Comments on: Keeping Your OS an OS, and the UI the UI http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: MobHappy » Blog Archive » Successful UIs of the Future http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-122372 MobHappy » Blog Archive » Successful UIs of the Future Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:47:30 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-122372 [...] key aspect of mobile operating systems of the near future will be the degree to and ease with which they can be customized with user interfaces. I think this is part of what’s behind the recent Symbian move, for [...] […] key aspect of mobile operating systems of the near future will be the degree to and ease with which they can be customized with user interfaces. I think this is part of what’s behind the recent Symbian move, for […]

]]> By: MobHappy » Blog Archive » Another UI On WinMo? http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-120910 MobHappy » Blog Archive » Another UI On WinMo? Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:09:49 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-120910 [...] noted last month the growing number of manufacturers that are developing their own UI to run on top of Windows [...] […] noted last month the growing number of manufacturers that are developing their own UI to run on top of Windows […]

]]> By: HTC Touch Diamond Demo - Small Surfaces http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-119864 HTC Touch Diamond Demo - Small Surfaces Thu, 08 May 2008 19:43:35 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-119864 [...] Link: YouTube – HTC TouchFLO 3D Video on HTC Diamond (youtube.com, via) [...] […] Link: YouTube – HTC TouchFLO 3D Video on HTC Diamond (youtube.com, via) […]

]]> By: Prashant Agarwal http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-119831 Prashant Agarwal Wed, 07 May 2008 13:49:14 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-119831 It still has the Windows start icon at the top. It looks like the TouchFLO is just a widget shell at the idle screen level. Curious to see what happens when you try compose a message, update the address book or god help you, try to adjust the wifi settings. It still has the Windows start icon at the top. It looks like the TouchFLO is just a widget shell at the idle screen level. Curious to see what happens when you try compose a message, update the address book or god help you, try to adjust the wifi settings.

]]> By: Carlo Longino http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-119818 Carlo Longino Tue, 06 May 2008 17:30:48 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-119818 I see this as slightly different than the Symbian situation as it stands -- as nobody bar the three long-established UI vendors you mention are taking the OS and creating their own UI for it, whereas there are multiple S60, UIQ and MOAP licensees. You get the impression that creating a UI to run on top of Symbian is a very significant undertaking, and probably less simple than in Windows Mobile (otherwise I'd assume that SE would have used Symbian for the X1, rather than WM). Perhaps it's something that can change in future -- making it easier for people to create custom UIs on top of Symbian, rather than having to license one of the existing ones. I see this as slightly different than the Symbian situation as it stands — as nobody bar the three long-established UI vendors you mention are taking the OS and creating their own UI for it, whereas there are multiple S60, UIQ and MOAP licensees. You get the impression that creating a UI to run on top of Symbian is a very significant undertaking, and probably less simple than in Windows Mobile (otherwise I’d assume that SE would have used Symbian for the X1, rather than WM). Perhaps it’s something that can change in future — making it easier for people to create custom UIs on top of Symbian, rather than having to license one of the existing ones.

]]> By: Jim Hughes http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-119817 Jim Hughes Tue, 06 May 2008 17:08:38 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/05/06/keeping-your-os-an-os-and-the-ui-the-ui/#comment-119817 It's not an original idea, there's the numerous variants of UI on top of the Symbian OS - UIQ, S60, MOAP, plus the defunct Series 80 and 90. It's not a bad approach, especially if the core UI really wasn't designed for mobile... It’s not an original idea, there’s the numerous variants of UI on top of the Symbian OS - UIQ, S60, MOAP, plus the defunct Series 80 and 90.

It’s not a bad approach, especially if the core UI really wasn’t designed for mobile…

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