We’re not sure if there’s really a story here, but HTC’s development site (htcdev.com) is currently down. A splash page on the site says “We’re sorry! Site is currently under maintenance. Please, come back later.” HTC is probably working on a new design and will have the site back up within a few hours, but [...]

Last year, HTC faced a PR nightmare when they started locking bootloaders on their devices. The Android development community joined forces against HTC, voicing their displeasure and ultimately forcing HTC to back down on its new policy. To make sure things were back on track, Peter Chou, HTC CEO got involved in the situation announcing [...]

HTC’s official bootloader unlocking tool has just added support for a few new devices. OK, new may not be the right word since the newest device on the list was announced eleven months ago, but we’re glad to see the HTC Dev team working hard to add support to as many phones as possible. The [...]

If you have an HTC device made prior to September 2011, you may now be able to unlock your bootloader using the official HTC Dev tool. HTC recently announced that it has added the EVO 4G (Sprint) and myTouch 4G Slide (T-Mobile US) to their list of supported devices. This brings the list of supported [...]

HTC EVO 3D owners now have access to HTC’s official bootloader unlocking tool on HTC Dev.  Just a few days ago, HTC rolled out the bootloader unlocking tool for the European HTC Sensation. The process to unlock the bootloader on the HTC EVO 3D should be identical to that of the Sensation 4G.  For more [...]

HTC Dev is officially open for business.  Developers looking to add deeper integration into HTC’s code can now take advantage of the new OpenSense SDK.  For now, developers can use an early access version of the OpenSense SDK which provides APIs for Common Controls, Stereoscopic 3D, and the Tablet Pen.  Over time, HTCdev will be [...]

HTC seem to be embracing the wide developer community, utilising their devices. With the recent news that HTC will be delivering their Android devices with the bootloader unlocked, removing a huge obstacle, for Android developers with HTC Handsets, we start to see a change in attitude, that recognises the open source nature of Google’s mobile [...]