February 2010
Experiencing the razor edge of mobile UX in Beijing
By Kevin McCullagh, founder of Plan.
Shanzhai Market in Beijing.
A colleague and I covered ten Chinese cities in three weeks during November 2009. We were in search of emerging big picture shifts in design sensibilities. We intervie…
5 initial themes for the next MEX Manifesto & Conference – what do you think?
The next MEX Conference is in London on 19th / 20th May. We’re currently deciding what should be in the new MEX Manifesto which will be at the heart of the Conference agenda and we wanted to provoke some different thinking: what are the *real* co…
MEX Inspirations: Video – What’s in a slogan?
This Brand Republic video shows what the world of mobile looks like through the eyes of real customers. A number of interview candidates are asked their reaction to the advertising slogans which front the multi-millio…
Stat Spot: Reasons for lower mobile phone ownership among females
Stat Spot: Male versus female mobile phone ownership worldwide
26 UX research notes summarising Mobile World Congress 2010
After several days of back-to-back meetings in Barcelona, I’m delighted to publish a complete summary of all 26 research notes from our MEX trip to Mobile World Congress (see below for full list). These notes are intended to combine insight into …
Orange ON explores new possibilities for an operator
The competitive threats to network operators are well documented: legacy voice traffic is migrating to VoIP providers such as Skype, data traffic is expanding beyond available capacity (but without a corresponding revenue increase) and users’ prim…
Analysing UX implications of the Meego platform
With the announcement of Meego earlier this week at MWC, Nokia and Intel are taking a significant step to establish a new OS which can power multi-platform user experiences across a wide range of connected devices, from in-car systems to home ente…