S60 Touch screen shots look like... S60 with touch

A heaping handful of fresh alleged screen shots of S60 Touch's user interface are floating around, apparently yoinked off the platform's PC-based theme editor -- not as cool as if they'd been lifted from a Tube, granted, but still good enough to give us some clutch insight into where Nokia's taking this thing. As revolutionary as the move to touch control might be for S60 as a platform, the UI looks shockingly evolutionary so far; in fact, to the untrained eye, there are portions that are virtually indistinguishable from S60 revs of yore. That's good news (we suppose) for S60 diehards who aren't interested in learning a new paradigm -- and we're all for the VGA support here -- but it's bad news for anyone who was planning on having their noodles positively baked by Espoo's engineering manpower and massive R&D budget. Let's all just hold off on the negativity until Nokia gives us something official to ogle; for the time being, though, our boring UI-dar is definitely on high alert.

[Via Symbian Freak, thanks Misha]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 21st 2008 6:19PM]

finally its VGA, thanx mate.

but why there is alot of spaces in the screen????
I dont think its a final UI, nokia must re-design the whole user interface system

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 21st 2008 8:31PM]

Because all that extra space is where *your* content goes? Your calendar events, in the above example?

I'd rather take a functional UI over a flashy one. That's not a dig at the iPhone (although some iPhone competitors go too far in the "flashy" direction - I'm looking at you, LG Dare), I'm just saying - if S60 works for millions and millions of people, why change it just for the sake of change? Adapt it for touch controls, sure, but I don't see the need to mess with a good thing.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 21st 2008 8:58PM]

^^ You mean the iPhone UI is not functional? .....You must be a Nokiahead.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 21st 2008 9:41PM]

Erm, I specifically said I WASN'T taking a dig at the iPhone. I'm a huge Apple fan, and the only thing keeping me from an iPhone is my (now-grandfathered) Sprint SERO plan.

I'm just saying that change for the sake of change and flash for the sake of flash is a bad thing. And somehow that makes me a Nokiahead?

I haven't had a Nokia in years.

Welcome to Engadget, where people will take issue with the obvious and you will always be accused of being a fanboy of something.

I'm sorry, your comment is just ridiculous. "I misconstrued your comment as saying the exact opposite of what really said, so I think you're criticizing Apple when you're not! And because the only possible reason for criticizing Apple is being an anti-Apple fanboy, you must be an anti-Apple Nokiahead!"

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 22nd 2008 12:53AM]

I dunno, I don't really like the s60 interface but I love my device... it will be nice to see if they make it look better, more up to date.

It's kind of late 90s looking to me.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 22nd 2008 8:31AM]

This really does look more like the Tat Castor UI. I bet the transitions are per their design.

That's a good thing, although I'm a bit sad since they were made for current s60 phones and not touch. I was hoping for more of an Aeon-esk nature inspired crazy but somehow intuitive UI.