Samsung TouchWiz Widget UI Coming to US Phones

By Reporter Wireless and Mobile News on October 23, 2008 11:54 AM

Samsung Mobile will offer their TouchWiz user interface in the U.S. market. This customizable interface has been made popular by Samsung's international products, including the SGH-F480/TouchWiz and Samsung Omnia.

Samsung Mobile's TouchWiz user interface has specially designed widgets to customize and personalize phone use.. The icons provide a one-touch access point to a user's favorite and most commonly used applications and features.

Widgets are organized within the widget tray located on the left side of the home screen of the phone. By expanding the widget tray, users can simply 'drag and drop' widgets onto the phone's home screen for instant access to their favorite functions.Users can pick from several widgets preinstalled on the widget tray.

Some of the standard widgets include:

Web
Music player
Messaging
Instant Messaging
Bluetooth
Games
Calendar
Clock
Alarm Clock
Navigation Services
Account info
Search

Each phone that supports TouchWiz may also include carrier-specific widgets for easy access to carrier's custom services.

Samsung Mobile expects to launch several full touchscreen devices with TouchWiz technology in late 2008 and early 2009.

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