Pathway #1: Network efficient UX design
CategoryMEX Notes: Halo funded for Wi-fi offload as capacity constrains UX
- Source article: Halo Networks Gets Series A Of £1.6 Million To Offload Mobile Data To WiFi
- MEX note: Improving the user experience of Wi-fi offload will contribute to solving one of the industry’s largest challenges: every byte of capacit…
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…
MEX Notes: AT&T’s New ‘4G’ Gear Runs At Different Speeds With Same Branding
- AT&T’s New ‘4G’ Gear Runs At Different Speeds With Same Branding – AT&T's use of a single '4G' moniker to describe products with very different data throughput capabilities is a recipe for poor user experience. Consumer expectations are set by …
MEX Notes: Google plays catch-up with offline mapping
- New Google Maps Mobile App Offers Downloadable Maps For Offline Navigation – Google Maps may be the most frequently used mobile service in the UK (see yesterday's post on ComScore's stats), but the user experience is compromised by the requireme…
MEX Notes: Verizon to eliminate unlimited data plans
- Verizon to eliminate unlimited data plans – Following AT&T's earlier move, Verizon is the latest US operator to introduce a 2 Gb data cap in place of previously 'unlimited' tariffs and start per Gb charging for customers who exceed these limits….
MEX Notes: OnLive CEO reveals 'entirely new approach' to wireless, credits Rearden for toppling Shannon's Law
- OnLive CEO reveals 'entirely new approach' to wireless, credits Rearden for toppling Shannon's Law – A combination of technological limits and economic factors prompted us to introduce MEX Pathway #1, entitled 'Define more efficient user experi…
MEX Notes: AT&T ‘Working On’ Shared Data Plans
- AT&T 'Working On' Shared Data Plans – AT&T is waking up to the idea of tariffs built around customers rather than devices. At first glance this may appear to be a simple pricing issue: if a customer buys a 1 Gb monthly data allowance, he wants …
MEX Notes: Nokia Play To; Glassless 3D; Data usage stats; Transparent screens
- Nokia Play To beta – show and play media over WiFi (DLNA) – All About Symbian – This is an important step for Nokia in bringing first generation multi-platform content sharing to Symbian devices, the potential for which has already been highligh…