How to make a $99 phone to look like a $949 phone

A little bit Moto, a little bit HTC

Fancy the look that HTC or Motorola phones have?

HeLauncher offers both of the styles seen on handsets with HTC Sense and Motorola Blur, offering similar looking skins and graphics for no cost.

Sadly, you don’t get the same widgets that each manufacturer offers, but it will make the look more like that of the premium handsets from these companies.

A slightly more advanced version is also available – HeLauncher 2 – for a littler under two bucks. This one offers more options to make your phone look like a premium model, as well as lots more screens to store your widgets.

For a little extra realism, you can grab some wallpapers that make up the rest of that HTC look.

A real iClone

We’ve mentioned it at least once on this site, but here it is again: Espier Launcher manages to do one of the best jobs at making an Android phone looking like an iPhone.

Espier goes one step further from the look, though, also adding the same menu structure, complete with the left-most screen searching through the entirety of the device.

Folders are even supported, as is the truly easy way of uninstalling apps, handled the same way as it is on the iPhone: simply hold an icon down until it shakes and hit the “x” button.

In fact, about the only thing you don’t get is widgetised homescreens, as this launcher doesn’t use them.

Made by Samsung

A new homescreen app by Samsung tries things a little bit differently.

Called the “Pure Breeze Launcher”, this one allows you to easily colour-coordinate groups of applications in your menu, making it really easy to find things.

The main homescreen still supports widgets and shortcuts, with the interface flying out like a kite.

A paid version exists, costing roughly two bucks, and offering more organisation groups.