HTC's Next Play

Some interesting additions to HTC Sense 4.0...

• Improved Typography (Great)
• Tab positioning based on device orientation (Good)
• Button functions will now be displayed (Seriously?)

Matt at The Next Web:

Perhaps one of the most interesting developments is the addition of a Guest Mode, which allows HTC smartphone owners to specify what can be accessed if someone else is browsing their device. We all know how annoying it is when people pick up your phone and start going through it, so this would be a great way to block data access.

This sounds like a solid idea to me. I don't know about implementation on a phone, but I know I would like to have this on my iPad. iPad is more like a computer and so different profiles for different users would be awesome. I'm hoping this is part of iOS 6.x.

Additionally:

[T]he addition of deeper integration with Dropbox — which is said to come with 50GB of space for free...

This is surely an attempt to compete with iCloud, and while I wouldn't mind 50GB of online storage (I'm sure at least some of that is for Photos and Music), I find it amusing that HTC is paying customers $10/month to use their phones.

(via TheNextWeb)