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On 2009-12-09 14:40:13, synn wrote:
I don't mind paying for "Beautiful widgets". But what I really want in the theme is an option to change the blue to something else. I really, REALLY want a black/ grayscale based look to the existing UI design.
Personally I love a concise home screen. The whole point - imo - of a home screen is the initial start of using the OS; not a 1 stop shop of just about every information you need. This follows SE's, Apple's, and BlackBerry's original theme philosophy's.
Time, Date (not day of week/maybe so), Main application or core app functions on the front: Phone, Messaging, Signal type & strength, wlan connection status indication (and strength), and maybe two more listings like upcoming appointment (not the entire weeks'), Alarm countdown maybe(?). Again this is my personal belief.
When traveling I need basic information that I can discern at a very quick glance. Should I need specific details then I'll open up the respective application and dig further. ie. I don't need to see the entire day's appointments if its only 8AM. I just need to see the next appointment (possibly 1 after that; so 9AM & the 10:30AM appointment). Seeing the 3PM appointment at 8AM just adds clutter and really offers me no good (anything from 9AM appointment needed for the 3PM will be listed in the 9AM not the 3PM solely there). Even seeing if a new appointment I'm going to make anyway would conflict with an existing one - I'll just need to go into the Calendar and make a new appointment or adjust a time schedule that would fit anyway manually. It's not going to happen all by itself just cause its all listed on the home screen.
Now having 3 homescreens spreads out the whole plate in specific settings. Just don't forget that it was Nokia's E-Series (E66/E71) that debuted more than 1 homescreen direct from manufacturer back in Spring '08. The HTC Dream, released on 22 October 2008.
Considering
has only joined the OHA on 9 December 2008, and announced a phone less than 1yr after joining while HTC had more than 1 year to announce and deliver their "Dream" I'd say
has done a FANTASTIC job!! Personally I didn't even want an Android device, not even in the slightest, but with X10 I've taken a long look at it.
The ONLY part that bothers me is the company behind it all = Google, and no allowance for using Yahoo Search (that I know of) so its not fully open. I don't want my searches, email, web browsing habits, and contacts all archived and used at Google's will & choice. Sure those are already archived but NOT with my SIM card which is tied to my providers account, and with my personal address!!
[ This Message was edited by: Prom1 on 2009-12-09 20:38 ]
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Posted: 2009-12-09 21:37:31
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On 2009-12-09 20:56:23, mediar wrote:
But with 1GHz, the phone should be capable to handle these animations even with the pictures/music/... and play them smoothly.
It reminds me a bit the story of P1i. There were lags when scrolling through menus so they have removed the scroll animation in the software update to make it faster. SE optimization methods.
[ This Message was edited by: bider on 2009-12-09 20:40 ]
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Posted: 2009-12-09 21:39:17
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On 2009-12-09 21:37:31, Prom1 wrote:
The ONLY part that bothers me is the company behind it all = Google, and no allowance for using Yahoo Search (that I know of) so its not fully open.
Have a feeling if Android ever get's a dominant position in the mobile market, we will see more of this "non-openes". So better get used to it.
[ This Message was edited by: Arne Anka on 2009-12-09 21:02 ]
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Posted: 2009-12-09 22:01:44
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Prom1
I like your point about Google dependance!!!
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Posted: 2009-12-09 22:26:07
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Bah, I read that Google will release Google goggles to other platforms
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Posted: 2009-12-09 22:53:41
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On 2009-12-09 21:39:17, bider wrote:
On 2009-12-09 20:56:23, mediar wrote:
But with 1GHz, the phone should be capable to handle these animations even with the pictures/music/... and play them smoothly.
It reminds me a bit the story of P1i. There were lags when scrolling through menus so they have removed the scroll animation in the software update to make it faster. SE optimization methods.
[ This Message was edited by: bider on 2009-12-09 20:40 ]
Lets hope its just an intermediate fix for demonstration purposes. At least it looks smooth as silk when all picture are loaded and Timescape actually looks ready for launch.
Did any one else notice the location app in that French video. Looks nice and quite usefull, but unfortunately they didn't show more then the first screen.
[ This Message was edited by: clobar on 2009-12-09 22:03 ]
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Posted: 2009-12-09 22:59:37
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@ McKinley - they already have the iPhone version ready.
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Posted: 2009-12-09 23:01:57
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I shouldn't care too much about that really, because X10 is by far the most interesting phone for the first half of 2010
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Posted: 2009-12-09 23:06:51
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@Prom1
+1
Very pertinent privacy concerns with Android/Google, I would be disappointed if ever there were no Open systems, Symbian /Maemo/ Linmo etc just to keep them "honest"
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Posted: 2009-12-10 13:40:09
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It wouldn't surprise me at all if Google were broken up fairly soon, they're too dominant in too many areas at the moment, and seemingly intent on leveraging that for all its worth. There are a few reasons why I wouldn't choose an Android phone personally, and the depth of Google's involvement (whichever phone brand you choose) is at least one of them.
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Posted: 2009-12-10 17:25:33
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