[Draiko]

I don't really agree with the review. They said that HTC's TouchFLO 3D causes the user to constantly rethink the interface. Em, I've used the iPhone and the iPhone 3G... I don't see how TouchFLO 3D causes the user to rethink the interface any more than the iPhone OS does.

It's even simpler to do things with TouchFLO 3D than the iPhone...

Phone function UI layout = bar on bottom of screen
Switch categories = horizontal finger swipe, touch icon on bottom menu bar, or slide finger across bottom menu bar... take yoru pick and use whatever you want to use. You're not limited to just one method.

finger swipe controls for TouchFLO 3D:

swipe Up = next item
swipe down = previous item
swipe left = previous category
swipe right = next category

Start the Phone = press green phone button

Opera browser = same basic controls as safari

Zoom in = turn wheel clockwise
Zoom out = turn wheel counter-clockwise

What the CRAP is so hard about that?

iPhone controls:

Slide to Unlock
No info on main screen, just the time and signal strength... the rest is a menu.
Swipe left to see more menu items
Swipe right to see more menu items
Touch icon to start program or move to another category
Category UI layout and user controls change moreso than on the Diamond.

The Diamond gives you easier and faster access to more information (weather, email previews, text messages, web, music, etc...)

Say you have an iPhone and you want to check what time your next appointment is. You need to turn on the phone, slide to unlock, tap the calendar icon, and finally tap on today's date. You need some info on a text message so now you have to hit the home screen button and tap the SMS icon and then pick which person may have sent you that info. It's not in SMS so now you need to check your email... hit the home screen button, tap the email icon and select the email account to see your email and use your free hand to flick through a list (only seeing sender, subject, and date). Ok... found the info. Now, you want to check the weather... you'll need to hit the home screen button (AGAIN) to back out and then tap the weather icon. Now you want to play music while browsing the web... hit the home screen, tap the iPod icon, pick your song, hit play, then tap the home screen button, tap the safari icon (then if you want to go to a favorite you have to tap the bookmark icon and flick down to find it).

On the Diamond, the same process goes like this:

Just turn on the phone, your next appointment is right there. Done. Quickly swipe finger from right to left and there's your email (sender, date, subject, and first few lines of the message). Flick up to go to the next message and down to go back. Time to check the text messages. Just swipe from right to left. Swipe up to see the next message. Now you want to check the weather, so you tap the sun icon on the bottom menu. done. Now you want to listen to some music while browsing the web. Tap the music icon on the bottom and select your song. Then tap the globe icon and tap the Earth (OR flick through the list of your favorites that are listed below the earth and tap the one you want). Done.

How is that harder and/or more confusing than the iPhone?