Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 27th Feb 2007 23:57 UTC
A hacker from Malaysia has used the game-centric PPL programming language for PocketPCs and has created a replacement of the "Today" PPC screen that closely resembles that of the iPhone's. His clone is still under development, although it is already impressive what he was able to do with a few lines of code. He was even able to recreate the iPhone's scrolling effect. Nevertheless, a nice toy.
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2006-04-09
His work is very interesting, I bet he is having lots of fun as a hobbyist!
I don't expect him to release it to the public but its also interesting to see all the enthusiasm regarding iPhone's UI.
Anyway on the practical side, it doesn't seem that he actually implemented the full scrolling experience as seen in the iPhone, it looks like he is limited to just scrolling a picture (of a text file), he doesn't seem to be able to actually select anything from that list.
I guess that's one of the things Steve was referring to when he said that the technology behind the iPhone was smart enough to the point it was able to tell if you are trying to do a scroll or to select a song.
Kudos to the Malaysian guy! (although I wouldn't call him a hacker)