While I am on the topic of UI Design I Palm released their new handset this week called the “Palm Pre” it looks very nicely designed and should be good competition to the iPhone and Android if it works as well is it looks good. Looking though the designs for all the screens published on their website most of it looks nicely designed with a consistent feel, though they are let down in a few places like the calendar month view which is very sketchy compared to other screens. Overall I think they have done a excellent job well worth looking though the images in the more link.

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Today I came across this interesting article “iWork / iLife ’09 UI Roundup” on how Apple has changed the UI look of the applications in the iWork and iLife bundles with the new 09 versions. Anyone who works in the user interface design world knows Apple is often setting the trends that the rest of the industry follows such as glassy/glossy interfaces. So its always interesting keeping a eye on what they are doing.