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CategoryMinimalism overtakes the Windows Phone UI
I spent some time looking at the new Windows Phone 7 interface today and, for the first time, I am impressed by what I have seen. There is a logic and sparseness to the UI which speaks on uncharacteristic restraint and elegance from Microsoft.
It …
Mobile Premier Award photos
A couple of photos from the MPA, where the first Mobile Premier Award for Best User Experience by a Start-up, sponsored by MEX, was presented to location browser Flook by Norbert Metzner and Marek Pawlowski of MEX.
Petit Palau de la Musica, the ven…
Flook Wins Mobile Premier Award for Best Start Up in User Experience
Barcelona: Monday, February 15, 2010 – The Mobile Premier Awards (MPA) today announced that the Best Start Up in User Experience Award, sponsored by MEX, has gone to flook, the location browser.
Selected from a group of 115 award entries in thi…
Toshiba starts to push multi-platform vision for home media
User interaction with media and brands is rarely confined to a single platform, yet many handset manufacturers and media companies continue to develop products as if mobiles, TVs and PCs existed in separate universes. This was the theme of our mo…
MessagePhone combines handset and middleware for low-cost push email, networking and web
Synchronia, the mobile middleware provider, is working with Korean manufacturer KC Mobile to deliver MessagePhone – an integrated user experience for push email, social networking and web browsing on a handset costing under USD 100. They’ve built…
Vodafone’s USD15 handset expands m-payments to ever larger footprint
It’s easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of fastest, shiniest and most advanced which spins out of the PR machines at Mobile World Congress. However, the USD 15 handset announced by Vodafone – aimed at emerging markets and with support for mob…
Emporia, gardening and handsets for the micro-niches
Emporia, best known for its chunky handsets for older customers, has announced a device aimed at senior gardeners – the SOLID. While at first glance this might seem a bizarrely niche segment for a product, it is worth noting the obsessive enthusi…
QWERTY keyboards proliferate as data creation grows
Sony Ericsson is at it with the Symbian-powered Vivaz Pro and X10 Mini Pro. Toshiba’s K01 also brings a QWERTY to the manufacturer’s high-end Windows Mobile line.
Expect to see more handsets featuring physical QWERTY keyboards as manufacturers res…