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I found this on engadget, but went to the Larva Labs site for more information.
I have to say that this is one of the most beautifully designed phone home screens I have ever seen. Watch the video to see it function. Believing that design = communication, I have to say that beyond the look of this, the functionality and ability to parse information into easy to find and use chunks makes the Intelligent Home Screen a winner. Now can I have a phone with it?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/19/zune-hd-a-major-sellout/
Admittedly I like the looks of the Zune HD and the specs. Nicely done Microsoft
BlackBerry 9700 and Motorola CLIQ release dates revealed?
Two of my potential phones are coming out pretty soon. Woot!
Couple of things: 1. For some reason I absolutely love the simplicity of the email standards project’s web page (http://www.email-standards.org) design. 2. Looks like progress is being made on how Outlook renders emails. 3. Email client support is much better than last time I looked, but man I hate coding HTML emails.
Blackberry Desktop for Mac on the 25th?
I’ve been waiting for this for a while. MissingSync hasn’t been performing well lately.
Creative Dielines: iPhone Paper Dock
Every now and then someone comes up with really clever and really simple homemade thing-a-things that look really nice. I might make one of these because it really does look good and would add a little functionality.
And the phone search continues. Here are the front runners. Give me your thoughts:
- Nokia N900 (specs)
- Maemo OS: A nice linux OS gets polished. I loved my N800, but was missing the phone. Pretty much a mobile computer. I even used an Apple bluetooth keyboard for some heavy text editing. Could it replace a laptop? GOOD
- T-Mobile: I have had great reception and service with T-Mobile and this would take advantage of 3G (not here yet though). GOOD
- No UMA: My Blackberry has UMA allowing free calling on WiFi, this wouldn’t. BAD
- Motorola CLIQ (specs)
- Android: I haven’t used Android for an extended period of time, but it looks very very nice. GOOD
- T-Mobile, but no UMA: Same service, but no UMA. DRAW
- Apple iPhone
- Gaming: I am increasingly loving playing games on my iPod touch. They are getting better and better. The catalog is expanding, the quality going up, and the price staying low. GOOD
- Syncing: I love the way my iPod syncs, but if I have data service will this matter? DRAW
- ATT: Don’t really like. Enough said. BAD
- Blackberry 9700
- Current system: I like my Blackberry now. I don’t have data, just email and so it has great function, but no flair. Not sure how heavier apps will work, but overall I like it. GOOD
- App Catalog: Not as large as the iPhone and I am not sure that it will take off. I don’t know how to develop for the Blackberry, but from some reading it seems like a more difficult process than developing for the iPhone, Android, or a Linux Platform. BAD
- T-Mobile and UMA: Good service and my free(with Hotspots at home) calls. GOOD.
- Palm Pixi
- WebOS: Again, not an expert here, but it seems promising. GOOD
- Processing Power: From the Engadget read, this seems like a real nice device. GOOD
- Sprint: I haven’t liked my service with Sprint before, but the Everything Data Family Plan is cheap. I mean cheap. Real cheap. Looks like $20/month or more saved. They have 3G here too. Tenative and hesitant GOOD
Time for thoughts. Since only the iPhone has been released and I have time on my contract still I will wait and see, but I really would love to hear what your thoughts are of any of the operating systems or carriers. I will be using it for business and pleasure, even gaming would be cool if any of the platforms ever develop in that way.
