I am not joking.
If you’ve used a Zune HD – not just mocked it because it’s from Microsoft and because you love your iPod and have never actually used a Zune HD but it must suck because it’s not from Apple (all hail Steve) – then you know that they (Microsoft’s Zune HD team) have seriously got a pulse for how things should look and feel and work.
Well, that’s what they are bringing to Series 7, the new name and face of Windows Phone. It is freeking nuts.
The concept is a paradigm shift for anyone…well, anyone who uses a phone. We’re talking multiple pages of any-direction scrolling that actually makes sense and gives you a complete sense of being awesome.
Plus, it’s awesome.
The user interface is arranged as a series of canvases that allow you to finger your way around them. The canvas is bigger than the screen, and you just push it around to get where you’re going.
It is elegant, modern and by all early signs it is also fast, responsive and built to compete. Hard.
Another way to think of the user interface is the Xbox Live dashboard, optimized for touch. Heck, why stop there? IT HAS XBOX LIVE BUILT THE FREEK IN.
A good review of the upcoming game-changer is here:
http://gizmodo.com/5471805/windows-phone-7-series-everything-is-different-now?skyline=true&s=i
Here’s a snip:
The result is a feat no phone has performed before: Making the iPhone's interface feel staid.
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