android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-118969

I saw some cool features on here (answer phone with text message, new interface for contacts and camera) that I couldn't do on the Rezound. Am I missing something? I hope HTC realizes how much Sense has become less relevant.

 

[HES]

Yeah it is in many ways. I think this goes back to the earlier comments from this year made by HTC. The stock OS is becoming feature rich enough now so that skins are becoming less and less relevant. If I had the guts I'd throw on one of the custom "sense-less" ROMS. At this point, as I see it, the only plus to sense right now is the clock widget.

 

[MarkSeven]

Yeah it is in many ways. I think this goes back to the earlier comments from this year made by HTC. The stock OS is becoming feature rich enough now so that skins are becoming less and less relevant. If I had the guts I'd throw on one of the custom "sense-less" ROMS. At this point, as I see it, the only plus to sense right now is the clock widget.

A clock widget that should be made into a standalone widget available only to HTC customers who can just download it if they want it.. Along with all the other HTC widgets..
HTC really needs to take a page out of Asus's book and go almost completely stock.

 

[anon(94115)]

A clock widget that should be made into a standalone widget available only to HTC customers who can just download it if they want it.. Along with all the other HTC widgets..
HTC really needs to take a page out of Asus's book and go almost completely stock.

Nice thought but really..the only thing that sets phones apart is the skins. If all phones were stock, the consumer would no give a crap about what they buy. TW, sense, blur...they all look different for a reason

 

[MrSmith317]

A clock widget that should be made into a standalone widget available only to HTC customers who can just download it if they want it.. Along with all the other HTC widgets..
HTC really needs to take a page out of Asus's book and go almost completely stock.

Grab Fancy Widget or Beautiful Widgets. You get almost the exact same clock. Stock Android is about a million times better than any of the UI's(to me). As dug in as Sense is(I'm sure touchwiz and blur are too), it makes Android painful to mod. And honestly that's a biggie for me.