SlideScreen is a home screen replacement for mobiles and handsets running on Android. After being pretty used to HTC‘s Sense UI on my (still unrooted) HTC Hero, I downloaded SlideScreen just for the fun of it.
I was completely blown away. SlideScreen is beautifully designed, with a restrained aesthetic and succinct information display. In fact, it is one of those rare Android apps that is slick and functional at the same time. No surprise then that the creators, Larva Labs, also make iPhone apps.
SlideScreen is being continually developed and I can’t recommend it enough to anyone with an Android handset. It is a great example of why I think Android can go far with quality developers in an open ecosystem. You will never see a re-imagined interface on something as tightly controlled as the iPhone unless it’s jailbroken.
My only frustration has nothing to do with the app itself: I can’t buy the Pro version (which is reasonably priced at US$7) because paid apps on the Android Market are not available in Singapore yet.