Nokia's New Homescreen Replacement App for Android

So, where's the proof that this is from Nokia? I can't find a reference to this on a pre-existing Nokia property, the entire thing is on zlauncher.com except where they link to generic Nokia privacy policies and in one spot say to email press@nokia.com - so nothing that indicates they actually have access to Nokia.com. They've created a brand new twitter account that doesn't appear to have been acknowledged by any existing accounts. It seems weird to me. I don't really believe that its not Nokia, but it is enough uncertainty that I'm not going to install it.

One of my favorite things about android is some of the high-quality UI modifications that are out there. I&#x27;ve been using Cover for a while and couldn&#x27;t go back to the default lock screen, it&#x27;s just too useful.<p>Also been playing around with Aviate, but to more mixed results.<p>Between things like that and Facebook chat heads, I feel like Android is the place to be for high-productivity smartphone users.

I was close to install it, then I read their ZLauncher Privacy Policy and I discovered they read your text messages and call logs, and I abandoned it. I guess, trust really affects our perception of a system, and our willingness to share personal information with it. Unfortunately, if there is no trust, the relationship&#x2F;interaction man-machine will never achieve its full potential.

Needs a G+ login, so it&#x27;s inaccessible (and as others wrote: Probably wouldn&#x27;t work on a rooted phone anyway).

You have to download and install the APK manually. With the ease of publishing something to Google Play, why haven&#x27;t they done so? Is it just to limit initial deployment to people who know how to do this?<p>Also &quot;Sorry, we are not currently supporting rooted devices&quot;. I wonder why.

I tried it. It&#x27;s nice in some ways, but horribly limited.<p>It defaults to 4 icons at the bottom for the dialer, two of which weren&#x27;t my defaults (for browser and SMS app). By default I run with 6 icons at the bottom, and another six or so that I go to all the time.<p>It doesn&#x27;t allow widgets (I have one set up to allow me to toggle wifi and one for a torch).<p>I can see some people loving the simplicity, but for me it&#x27;s just not going to work.

Sadly, the launcher tells us it doesn&#x27;t support rooted devices. Given that this is a limited release to presumably early adopters, I find this not only annoying but counter-intuituve. <i>sigh</i>

First thing that came to my mind: great! A new launcher from Nokia!<p>Downloaded, installed (these permissions are fine for a launcher app) and tried for 5 minutes. Concept is cool but it&#x27;s really hard to figure out what are the improvements.<p>I can do the same (searching apps) just typing in to the google search bar, which is more effective than gestures..

direct download of the APK is here<p><a href="http://apps.goodereader.com/android-apps/personalization-and-tools/?did=32417" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;apps.goodereader.com&#x2F;android-apps&#x2F;personalization-and...</a>

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Hmm not sure about the permission for dialling out...

Does anyone have the md5sum for the apk?