The way they use the they make the top of the screen in the normal view look like part of the front of the phone is very interesting, wonder how well it works for real rather than in touched up images like these. You can see in the media player the bar with battery life etc that looks like part of the device in the picture above has gone. In the later pictures tabs appear in this area which is neat way of tracking where you are.

The folded paper spring idea for showing where there are empty gaps is a very neat idea to get more useful data on the screen at once.

The recessed divider bars and stacked pictures are nice details.

I like the HUD style button bar on the camera page and the 3D recessed semi transparent look on the Search screen.

I think the navigation between multiple web pages or multiple applications as in the first picture is a cleaver 2D adaption of the now classic Display Shelf style view as in Apples iTunes and iPhone. They have also done a nice job with all their icons they look consistent and smart. Don’t think they look quite as nice as the iPhone as Apple were cleaver fitting all their application icons into a standard rounded rectangle which made them all look uniform which is a nice effect.

Over all they have done a good job, the only thing that bugs me is their pastel color palette and the fact they are not consistent with their color pallet.

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