Samsung's new TouchWiz UI gets previewed on video

If you've seen our shots of Samsung's Armani redo, the F480, you might have noticed it's running a new OS. The UI -- called TouchWiz -- is based off of the company's Croix interface (which apparently was rushed out to compete with the iPhone), and will be used on all of the upcoming finger-touch phones from the manufacturer. The cats over at Phone Scoop had a chance to go one-on-one with TouchWiz at Mobile World Congress, and they've put together a pretty informative video that shows off the UI doing its thing. The inclusion of a new widget system, expanded menu options, and overall speed bump make this OS a notable step up from Samsung's previous offering. Take a look at the video after the break to see the system getting all funky-fresh.

[Thanks, Martijn]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2008 1:34PM]

This actually doesn't look too bad. The only complaint I have without actually messing with it is the method of text entry. Its the same on the Voyager. If you have a touchscreen, why do you have to have ABC and T9 input instead of some form of QWERTY keyboard?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2008 1:48PM]

i guess until somebody can figure out how to slim down a qwerty so the whole device isn't too bulky then it could happen. Until then they'll all have T9 or condensed on screen qwerty keys.

[theattack Posted Feb 15th 2008 3:16PM]

to be touch screen you would have to flip the phone sideways, you couldn't get a decent touch screen qwerty keyboard in portrait mode.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2008 10:51PM]

ever heard of the iPhone? Maybe I just have small fingers but I've never had any trouble with it.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2008 2:48PM]

Not to say that it looks like this totally rips off Vista's sidebar, but...it totally rips off Vista's sidebar

[fernando Posted Feb 15th 2008 9:09PM]

that's... actually very nice looking!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2008 2:57AM]

Looks nice, but I cringe at "PDA-style" devices that have some weird OS that's probably locked down and not as open as Symbian/Palm/Windows Mobile.

--James