Contents
Introduction
First Impressions
Screenshots

Introduction:
As I was playing around for the emulator for the first time two thought ocurred to me. Firstly those people who can't download 50+ MB files might want to see what Quartz is like and second I thought, this isn't good for the consumer - its going to destroy the competition. It just too good! It you want the Emulator you can get it for free from Symbian Dev Net (see links page).

First Impressions:
My first impression of the emulator were good. Very good. It was slow (my poor computer could barely cope), but it was breath taking. You can tell it comes from the masters of PDA usability. It is very easy to use, I didn't have to once think about what I was doing. I thought ER5 was easy to use, but this is in a different league. Symbian dserve a big pat on the back. There are recognisable features, but there is a lot that is new and some great innovations.

There are common themes throughout the emulator which I comment on in the screenshots. However the main themes are 'less is more' making things easier to use even if some features are removed or hidden in customisation option. Secondly the file system is hidden by the System Screen and the Launcher application. Instead there is categorisation it nearly every app. I think I'm in favour of this as it suits the device, but it takes a bit of gettinguse to having come from a file based system.

The design fits the device (Quartz devices are Palm Like) extremely well. I've decided I want one. Now.

Screenshots
There are quite a few here so I put them on seperate pages. A page title and a brief summary of what is on it is given below. These are screenshots I made myelf from the Emulator:

System screen (12kb) - two screen shots of the launcher and the about screen.
Jotter (19kb)- three screenshots of Jotter which is a much improved and updated notetaker.
Todo (11kb)- two screenshots of the todo application which is now broken off from agenda.
Agenda (42kb) - six screenshots from this program, which is one of the main ones I think.
Web and Message (9kb) - two screen shots, limited because I couldn't use them.
Contacts (13kb) - two screnshots of the contact app.
Misc (37kb) - screenshots from some of the other apps included.
Misc 2 (26kb) NEW - more genral screenshots including Alarms, WAP, and control planel features.
Emulator (68kb) NEW - a single screenshot showing the window the Emulator is in and the device buttons.

If there are any particualr things you want to see more of - email me and I'll put them up here.

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