New screenshots of Nokia and Intel’s joint project ‘Meego’ has just showed up with a much more updated UI mechanics. This updated version of Linux-based open source mobile operating system has showed us things a lot cleaner, prettier and generally more modern than the shots of the previous version that were released back in June.
MeeGo is a Linux-based open source mobile operating system project which was announced at Mobile World Congress in February 2010 by Intel and Nokia in a joint press conference. Its aim is to merge the efforts of Intel on Moblin and of Nokia on Maemo into one project. It is hosted by the Linux Foundation.
Let’s take a look of the improved features of Meego OS:
New Lock Mechanism: There is a new and improved lock mechanism. You have to drop the lock button into the square space underneath the clock. There’s no swipe to unlock or code or any particular drag combination. Just drop it in the unlock space.
There is also a lot of relevant information shown in the lock screen which includes missed calls (and at what time), text messages, email messages, IM and a big clock.
Improved Multitasking: UI showing the multitasking is much more improved and eye-catching then the other mobile OS. According to the sources, the size of cards, amount of card overlap, zoom, and speed of carousel can all be modified in themes. Alternatively there’s a Maemo 5 style grid view (Maemo 5 arguably has the best multitasking interface for a power user, with contextual automatic sized grid of live windows).
App Launcher: This standard app Launcher view has a 3×4 grid and the persistent launcher bar. There was nothing about changing grid size to accommodate more apps. 4X5 should be standard of 3.5″ screens and above. In addition there is a quick launcher bar quite similar to iPhone multitasking bar.
Let’s see what they come up with the final release, meanwhile you can check out the screen-shots below.
~Contributed by Uzair Danish
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