The case for skins: why stock may be anti-Android

While users may not have always responded favorably, the ability of OEMs to deliver wildly divergent looks for their Android UIs could be seen as big success story for the sort of openness and flexibility that only Android offers.In the very early days of Android, everything looked the same. Manufacturers kept the stock OS intact and focused on deploying hardware — that’s where the real creativity was exercised back then. That approach didn’t last long. Shortly after HTC built the G1 for T-Mobile, it created other phones with interfaces that began to refine the somewhat ...

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