Aza Raskin demos a nice, simple concept for Firefox Mobile. My favorite quote: “Trying to type on mobile is like trying to remove a contact lens with a cotton ball; it’s just not fun.” It looks like a strong concept, though I’m not sure of the value of the ‘tab’ space like he describes – [...]
A few Android video demos have landed. The first one shows some nice details with a window-blind metaphor for accessing core functions, as well as a perplexing use of the ‘icons on a desktop’ metaphor.
The second shows a rather cool use of a compass in the hardware. I’m sure that there are lots of fun [...]
If I paid a dollar every time Horace Luke of HTC says ‘simple’ in this product launch I’d be down about $132. Hyperbole aside, it’s an interesting piece of design.
Demo of the overall experience:
Demo of the the web experience:
Link: YouTube – HTC TouchFLO 3D Video on HTC Diamond (youtube.com, via)
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More UI fizz, plus some additional features. Follow the link for a demo video from CES.
Link: Yahoo revamps mobile on ZDNet.com
TryPhone has online interactive simulations of a few handsets, hopefully with more available soon. A less expensive way to play with phones than buying a design review collection.
“Use our fully interactive online virtual handsets to test-drive mobile devices, applications, content and services, as well as watch demos – right from the comfort and convenience of [...]
Microsoft’s Shift uses call-outs to deal with the problem of fingers covering targets on touchscreen devices.
“Retrieving the stylus of a pen-based device takes time and requires a second hand. Especially for short, intermittent interactions many users therefore choose to use their bare fingers instead. Although convenient, this increases targeting times and error rates. We argue [...]
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