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…handsets have shipped worldwide with HI’s MascotCapsule 3D rendering engine. 3D technology is increasingly being employed in the interface layer, breaking outside its traditional territory of gaming. Source: HI Corporation.

Latency kills the mobile experience

How long is half a second? In the context of a mobile user interface, it can be long enough to cripple the experience and make the difference between a converting a user from a casual browser to a dedicated customer.

Latency – the time lag bet…

Meet the speakers: Falk Mueller-Veerse, Cartagena Capital

Falk is one of the user experience experts we’ve appointed to lead the breakout groups at the MEX conference on 2nd – 3rd May 2007. Everyone attending MEX joins one of several focused teams for the duration of the event. The teams are led by top…

Sonopia’s move towards individual experiences

Sonopia, the mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) founded by Juha Christensen, has finally unveiled its service to the public. Anyone, from individuals to small businesses, can use Sonopia’s technology to set themselves up as a mobile virtual ne…

Evolving from lists to objects: a story of ZenZui, TAT and Apple

Reuters has this article on ZenZui, a company spun out off Microsoft’s research labs to commercialise a new interface tool for mobile devices. ZenZui’s Zoomspace enables users to customise the interface of their handset with a pattern of individu…

Meet the speakers: Markus Grupp, TELUS

Markus Grupp, Handset User Experience Design Manager at Canadian operator TELUS has a long history with mobile UI innovations, including recent work on evolving the FastTap keypad . Prior to joining TELUS, he was Product Experience Manager at Ora…

Serving the data creators

I know several analysts and journalists who still use Psion hand held computers as their primary mobile information device, even though the company stopped making these products 6 years ago. They stick with these large devices, with their slow pr…