Design Competition Entry: Putty UI concept
The user:
Many touch screens require two hands to operate comfortably. Putty UI utilizes the 5-way navigation button that is seen on nearly all non-touch screen handsets, thus giving a seamless intuitive interaction requiring only one hand.
What it is:
Putty UI has 3 main components:
Putty:
-A universal experience between applications
-Allows for maximum visual real estate on the […]
Design Competition Entry: WeGlu
Weglu is mobile social software to help ‘friends stick together’. Weglu brings your address book to life and allows your friends and favourite organisations to tell you what they’re doing, where they are, what they’d like to do and how they’re feeling so you can get in touch, meet up or just send them a […]
Design Competition Entry: Didiom – Mobile Music Marketplace
Founded in 2005, Didiom is the world’s first mobile music marketplace connecting online music stores to smartphones, and the first direct-to-consumer mobile music download service in North America. Currently available in public beta on dozens of Windows Mobile smartphones, Didiom provides music fans with access to more than 100,000 DRM-free songs from eleven digital music […]
How does user experience affect performance in the mobile handset industry?
The first quarter of 2008 saw some significant changes to the breakdown of market share in the handset business. Among the elite group of the 5 largest manufacturers, Samsung and LG were the big winners as their long-term investments in enhancing…
Design Competition Entry: Full Communications Wearable Computer
The Jacket is made from cotton and other fibres, providing a sporting and ergonomic fit. The objective is to combine advanced electronic devices to create a ‘mobile computer’ better suited to field activitiesn that notebooks, PDAs, smartphones and traditional mobile phones.
The equipment allows for totally handsfree interaction through voice activation and intelligent operation. At the […]
Full agenda for MEX 2008 published, with stats, research and speakers
The full, detailed agenda and speaker list for our MEX 2008 conference is now online. If you’ve not yet reserved your place at the event, now is the time to do so – passes are selling out fast.
The conference programme is based around our …
Announcing the venue for MEX 2008
We are delighted to be hosting MEX 2008 at the brand new Wallacespace St Pancras. MEX will occupy the entire venue for two days, providing us with 5 floors of inspiring space to create the unique MEX atmosphere.
After a highly successful visit…
Design Competition Entry: Couple-IT
Multimedia phones often require a high degree to compromise. From screen size to user experience, it is often impossible to do full justice to a multimedia phone’s capabilities.
Couple-IT is designed to overcome this. By linking two devices, both suitable for different mobile scenarios, over a network that dynamically synchronises content, so the user can be […]