When the iPhone was launched there were numerous ‘mobile web is dead’ debates, as the launch led with the demo of viewing the New York Times in it’s large screen glory. Now, it appears, the NYT is prone to commenting on the threat to the desktop PC that the iPhone poses, with new focused and [...]
Lists 10 of the best mobile sites and apps, judged on Ease-of-Use, Interaction design and Visual WOW. The PDF is available here. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea. I think some of the judging sounds like it comes from the software feature list. Like Shozu: One click uploading to over 30 online social networks, blogs, [...]
Guillaume Thoreau calls the connectivity model on the Kindle a breakthrough: That’s what I call something huge in term of user experience: no sync via a PC, no WiFi hot-spot hunting, no subscription fee, no subscription at all! It’s a naturally connected device. It sounds like it – assuming the closed purchase model of buying [...]
The ole 0-1-2-3 rule – extracted from a post to Yahoo! Group Mobiledesign So why did I compare clicks? Simple… it’s called the 0-1-2-3 rule developed by Sony Ericcson to identify the perfect user experience… 0-1-2-3 rule: –0 or no required user behavioral changes –1 log on, point of entry –2 sec response time –3 [...]
Nuance buys Tegic, and looks beyond the search input possibilities to mobile content. The $265 million that Nuance Communications is paying for Tegic is a sign that predictive texting (like Tegic’s T9 protocol) can complement, rather than compete with, automated speech-based dictation. When the leading automated speech processing technology provider makes a point of acquiring [...]
For Nokia Series 60 phones. Enter three zeros on the keypad while in the text message (SMS) editor. via Business 2Go
The Tao of Mac has a great post entitled Five Things Nokia Needs To Address To Beat The iPhone 1.The Series 60 UI is Horrendously Complex – has a Freemind / Flash collapso diagram that shows how tedious it is to access stuff like the call log. It’s the diagram that Nokia designers would flinch [...]
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