Thread: I got an iPod Touch (review compared to an N810)
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dasickis is offline dasickis
2008-04-28 , 13:44
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#156
Originally Posted by sachin007 View Post
Well its not about arguing ..... its about accepting the truth. The tablets came out long before the iphone came... and at that time there was not that much importance on the user interface. But after the iphone came out there was more importance on the Ui and eye candy.
Look at the difference between the os2007 and os2008. You can clearly see that the latter is a better interface.... which i think was more driven by the competition from the touch/iphone. What i meant was that the firmware upgrade defintiely improved the user interface more because it lacked a good one initially. In all other regards you really cannot compare the tablets to any other portable device.
For any serious device there's always importance on the UI that's been there ever since Apple II's came out. Seriously UI is how your users interact with your device if you don't place the highest priority on that how do you expect anyone to use your device for more than a second. UI is the most important aspect of any application/device.

Eye candy is (obviously, IMO) bloatware from featuritis and can be done without but helps non-technical people feel a personal connection with the device. Also, eye candy is excellent for marketing purposes and demos since they create a compelling argument for using your device. Yet, eye candy doesn't create a compelling UI it just helps make your UI more interesting and easier to look at.