Analyzing Tube's Menu
Nokia 5800, aka Tube, is to be launched soon. Although the final UI will be a bit different, I hope Nokia won't get mad at me for posting pics of and analyzing the menu of, a device *which has already officially appeared in a movie*.
Typing on the Tube. It supports predictive text and it seems like the usual T9. Despite being a touch pad, the keypad is in the usual Nokia style ( space by zero, caps on/ off by hash etc. ), which is a big plus.
Tube supports screen rotation. An accelerometer probably. The stylus is also visible.
Main menu on the Tube. Nokia is using their NEW, UGLY, MUD COLOUR icon set in this device (at the time of photography, at least). However, I feel that this is the icon set which is going to be used in the final product as it is the latest set used by Nokia and they won't create a new icon set to just leave it in a month or so (this icon set debuted with the E66/ E71 and is also used on S40 6th Edition).
Settings menu has got renamed into Control Panel (I hope the beta tester didn't rename it - well using that way you can also make the Settings menu a Control Panel in your phone - just rename it), which is a tad bit Linux style. If the beta tester didn't move 'em, Real Player has also got a promotion to the main menu which signals that the Tube is video focussed and this can probably be a new Real Player version. Whether it is either default or a change done by the beta tester, bringing the Help menu to the main menu is a good thing which will help new users ultimately. Same can be said on the Calendar and I hope that the Search menu and a new Calculator version is hidden somewhere too.
Note that this is just an early preview of the Tube's "Current" UI. But I think that it is already in it's final stage and the launch is probably due this month.
If the UI and the menu doesn't look much eye candy or an iPhone killer to you, just wait. A better touch device from Nokia is coming and which DOES HAVE a better UI than the Tube at this stage. But what I'm unsure of is its OS. Linux probably (and that's why Nokia said but rejected that some of their future phones are going to be powered by Linux) ? Stay tuned !
Typing on the Tube. It supports predictive text and it seems like the usual T9. Despite being a touch pad, the keypad is in the usual Nokia style ( space by zero, caps on/ off by hash etc. ), which is a big plus.
Tube supports screen rotation. An accelerometer probably. The stylus is also visible.
Main menu on the Tube. Nokia is using their NEW, UGLY, MUD COLOUR icon set in this device (at the time of photography, at least). However, I feel that this is the icon set which is going to be used in the final product as it is the latest set used by Nokia and they won't create a new icon set to just leave it in a month or so (this icon set debuted with the E66/ E71 and is also used on S40 6th Edition).
Settings menu has got renamed into Control Panel (I hope the beta tester didn't rename it - well using that way you can also make the Settings menu a Control Panel in your phone - just rename it), which is a tad bit Linux style. If the beta tester didn't move 'em, Real Player has also got a promotion to the main menu which signals that the Tube is video focussed and this can probably be a new Real Player version. Whether it is either default or a change done by the beta tester, bringing the Help menu to the main menu is a good thing which will help new users ultimately. Same can be said on the Calendar and I hope that the Search menu and a new Calculator version is hidden somewhere too.
Note that this is just an early preview of the Tube's "Current" UI. But I think that it is already in it's final stage and the launch is probably due this month.
If the UI and the menu doesn't look much eye candy or an iPhone killer to you, just wait. A better touch device from Nokia is coming and which DOES HAVE a better UI than the Tube at this stage. But what I'm unsure of is its OS. Linux probably (and that's why Nokia said but rejected that some of their future phones are going to be powered by Linux) ? Stay tuned !
