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Which is the best mobile interface of 2009?

This year, the way you interact with a phone has become as important as what your phone will do. Let's check out the three most exciting interfaces that are headed our way.

HTC Magic - Google Android

Google Android is one of the big buzzwords in 2009, and its current flagship phone, the HTC Magic, is currently wowing users round the world. Its interface is one of the key reasons for that, with touch friendly controls, and sleek animations between apps. On the front end, though, what sets the HTC Magic apart is that it's based on a set of widgets. With these, you can customise the HTC Magic in any way you want. As well as simply changing the wallpaper, you can also change the icons on screen, and move them anywhere YOU want. The HTC Magic takes customisation to the next level, and makes for one of the nicer interfaces in the mobile industry.

Samsung i8910 HD - Symbian

However, it's not the nicest. With the same ethos of customisable widgets, the TouchWiz interface on the Samsung i8910 HD beats the HTC Magic on a crucial thing: it's much, much better looking. The basic idea is the same with the Samsung i8910 HD, but the front screen looks a lot nicer. A lot of the functionality is similar to the HTC Magic, but with the Samsung i8910 HD's AMOLED screen (which is bigger than the Magic's), it takes the cake as one of the prettiest interfaces out there.

Palm Pre - WebOS

However, they say to save the best till last. The Samsung i8910 HD may have a truly beautiful interface, and the HTC Magic has superb Google Apps integration in its interface, but the Palm Pre is prettier than the i8910 HD, and more functional than the Magic. With WebOS, you do everything on the phone using a range of finger swipes, and gestures, meaning it is the single most fluid mobile interface out there. The Palm Pre also includes synergy between apps which is much tighter than any phone before it, and that's why, in spite of it having the smallest screen on this list, the Palm Pre has the best user experience of any phone in history.

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