Van Baker

The Nokia N900 is a significant change for Nokia on the user interface front. While it is not clear how this user interface will influence future versions of the Nokia S60 smartphone offerings it does show that Nokia is capable of developing an attractive and usable interface that consumers should find both easy to use and appealing to the eye. This new user interface is based on a multiple desktop metaphor where users can easily page through multiple desktops and select from tiles of open applications to activate an open application. The N900 user interface accomplishes a number of important features. First it brings the functionality of several applications to a top level, which consumers clearly appreciate. Additionally it brings a metaphor that consumers are familiar with to a smartphone platform namely an electronic desktop model that allows users to select from multiple desktops and then identify and select the task that they want to work on.