$665m

…is the total value of mobile bets placed in Europe during 2006, representing 49% of a worldwide market totalling USD 1.35 billion. This figure is estimated to grow to USD 16.6 billion by 2011, despite the negative regulatory environme…

TAT sponsors MEX

TAT, the user interface designer and platform provider, is sponsoring the MEX conference in London on 2nd/3rd May 2007. Based in Sweden and with offices in Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the USA, TAT’s interfaces are built using its Cascades, Motion La…

Measuring the user experience

For something to be improved, we must first be able to measure it. This is certainly true of user experience, but there are numerous challenges in trying to evaluate something so complex and varied. What kind of metrics can we use to measure the…

Cliff Crosbie, Nokia’s global director of retail marketing, to speak at MEX

Cliff Crosbie, who heads Nokia’s global retail and trade marketing operations, will speak at the MEX conference in London on 2nd/3rd May 2007. Crosbie will be responding to the first point on the MEX manifesto, looking at how the mobile user expe…

Apple’s new mobile experience

Authors note, January 2017: the article below is unchanged from its original form, published in this same journal in January 2007. I remain satisfied by its conclusions, but 10 years on, a few clarifications may be necessary:

With hindsight,…

Push button ambience, performative architecture and mobile communication

Michael Trudgeon of the Australian multi-disciplinary architecture and design practice Crowd, responds to point # 6 of the MEX manifesto with an article exploring the relationships between mobile users and the built environment. At the cutting ed…

User experience inside your personal wireless cloud

This article relates to point # 6 of the MEX manifesto.

How would your relationship with your mobile change if you could use it to stream high quality video content to your wall-mouted plasma screen? What would be the impact on the various ind…

Stat Spot: SMS long-term growth

2.3 trillion

…SMS messages will be sent worldwide in 2010, up from 936 billion in 2005. Asia will account for the lion’s share of this number, generating 1.8 trillion messages in 2010. Source: Gartner.