LG’s S-class UI demoed on the LG GM730
LG has been showing off its S-Class user interface in its new flagship Windows Mobile phone, the LG GM730.
In this 10 minute video most of the user-interface features are shown off, and while the software looks great, it does to an extent appear let down by the screen sensitivity (or lack of it) and the user interface appears confusing, with many different paradigms in action at the same time.
Is the UI a great innovation or will it actually impede the usability of the phone? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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Hmm, so I sat through the video wondering how this UI is any easier to use than WinMo 6.1. The only advantage it has is its massive buttons, but otherwise it doesn’t look very usable, has inconsistent design, and is an aesthetic mess. Reminds me of featurephones with a bunch of menus and features that no one uses because they’re so convoluted.
I’m not terribly impressed with most UI add-ons for WinMo (Samsung TouchWiz, PointUI, SPB Mobile Home, etc.)- they tend to make the phone look like a kids’ toy while adding only limited, inconsistent functionality at best, and in a world with UIs like the iPhone OS, Palm WebOS, Android, etc., they just aren’t refined enough to compete.
The one glaring exception is HTC’s TouchFlo3D 2, which is quite refined, adds functionality without being gimmicky, and actually matches other newer OSes’ UIs in usability, aesthetics, etc. It doesn’t try to completely hide the phone’s WinMo interface, but rather blends in nicely, replacing WinMo elements where needed and adding functionality to native WinMo controls elsewhere (e.g. touch scrolling). Rather than adding a whole slew of random, disconnected apps, TouchFlo actually simplifies things by centralizing access within a very useful home screen– not something you can say about most of the rest.
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It is a mess. Just stick with WinMO6.5 its already beautiful and elegant UI, just add better calendar, SMS, and Contact apps , thats it.
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I am dissapointed. LG has been advertising the new S-Class interface heavily here on TV. On those adverts it is shows as being super fast. This real world demo bears absolutely no relation to that advert. Looks a lot like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKt-KR1TsRg&feature=PlayList&p=607D861C3BDDCD60&index=5&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL
Apple got smacked for just this sort of thing, but it doesn’t appear nearly as slow as the s-class does in real life. And while the LG advert does mention ’simulated’ in the youtube ad that really doesn’t make up for the dissapointment your average consumer (and it is a consumer phone like the iPhone) is going to feel, expecting something fast, effective and fluid, instead being presented with a slow drawing and laggy mess.
That’s the kind of thing that damages not only LG’s reputation, but also that of WinMob. I feel that LG are doing it to cash in quickly on the ‘touch and whizzy effects’ trend, but not to sustain any marketshare that they may build for themselves or WinMob in general.
Very dissapointed. They should look to HTC how it should be done
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Oh no, this is one of the worst shells I’ve ever seen.
I don’t know where to begin, so I will just save it.
It’s bad.
Seriously bad.
This may cause a damage so big for WinMo fans even HTC can’t solve…
I don’t like it… (in case you haven’t noticed…)
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