HTC makes Windows Mobile handsets. The problem is that Windows Mobile is slow to respond to the competition (iPhone). HTC’s solution is to develop additional features on the Windows Mobile platform resulting in a GUI that though not exactly as pretty as the iPhone GUI can, nevertheless, pass as an alternative. That was the HTC Touch, a phone which did rather well in the market despite not making any major waves.
HTC is back on the innovation board with a new Windows Mobile user interface code-named HTC Manila, version 2.0 of the HTC Touch TouchFLO interface. It’s slow-running at the moment. HTC will probably have to upgrade the processor and memory to accommodate the features of the new UI. Other requirements are a VGA screen and 2 DLL files.
Note: while viewing the video (below), just imagine that icons are moving at thrice the speed and you’ll get the idea about how HTC “Manila” measures up with OS X.
[via msmobiles]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwPb_kY-W9U[/youtube]
February 1st, 2008 at 10:38 am
[...] NeutralBrianB @ Feb 1st 2008 1:31PMThey’ve loaded it up on a phone, but it needs a faster processor:http://www.pmptoday.com/2008/02/01/touchflo-successor-htc-manila-outed/Reply var req; function getURL(url) { if(isWorking == true) { setTimeout(”getURL(”"+url+”")”, [...]
April 11th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
[...] 6 de mayo HTC Manila no es un dispositivo. Es el sucesor del TouchFlo de HTC para WM6.1: http://www.pmptoday.com/2008/02/01/t…-manila-outed/ Salu2, Mr B ?ltima edici?n por mrbandwidth Hoy a las [...]
April 24th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
[...] Anyway, no video no problem. Here are some pictures of the HTC Manila taken from PMP Today: [...]
May 6th, 2008 at 7:42 am
[...] excellent VGA screen when you’re navigating. Dubbed TouchFLO 3D (which must be the HTC Manila leaked some months ago), it can seriously be considered as more appealing to consumers than iPhone’s user interface. [...]
September 8th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
[...] look forward to. It works by recognizing the slides, pinches and flicks of your finger similar to HTC’s TouchFlo. There’s also proprietary software called EziPhoto and EziMusic which will take full advantage of [...]
September 20th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Wonderful web site, was very useful. Lovely touch having this guestbook. Thanks
September 18th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
[...] It is also expected to feature ATI graphics, an Acer Suite 2.0 interface that’s similar to the TouchFLO 3D of HTC, and based on the picture, a 5-megapixel camera as well. It’s expected to be released [...]