WebOS designer leaves Palm, Possibly Google bound

Professey Chin

According to a report filed over at All Things D, Matias Duarte -- the man considered to be the driving force behind the user interface of webOS -- has left Palm, and may very well be headed to Google. Duarte held the title of Senior Director of Human Interface and User Experience, and before working his magic at Palm, was one of the hands that touched the Sidekick and Helio UIs. Although Palm has confirmed his departure from the company, they aren't giving up the goods on where he's headed next, though John Paczkowski over at D says "multiple sources" indicate he's on his way to Google, presumably to work on Android.

While Matias was unquestionably a prime mover at Palm, we had heard rumblings that his rigid attitude toward design and control-freak nature sometimes caused conflict amongst the team. Of course, you don't crank out something as groundbreaking as webOS without some hard boundaries. The news that he's headed to Google could signal a major shift for Android towards dealing with the myriad UI issues the mobile OS has, particularly a lack of cohesion in the stock builds -- something HTC has gone to great lengths to shore up with Sense.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/matias-duarte-leaves-palm-and-could-be-headed-to-google/

Very very pretty UI could be now possible.Oooooooo

thirtythirty

Yeh it's been confirmed which is brilliant news. If anything it shows how much steam android's getting not just with customers, but with industry too.

Whatever about smartphones, this could have huge implications in the tablet market for android.