HTC opened its HTCdev website, providing developers with access to its OpenSense SDK and kernel source code, binaries and materials for its Android devices. An unlock bootloader tool is promised, although an availability date was not given. The tools portfolio also includes a knowledge base, providing information and advice on Android and Windows Phone basics and other framework topics, and for businesses, HTCpro is available to provide “mobile consulting, device management and custom app development.”

The vendor said that the OpenSense SDK is a “framework encompassing all available HTC SDKs as well as features that will be offered in the future.” It has made available APIs for common controls, its stereoscopic 3D displays, and its tablet pen. Initially, these will be offered as extensions to the Android SDK, in two separate versions targeting tablet or smartphone devices.  Over time, HTCdev will be expanded to include “new features and additions to the OpenSense SDK to enable deeper integration into the HTC Sense experience.”

HTC said it would strengthen its ties to the developer community earlier this year, in order to enable the development of apps integrating with its Sense 3.0 user interface for Android devices.