Gigabyte's GSmart Touch UI for Windows Mobile available for everyone

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Gigabyte's GSmart Touch UI for Windows Mobile available for everyone

by Brad Linder May 1st 2008

Gigabyte has released a new touch-friendly interface for Windows Mobile phones. While the Smart Touch UI is designed to run on Gigabyte's GSmart line of phones, an unofficial version of the software has been leaked and you can download it and install it on pretty much any Windows Mobile 5.0/6 device.

It's hard not to compare the Smart Touch interface to the Apple iPhone interface. Applications can be luanched by pressing large square-ish buttons, and you navigate the interface by dragging your finger across the screen. But Smart Touch does have a few innovative features up its sleeve.

When you first load the UI, you'll see just 4 icons on the bottom of the screen. But you can find more by moving your finger along the bottom of the screen to find 16 in all, including one square that you press to add new items to your menu. You can also customize your menu by dragging and dropping icons across the screen. You can easily flip back and forth between the Smart Touch interface and the default Windows Mobile UI by hitting the Today icon. To switch back, just hit the Smart Touch icon on your today screen.

You can check out a video of Smart Touch in action after the jump.

[via the::unwired and SolSie]

Tags: gigabyte, gsmart, iphone, smart-touch, user-interface

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Christian said 5:49PM on 5-01-2008

That's almost how the Sony Ericsson P1i UIQ3 OS works! They have 5 shortcut icons below but if you press the up arrow, it reveals 2 more rows, so you have 15 icons total to touch. It's not the whole screen as the upper part is still use for quick info like email/SMS/MMS/task/calendar/music/etc.

Timmah! said 10:22PM on 5-01-2008

Does not work at all on my WM5 Treo 750wx. The exe file that launches doesn't do anything, just throws an error asking me to reinstall.

Amy said 9:20AM on 5-02-2008

can anyone let me know how to install this?

Brad Linder said 9:22AM on 5-02-2008

Amy: Just save the .cab file, copy it to your Windows Mobile device, and click on it.

superrrguy said 12:28PM on 5-02-2008

Very weak.

Are we all having problem launching applications on our WinMo phones?

It'd be nice to get a gui refresh of some of the apps. Contacts, Email, etc... but this app is almost useless.

It may be cool on the HTC Touch but I really like the Today screen concept on WinMo phones.

moby said 6:49PM on 5-06-2008

I have the Tmobile Wing running wimo 5. It installed easily enough. The integration and speed is much improved over the HOME UI program featured a while back.

That said, it barely functioned. Only half the buttons worked and I could not get the settings to load to even attempt to tweak it. It un-installed as easily as it installed so kudos to the company for that.

Maybe version 2.0 will be fully functional on all wimo phones. For now, unless you have the phone it is specifically designed for you won't be impressed.

baksanir said 11:46AM on 5-13-2008

Here is another cool video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vlR00hHVk

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