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S60 gets a touch better
Tim Green Oct 17 2007, 12:30pm
Nokia has created a new touch user interface new for its S60 platform.
The innovation gives vendors the opportunity to develop devices with a variety of input methods, whether it is a touch screen with a traditional keypad, touch screen with a QWERTY keyboard or touch screen alone. It also comes with support for tactile feedback, which means that there is a physical pulse and feedback when the user taps on the screen.
Existing S60 3rd Edition applications will run on touch enabled devices unmodified. Tools will be made available for developers to further optimise the touch experience of their applications.
Also, the new UI Accelerator toolkit will allow device manufacturers to develop graphical effects and new types of interactions.
S60 will also integrate Flash Video within its web browser. This will allow people to view on the go Flash-enabled Web sites and Flash Video, such as YouTube, as they would do on their desktops.
These technologies will be available for all S60 device manufacturers during 2008.
