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Nokia launches set-up service for NFC tags and posters
In a sign of the imminent mass market arrival of NFC ‘touch-to…’ technology, Nokia has launched a service for creating NFC tags and posters. The NFC Hub enables users to order NFC tags pre-programmed with Facebook and Foursquare check-ins, Twit…
Reviewing the user experience of HP’s WebOS TouchPad
HP’s TouchPad rewards users willing to invest a few minutes familiarising themselves with the unique characteristics of WebOS.
The initial set-up is simple, with the core applications of email, browsing, contacts and calendar immediately ac…
MEX Notes: DoCoMo sells 20 million of Raku Raku easy phones
- DoCoMo sells 20 million of Raku Raku easy phones – DoCoMo's range of handsets has often defined the cutting edge of mobile technology, with those outside Japan amazed and baffled in equal measure by the seemingly arcane features provided. Howev…
TubeTap helps users claim refunds for London Underground journeys
Page 42 of Transport for London’s Conditions of Carriage holds an interesting nugget of information: if your London Underground journey is delayed by more than 15 minutes for reason’s within TfL’s control, it will refund the cost of your single jo…
MEX Notes: Android numbers exploding, but developers choose iOS
- Android numbers exploding, but developers choose iOS – This article from FierceDeveloper editor Jason Ankeny raises an interesting question: why are developers increasingly focused on iOS when the number of Android OS devices is growing faster? …
Vodafone Webbox brings internet to TVs over 2.5G
Vodafone’s Webbox was announced in February 2011 and uses a combination of the Android OS and Opera Mini web browser to bring internet browsing to existing TV sets in emerging markets. The physical product is essentially a PC-style QWERTY key…
Moonbot and The Polyphonic Spree create interactive music video for iOS
Bullseye iPad App Teaser from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.
Those of you who’ve been following MEX Pathway #9 (‘Enhance the audible dimension of mobile user experience‘) will be interested in the work of Moonbot Studios, who collaborated with The P…
MEX Notes: Stantum getting closer to combined multi-touch, stylus input
- Stantum getting closer to combined multi-touch, stylus input – This note from MEX alumnus Guillaume Largillier provides a progress update on Stantum's work to deliver a touchscreen controller combining finger multi-touch and stylus input. This …