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Motorola's newGUI |
amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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From: Doha, London, Tokyo, Shanghai
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Read all about it
"Motorola get their heads out of a cave"
http://mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=1876&source=HOMETOP
Their icons still need a bit of improving but overall it's a great improvement in my opinion.
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axxxr
Joined: Mar 21, 2003
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From: Londinium
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Thats quite impressive....finally.
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Bambino
Joined: Sep 17, 2005
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From: Clow Kingdom
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Hmmm... Smell like se's |
EastCoastStar
Joined: Dec 07, 2003
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its about time.. motos GUI always suck
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BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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From: Kamino (wish it would be Lund)
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indeed, those icons are a bit better then the former ones. it was weird to see the same ones, in a835, e1000 and the razr. they are so childish imo
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batesie
Joined: Feb 13, 2004
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From: London, UK
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lol, and thats another reason ive never owned a motorola!
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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The Startac series and the V3 are the only moto's I have had but I can't say the UI put me off at all. its seems fairly logical and also very customisable, more so than SE phones (excluding the P series)
but, its always good for a manufacturer to put some freshness into their products so if this change is based on customer feedback then it can't be all bad
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vanquish
Joined: Mar 20, 2003
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From: Wor Newcastle Phone: V600i
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the motorola (current) menus are slow, wiht not much animation and are quite 2d.
thats why i love SE, they have smooth animations, 3d icons that have been well designed.
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jmcomms
Joined: Mar 12, 2002
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I wonder if Motorola will allow something as simple as pressing 1 for the first menu, and 9 or # for the last one... Oh, and a way of easily changing profiles/ring volume without making any noise. Perhaps they can support Vcards properly too, so you can 'send all contacts' from a Sony Ericsson to move the phonebook. (Nokia could also do the same).
The problem Motorola have always had is that they simply follow the specifications too literally. There doesn't appear to be anyone within the company that says "Sure, doing that would comply/work - but what about doing it this way to make it look nicer/work better". SE and Nokia don't have to have fancy menus, but having them vastly improves the user experience. No wonder people who own Nokia's rarely want to change, and now SE have the same loyal following.
Considering Motorola make some fantastic looking phones, and always have since the MicroTAC, StarTAC, V.3688 and then the RAZR, a decent UI could easily put them ahead of the competition. I'm always amazed that Motorola can't see that for themselves.
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[ This Message was edited by: jmcomms on 2005-12-22 12:55 ] |
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Posted: 2005-12-22 04:51
