Gadgets, gadgets, gadgets!

I love ’em…. having had my shiny new o2 XDA Stellar for 1.5 days as I write this an interesting question has been raised… Is it a good thing that you can tweak windows smart phones, mould every component within the software to your own liking, or does it demonstrate the fact that the included phone related applications are not good enough.

On searching through the 100s of tweaks, improvements and gizmo’s available to enhance (or confuse) my pocket PC experience I came across something amazing:

This is a screenshot of PointUI’s Home application – Search for it on youtube to see it in action… As tactile as an iPhone with out being a rip off – a genuine enhancement to user experience – I rate this GUI above that of any phone that’s currently on the market. and….

ITS FREE!!!!!!!!!!!

Grab it from their website here.

I hope someone commissions these guys to design an entire mobile phone!

After thinking long and hard – this is the very reason I wanted another windows mobile based phone above any other like the Nokia N95 8gig or the iPhone – because you can completely change the feel and function of the device to suit your own tastes.

You can choose from a huge array of 3rd party software, no hardware within the phone you own is locked away from you.

With Nokia locking their GPS devices in your phone unless you use their own subscription based services  and apple maintaining a Nazi-like iron grip over application development for the iPhone, are there any other phones that offer this sort of versatility?