As you may already know, each mobile manufacturer destined to work with Android bets on a native layer or interface for desktops and application menus. Thus, among others, in Samsung we have the TouchWiz environment and HTC bets on HTC Sense. These themes, or launchers , are the first contact we have with the system, and not only can they determine our initial opinion about the operation of the device, but they can also unbalance the balance in one direction or another with respect to comfort. of use.
In these spaces, everything is a matter of taste and opinion. There will be those who feel more comfortable using the HTC icons, others who find Samsung's menus more attractive and those who see better working with the aesthetic and functional proposal of Sony Ericsson. It is difficult, if not impossible, to objectively specify which interface is imposed on the others. So much so that in the Android Market (the online store of downloadable applications for phones that work with the Google system) you can find launchers (or launchers , as we have referred to above), which serve to give you anew look to our phone.
Today we are going to propose up to three of these launchers, and we will recommend them for the Samsung Galaxy S2, the best seller of the Korean house that works with TouchWiz as standard, but that can look in very different ways depending on the layer that Let's install you to make you stand out from the rest.
Regina 3D Launcher
It is perhaps the most popular of the launchers that we find in the Android Market with support for the Samsung Galaxy S2. Its strong point is the powerful visual proposal for which it is committed, with a multitude of elements in three dimensions (at the aesthetic level, not in the sense that it works like the auto-stereoscopy of the LG Optimus 3D).
In a way, it is reminiscent of the operation of the HTC Sense 3.0 that the HTC Sensation debuted in May, with circular desks and haptic reactions when we have a complete view of all the main screens (up to seven that we can fill with floating windows that participate in that colorful effect 3D).
As for the list of installed applications, it is shown in a series of screens that move horizontally, adopting a certain perspective each time we move it from left to right or right to left, preserving a semi-transparent background that reveals the desks from the interior interface. The Regina 3D Launcher is especially recommended for those looking for a very spectacular environment. There is a free version with limited functions and a paid version (2.15 euros), as well as additional themes to enrich the appearance of the interface.
Go Launcher EX
We stumbled here with one of the most complete options when giving a change of look to the Samsung Galaxy S2 with an thrower. The best thing about Go Launcher EX is the immense depth of customizable options with the help of additional themes. It includes a good variety of animated transitions between the main desktop screens, as well as its own floating windows that we can put and remove at will from the main interface.
The business that this platform does is precisely in customization. Go Launcher EX has its own add-on store, among which we find additional themes, floating windows and extra animations, with which we could get to leave our terminal just to the liking of what we could imagine. One of the points that perhaps most attracts the attention of this launcher is the ability it has to react with the accelerometer on the main desktop screen. In other words, the elements would be reordered if it detects that the mobile goes from horizontal to vertical, or vice versa.
Pure breeze
Another attractive option for customizing the Samsung Galaxy S2 is in Pure Breeze. The free edition ( lite ) has the same features as the paid edition (1.5 euros), with the only exception that the options for organizing the interface elements are not as numerous. Beyond this, Pure Breeze is fully functional in its version at zero euros. It is the case that this interface has also been designed by Samsung, so the integration with the Samsung Galaxy S2 will be great.
One of the differential novelties of Pure Breeze is called Kite. It is a kind of comet (hence its name, although properly speaking it would be like a sheet that always remains at the bottom of the screen) that can concentrate applications, contacts and, in general, the most common mobile resources. It is a function that is reminiscent of the Mac OS X Spaces, and allows us to have several customized desktops for various specific functions.
