“I must say that it’s been surprisingly difficult, in various conversations with folks not immersed in the IxD space, to get across the essential distinction between context-aware applications and location-based services (LBS)...Mac Funamizu has actually nailed two separate things here. The first demonstrates precisely what I, at least, mean when I use the words “context [...]
Bernhard Schindlholzer wrote that “even though I am confident that there will certainly be significant growth in some areas (i.e. vehicle tracking, in-car traffic information) I doubt that someday everyone will be using Google’s “Search nearby” feature to find the next ATM, restaurant or supermarket…the majority of people still roam in just a few locations [...]
Yahoo! Go is one of the leaders in the growing trend to start exchange a handset’s built-in user interface with a replacement UI services shell. Once calling features are integrated then users wouldn’t ever need to leave the application (which is probably what Google’s got in the works at the moment).
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Dean Bubley riffs on the iPhone motion sensors and thinks about how motion and context can be tied together.
“So, what could be motion-sensor based services? I reckon it comes back to a theme I’m developing about “context” being more important than “content”. If operators get access to the sensor APIs, they could determine a lot [...]
UsabilityNews reports that ease of use is the most important factor for purchasing mobile data services. I find this almost impossible to believe. Find something relevant and compelling to shove down the pipe, and then worry about making it easy to use. (Also, asking people what’s important to them before a purchase is often completely [...]
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