Opinions, ideas and new thinking
CategoryApplication Developer Perspective: Part 3: Testing
This is the third in a series of posts describing what I see as the primary issues affecting the current user experience.
In my previous post, I commented on the poor user experience when users attempt to set up or use an application or service….
Update: Vodafone and customer service
Warren Allen’s comment on my article about Vodafone’s customer service reminded me that I should provide an update on what’s happened since…
Suffice to say I am now in possession of a fully working Vodafone 3G data card, linked to my existing…
You only get one chance
Roger Kay, a former IDC analyst and now president of his own research firm (Endpoint), has published a forecast on Tablet PCs. It contains an interesting account of how Microsoft evaluates its potential markets:
“When questioned about whether …
Like a sports car?!
Nokia is running a series of TV advertisements in the UK for its 8800 handset. They are heavy on close-up imagery, providing shadowy glimpses of the handset’s curves and the texture of its metallic casing. I couldn’t help but be reminded of the …
Paper on small-screen usability
Geoff Kendall, CTO at interface firm Next Device, pointed me to an interesting paper on small-screen usability by a team of university researchers at the National University of Ireland in Galway and Claremont Graduate University in Californina.
…
Why is everyone jumping for joy over Java?
When I recently read PMN’s article “Java = mass market“, I had to ask myself why client Java would be the instrument of mass market adoption for mobile. I agree Java has a place in mobile, but I don’t perceive it will become the end-all, be-all th…
Platform developers in the cross-hairs
AOL has acquired Wildseed, Amp’d bought Ninja and now Google has purchased Android. There must be few mobile software developers who haven’t been approached as an acquisition target in recent months! What is driving this trend and what are the w…
Taiwanese manufacturers feeling the pressure
Taiwan’s handset manufacturing industry was driven predominantly by the orders of foreign companies in Q2 2005, according to figures published by the Taipei-based Market Intelligence Centre (MIC). MIC found that orders from Sony Ericsson and Moto…