Samsung's new TouchWiz UI gets previewed on video
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Feb 15th 2008 at 12:34PM
If you've seen
our shots of Samsung's
Armani redo, the
F480, you might have noticed it's running a new OS. The UI -- called TouchWiz -- is based off of the company's Croix interface (which apparently was rushed out to compete with the iPhone), and will be used on all of the upcoming finger-touch phones from the manufacturer. The cats over at Phone Scoop had a chance to go one-on-one with TouchWiz at Mobile World Congress, and they've put together a pretty informative video that shows off the UI doing its thing. The inclusion of a new widget system, expanded menu options, and overall speed bump make this OS a notable step up from Samsung's previous offering. Take a look at the video after the break to see the system getting all funky-fresh.
[Thanks,
Martijn]
Filed under: Handsets, Software, Samsung
Tags: armani, croix, f480, f490, finger touch, finger-touch, FingerTouch, interface, os, samsung, touchwiz, ui, user interface, UserInterface
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
byaah @ Feb 15th 2008 1:34PM
This actually doesn't look too bad. The only complaint I have without actually messing with it is the method of text entry. Its the same on the Voyager. If you have a touchscreen, why do you have to have ABC and T9 input instead of some form of QWERTY keyboard?
fyreblazer @ Feb 15th 2008 1:48PM
i guess until somebody can figure out how to slim down a qwerty so the whole device isn't too bulky then it could happen. Until then they'll all have T9 or condensed on screen qwerty keys.
Ari @ Feb 15th 2008 3:16PM
to be touch screen you would have to flip the phone sideways, you couldn't get a decent touch screen qwerty keyboard in portrait mode.
Robbie Nakata @ Feb 15th 2008 10:51PM
ever heard of the iPhone? Maybe I just have small fingers but I've never had any trouble with it.
Dave @ Feb 15th 2008 2:48PM
Not to say that it looks like this totally rips off Vista's sidebar, but...it totally rips off Vista's sidebar
Fernando @ Feb 15th 2008 9:09PM
that's... actually very nice looking!
storino03 @ Feb 16th 2008 2:57AM
Looks nice, but I cringe at "PDA-style" devices that have some weird OS that's probably locked down and not as open as Symbian/Palm/Windows Mobile.
--James