“Indeed, Japanese handsets have become prime examples of feature creep gone mad. In many cases, phones in Japan are far too complex for users to master. “There are tons of buttons, and different combinations or lengths of time yield different results,’” says Koh Aoki, an engineer who lives in Tokyo. “Experimenting with different key combinations [...]
There’s an interesting collection of research papers about the use of mobile phones in Asia from a conference held in Beijing two years ago. Papers include ‘Mobile Cultures of Migrant Workers in Southern China’, ‘How the University Students in East Asia Utilize Mobile Phones’, and ‘News circulation by means of mobile phones in China’.
Link: Mobile [...]
Jan Chipchase has shared another of his team’s presentations, this time talking about design research and the relationship of research to product.
Each subsequent presentation published on Future Perfect seems to become more and more elliptical, but there are some great pictures of the Nokia team’s research through Asia.
Link: Insight & Innovation: Design Research (janchipchase.com)
The Australian Media/Culture Journal has an omnibus issue dedicated the use of mobile technology in the Asia Pacific region. Lots and lots of very interesting stuff. Here’s an excerpt from the editorial summary of all the articles:
“The first four papers by Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, Gerard Raiti, Yasmin Ibrahim, and Collette Snowden & Kerry Green highlight [...]
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