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Friday, January 19, 2007
Before: idle screen; now: mobile desktop
I've always wanted the idle screen (proper name for what it's normally used for: nothing) of the phone to be an information portal instead of just showing a wallpaper and some phone statistics and the time.
BREW uiOne from Qualcomm provides the means to hook in applications to the idle screen and other parts of the UI, and also allows for advanced customisation of the UI look-n-feel.
AllTel's Celltop is based on uiOne, and has the following UI functionality (called cells) pre-installed: call log, weather, news, baseball, basketball, football, stocks, text messaging inbox, ringtones, and even rodeo.
Review: Find info on your mobile phone fast using Celltop shows how it looks and behaves in practical use.
BREW uiOne from Qualcomm provides the means to hook in applications to the idle screen and other parts of the UI, and also allows for advanced customisation of the UI look-n-feel.
AllTel's Celltop is based on uiOne, and has the following UI functionality (called cells) pre-installed: call log, weather, news, baseball, basketball, football, stocks, text messaging inbox, ringtones, and even rodeo.
Review: Find info on your mobile phone fast using Celltop shows how it looks and behaves in practical use.
