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You know I always love to get my hands on as many user interfaces as possible. Well here’s the latest. It’s the UI from the new Moto Surf A300 which is Motorola’s latest entry into the Windows Phone game. It’s actually developed for QVGA screens (I hear Tilt users rejoicing already) but it ran fine on both my Tilt and Fuze (the Fuze did experience some slight resizing issues but I think none were a deal killer except for the fact that after using the photo viewer a slight portion of the image was left behind on all screens – yes that hurt each time:)). But let’s get back to the UI. It consists of a dial at the bottom (it scrolls to the sides like a wheel so sliding left brings up the next item on the right of the screen). There are panels for the following: home (go to Settings to add date, time, and calendar and the top bar can be pulled down like Sense and there are favorite apps there), favorite contacts, internet shortcuts, weather (with current and three day forecast), web updates (RSS feeds), pictures and video (that includes gallery and slideshow features and photos have a ‘rotate’ button) and favorite apps. So how does it run? It’s actually pretty nice. Again, I think that a user interface is very personal so I don’t want to judge it for you. It feels like PointUI or TF3D so you need to scroll through tabs and overall it was pretty snappy. Want to see some more screenshots?

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The other day Dr. Jim made a smartphone wish list and I just want to take a second to address some of his wishes and some other users. No, I can’t make the scroll bar go onto the left side until MS decides to prioritize it and this is the best I have to offer on multitouch at the moment, but I can give you a taskbar that has color gradients instead of being flat (that’s a pic of my taskbar :)), give you flicker-free tv-out, a 6 button gamepad, get S2U2 to mimic TF3D, fix the 6.5 lock delay, rearrange 6.5 programs in the start menu and provide bigger buttons.

Let’s do a quick one. Here is a bluetooth gamepad that’s been around for a while. It seems to have mixed results depending on the device so look into it before buying it but it does support  WM phones.

To remove the flicker in Core Player with the tv-out cables make sure you have it set to ‘directdraw’ and the flicker will be gone.

If you would like S2U2 to look more like TF3D then just use Demonizator’s skin.

Check out this post for removing the delay in the 6.5 device lock.

To make your phone more finger friendly just switch to 6.5 and you’ll get the menu and notification enhancements that are nice:) If you wanted to go all out check out this thread and the videos – pretty neat stuff.

If you want to change the program location in the 6.5 start menu then use Showaco’s reStart. There’s also a cab to add a 4th column in the start menu.

OK, now let’s talk about that taskbar issue…

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Now this look rather cool… and possibly useful

• New line-up includes INQ Chat 3G – INQ’s first qwerty mobile – and the compact and colourful INQ Mini 3G
• INQ brings Twitter, free push Gmail and media sync with PC and Macs to mass market social mobiles

Today INQ Mobile took the next step in its mission to bring easy-to-use mobile internet to the mass market with the launch of two new 3G Social Mobiles complete with internet-based Twitter and media sync capabilities.

The new phones offer high-spec functionality without the hefty price tag – shaking up the market by giving operators a unique proposition – a 3G social mobile with the speed, usability and suite of applications capable of driving data usage in the mass market.

The INQ Chat 3G is the company’s first qwerty-style phone, while the compact INQ Mini 3G expands the range and provides an entry-level social mobile ideal for the price-sensitive prepay market. They complement the award-winning INQ1.

For the two new phones, Twitter joins the suite of communications applications that INQ has already woven into the heart of its social mobiles, which include Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging.

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