We have been researching Google's forthcoming mobile phone OS for a potential client. So far, the Android demos have been pretty impressive from a 3D/visual standpoint.
This type of flowing interface looks very interesting for a demo. From a usability perspective, flowing ui's can cause navigation issues with the user having difficulty understanding where they are in the interface and how they can move forward/back to specific content. If they ship this application, it will be interesting to see how they address the navigation issue.
Here is Google's promotional video demo:
The ui shown in this video looks like they have borrowed heavily from Apple's iPhone user experience. Still, it's exciting to see a potential challenger to the iPhone being worked on. Android is actually an operating system for mobile devices based on Linux, so we could end up with many different hardware manufacturers developing unique devices for the Android platform.
This type of flowing interface looks very interesting for a demo. From a usability perspective, flowing ui's can cause navigation issues with the user having difficulty understanding where they are in the interface and how they can move forward/back to specific content. If they ship this application, it will be interesting to see how they address the navigation issue.
Here is Google's promotional video demo:
The ui shown in this video looks like they have borrowed heavily from Apple's iPhone user experience. Still, it's exciting to see a potential challenger to the iPhone being worked on. Android is actually an operating system for mobile devices based on Linux, so we could end up with many different hardware manufacturers developing unique devices for the Android platform.
posted by Shawn Elson on Thursday, June 12, 2008
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