I think its fair to say that the iPhone’s touchscreen interface has got mobile developers a bit excited. Pointui Home is the latest attempt at emulating that multi-touch magic on a non-Apple phone - in this case for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 handsets..
How well does it do? Surprisingly enough, it’s not bad. I ran it on a Treo 750v and despite a couple of little problems (such as the old home screen periodically trying to reassert itself) I found it to be a really slick, intuitive interface.
Your new home screen will have a row of application icons at the bottom, a few ’status’ icons at the top (for battery, connectivity, etc) and a central area that can display a clock, inbox, tasklist, etc.
Everything is designed to be easy to operate with the finger, rather than the stylus, although I did have to use the edge of a fingernail to make more precise taps, such as selecting a scroll bar.
Views can be changed by sliding your finger towards screen edges, and new screens glide into view with a pleasing smoothness.
Ok, there is no actual multi-touching going on (this is a limitation of the hardware, really) but as Pointui Home is free it’s definitely worth checking out and might make using your WinMo phone a bit more fun if nothing else.
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