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Click to go to tuaw.com Putting aside the fact the above is a rip-off, not even such nice interface will save Palm, or Treo, etc. Note that one of the handsets that I own is a Treo 650, and while the handset per-se I like (it's form-factor, touch-screen, keyboard, etc), every time I think about … Read more
While the Apple phone announcement took CES 2007 by storm (as in taking attention away from CES), there is another announcement that is as important, if not more important, than the Apple phone: ⇒ Visa, Nokia turn cell phones into credit cards This is huge… As I wrote in Thoughts on Mobility 2007, … Read more
Apple has announced its new phone – a full surface screen mobile handset that is just sweet. While Nokia and BenQ had previously exposed concept phones with a full surface screen for UI, Apple is the one taking the concept all the way to market. I am a fan of touchscreen, and reconfigurable/adaptable UIs, and … Read more
Nokia Research Center Virpi Roto's Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Web Browsing on Mobile Phones – Characteristics of User Experience provides mobile web browsing background information, and characteristics for improving the mobile browsing user experience. ceo
Barbara Ballard of little springs design has published a mobile design patterns Wiki, and she is looking for participation: “Little Springs Design has posted a Wiki containing the pattern library in my new book, Designing the Mobile User Experience. So far, it's got around 10 patterns posted, with more to come in the next few … Read more
The 8th edition of the ITU Internet Reports, entitled “digital.life“, is available for download. The report was prepared for ITU TELECOM World 2006 (December 4-8 2006, Hong Kong). The report examines how innovation in digital technology is radically changing individual and societal lifestyles. ceo
I finished reading, actually, listening to John Battelle's book The Search. A very good book that I enjoyed very much. And listening to the actual book author is a great way to bridge the reader and author – it does add a different and neat dimension to the whole experience. I recommend this book. I … Read more
This is my last weblog entry for 2006, where I'll share with you some thoughts about Mobility in the year 2007… It has been almost a decade since I first realized the potential of mobile & wireless, and the impact it would have on our society. Back then I fell in love with mobile, wireless … Read more
Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. One of the hot mobility areas in to keep watch in 2007+ is the intersection of mobility and social software: mobile social software, virtual communities, messaging and user-generated content. Earlier this month M:Metrics published a report on user-generated content and social networking application usage as of October 2006, where … Read more
Bill has added a new Java ME and realated discussion forums to his site, go check it out. He also has renamed the old “J2ME Archive” to be the “Java ME Archive” to reflect the rebranding of “J2ME” as “Java ME”. ceo