Link: Tap is the New Click (vimeo.com)
Video from the Business to Buttons conference, with Hampus Jakobsson and James Haliburton of TAT talking about social connectivity on mobile devices.
“Mobile phones are some of the most advanced personal objects we have, but still there are just technical inventions or stylish skins. What can be done to improve personal communication and social connections? TAT [...]
One of the interesting things about this concept video (which isn’t particularly earth-shattering in itself), is comparing it with IDEO’s concept piece they produced for Intel. It’s interesting how the DOCOMO piece feels, just, well, more human.
“Mobile phones have evolved to become indispensable tools that have changed the way we lead our lives, and they [...]
The Aurora browser concept piece from the folks at Adaptive Path has lots to like about it. But overall I struggle with the idea of the web browser as a universal tool for doing things on devices, especially mobile devices. The web browser is great in that it’s a networked standard way of easily accessing [...]
Francesco Cara from Nokia talks about the mobile ecosystem.
Link: Evolution of the mobile communication ecosystem (liftconference.com)
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 [...]
Some interesting discussion about mobile UX at Over the Air, via Brian Fling’s resurrected Mobile Design blog.
Link: Over The Air: User Exerience Discussion – Part 1
Link: Over The Air: User Exerience Discussion – Part 2
Video from the Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign conference in Germany.
Bruce Sterling from Innovationsforum on Vimeo.
Link: Bruce Sterling (vimeo.com, via)
Marek Pawlowski spoke with JD Moore about mobiles and developing countries for the upcoming MEX conference. Watch the 20 minute video below.
JD Moore talks to Marek Pawlowski about mobile user experience in developing markets
Link: In-depth video interview on emerging markets (mobileuserexperience.com)
“Morph concept technologies might create fantastic opportunities for mobile devices: Newly-enabled flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the way we live; Devices become self-cleaning and self-preserving; Transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension; Built-in solar absorption might charge a device, whilst batteries become smaller, longer lasting and faster to charge; Integrated sensors [...]
Scott Jenson, leading Google’s mobile efforts, talks about why mobile search is different.
(for those on the RSS, follow the link for the video)
Link: MEX 2008: Scott Jenson, Google (youtube.com)
Nokia concept video demonstrating adaptive form factors. Also a nice example of lo-fi video concepting.
(for those on the RSS, click the link for the video)
Link: YouTube – Nokia 888 Design (youtube.com)
Published by Gabriel White.