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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
Binary Sudoku – this is funny: . [via David Beer's blog] ceo
I've been tagged. I was first tagged by Xen sometime last year, but I wasn't able to write about it then. Now I got tagged once again, this time by Wendong. Since accumulating tags is not a good thing, in honor of Xen and Wendong, here I go with 5 things about me: I was … Read more
So I ordered Applying UML and Patterns 3rd Edition by Craig Larman… a must have text on OO analysis, design and iterative software development… To save some money, since I also ordered Design by Contract by Richard Mitchell and Jim McKim, another must read, I decided to order used copies… Today I received a package, … 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
It is very exciting to see NASA (trying) to go back to its roots of space and human planetary exploration. See below NASA’s plans for the next 20 years – until 2016. And it is it is about returning to the Moon, and preparing for Mars: Fly the Shuttle as safely as possible until its … Read more
Photo by Rick Takagi Dennis at WAP Review has published Carnival of the Mobilists #58, the first one of 2007, with 20 blog entries from mobility bloggers from around the world… read about mobile predictions, reviews, technology and business plans. 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