Comments on: S60 using TAT to bling up their mobile phone UI

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:42:36 +0000

Available does not mean used. They may have ported their framework to S60 but just wait for Nokia or other S60 licensee to take it into before giving this news any value. Have you seen an announcement from Nokia about licensing such technology?

As for expecting to see it in any 3.1 or 3.2 devices that is pure fantasy. The content of those phones was frozen long time ago, they are not going to simple re-do them overnight.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:41:01 +0000

But then again, FP2 already have lot’s of effects that look like those. Perhaps FP2 was “kastor powered” all along

By: Viipottaja

Viipottaja — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:30:34 +0000

I would imagine that even if the S60 platform is “public domain” manufacturers would seek and be allowed to differentiate with these kinds of layers on top.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:45:02 +0000

looks ugly to me, just loads of eye candy just thrown in together to make the UI look “better”.

I hope the final result is a little more classier/subtle then those videos.

By: metro pcs

metro pcs — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:14:32 +0000

Direct competition for the soon-to-be google phone and it’s OS/UI. Good to see others competing.

By: Micky

Micky — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:13:29 +0000

There are rumours that the next firmware upgrade for the N95 will have either SP2, or Kastor, but thats as far as it goes, you know what rumours are like, usually false claims, and wishful thinking.

By: Jonathan Greene

Jonathan Greene — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:47:43 +0000

“Available” for S60, but not yet something we can do ourselves… I love that tabbed standby screen though it looks optimized for touch and UIQ. Interesting that they are working on the Android UI as well …