http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/ Engadget Comments for Nokia's S60 touch UI gets demoed at MWC http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/
Unless you have some idiotic reason to nitpick on people.]]>Feb 13th 2008 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/
However once that is said, did you notice that Nokia purchased Trolltech? They just happen to be the makers of QT, the central framework behind KDE (Linux) and some flavors of Linux for cellphones... Now, what could they be thinking...]]>Feb 12th 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/
The thing needs fixing, not dumping. And that's going to be a deliberate and purposeful evolution -- this is the first step. Be patient. :)]]>Feb 12th 2008 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/
have you *used* an iphone?
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I'm arguing the business case for dropping everything to chase after the iPhone when it's still evolving -- An SDK is only now appearing, still no cut-and-paste, no easy BCC fields, etc.

It's a phenomenon in the US, where -- surprise -- Nokia has the least presence. But sales have been low in Europe and ROW where Nokia reigns, and it is not getting the same blown-away reviews in the UK tech sources I read. Look outside the US and you'll see the big picture when it comes to Apple.

Here's the crux: the rest of the world has loads of mobile services, high and low, from VOIP to QR codes to e-payments to keyless entry systems, that people actually use.

The iPhone is designed extremely well to work within the limitations of our archaic mobile providers, but elsewhere it is seen as low-featured considering it's price-tag, and is saddled with poor plans due to Apple's hands in contract revenue.
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0801briefly.html

Yes, it's got a great UI, but honestly -- the rest of the world has higher standards for mobiles than we in the States. Apple is just getting started in a global market that Nokia has a 40% market share of. Like I said -- it's not proven yet.

(Oh and edit: I meant to say "S60 is actually useful and quite usable." But I bet you all knew that ;)]]>Feb 12th 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/
when is someone going to announce an iPhone competitor? (and one for Sprint!)

I don't care about the "merits" of winmo, the thing is a piece of junk. Nokia doesn't even make Sprint phones, but if they did, this interface looks like a real yawn-fest. Is anyone going to realease anything even remotely slick (and usable) anytime soon?
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Granted, I dunno about the latest S60 phones, but the UI delays on my N73 just frustrate the hell outta me :/]]>Feb 12th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/
I'm just going to try out the iPhone and see from there. It's on the plane as we speak and I've just grown tired of Nokia, Samsung and Ericsson.]]>Feb 13th 2008 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/
blogger: "Can you show me the dial pad?"
demoer: "It's the standard Windows Mobile dialer..."

He didn't show the XPERIA making a phone call! And why would he -- it's just WinMo. Which makes it kind of sad they didn't try improving it, especially since they don't have a hardware dial pad. I was expecting a Clie-style full suite on top of the OS, given that Sony pulled it off as a Palm licensee before, and we know how much of a dog *that* OS was.]]>Feb 13th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/nokias-s60-touch-ui-gets-demoed-at-mwc/Feb 12th 2008 8:39PM