Damn the carrier lock-in! I can't believe that BS. It's like we have an iPhone or something.

In the UK and the rest of Europe, we have great network coverage through 3G and high speed data - with reasonably priced plans. Wi-Max remains great for some US cities; but isn't that functional a few steps beyond them. I don't like the idea of being tooled-up with different technology when one device can suffice. It's a question of realistic practicality.

Yup, 12:30 - Clutter, by Matthew Allum (OpenedHand)...

indeed! If you have Compiz at hand, try the water effect. You can set it in such way that if you click somewhere you get a water/ripple effect. Not very useful normally? Sure however this reminds me of the yellow round which appears in this video. Either one of these (or themeable), is very useful on a touchscreen, because you get feedback from the screen where the device figured you clicked/touched.

That's true! Also, it's done in a way that is quick (no pause, stutter, or redraw) and doesn't completely occlude the information below it. Simple, but highly useful feedback!

What I find most interesting about the interface in the demo is the fact that although the resolution was constricted (perhaps to something similar to the N800) there was much more 'usable' space due to the simple zooming of the interface. Some of the elements (the pictures) could even be interacted with when zoomed out! In the end, you have a user interface that has comparable (if not more) 'real-estate' than a desktop whilst being easily accessible.

This type of an interface opens the gates for windows of different dimension, floating widgets (zoomed out view), floating controls (zoomed out view), and multiple 'levels' of these 2D window arrangements. Users could customize the zoomed-out background graphics with picture(s), widgets, and controls. Also, not all apps need lay flat. Some of them could be perpendicular to the plane (like pages of a book standing up) to allow a fan-like selection of many elements. Of course, some simple 3D objects on the plane would be fun; like big red 'arcade' style buttons, or draggable dice, or swimming fish (with a refracted water overlay animation) .

What you end up with is a highly-stylish, highly-customizable, but also highly functional "zoom-top" (coined... lame? har har).

Wow! I would love for the N900 to have an interface like this. A little bit of polish and not only would it look great, but would also serve a great functional benefit.


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better stability (the boot lock problem!!!)
better screen visibility in sunlight

i would like the sketch feature to be more like mspaint or even like that little pc that has intergreated fun into a drawing package. once thats done it's time to invent drawing messaging, txt messaging style and finaly, iis it justt me or dose your notes vanish?

So, are you envisioning PictoChat, InkStorm, or something else? In any case, it sounds like something more in the realm of add-on, non-Nokia software.

somethhing else

ow and a really bassic thing, it would be usefull to be able to put a sim card into the tablet rather than having to bluetooth conect to a phone that i only usee as a modem for the tablet, dont tell me, someone has already made a little sim friendly usb type thing that you just plug in to the tablet. well if not go on one of u clever people make one as that has to be my greatest frustration with the nit (nokia's iinternet tablets) normally i calll them nicer things but owwwwwww i have a lot of complaints. positive complaints (normally based around wishing it was a 'pc')