Design Competition Entry: BSR Blind Phone
The Blind Phone is aimed at filling a niche requirement for blind and partially sighted people.
A phone designed from the ground up around the needs of a restricted sight person.
From the form of the physical design to the user interface, everything is done to remove the requirement of a screen or any visual input or […]
Design Competition Entry: Devicescape Connect
Devicescape’s patented software and web service allows any mobile wireless device – with or without a browser – to automatically connect to any Wi-Fi network – at home, at work, or on the go. By eliminating the need to manually connect by launching a browser, entering usernames and passwords, etc., Devicescape effortlessly connects the new […]
Design Competition Entry: Opera Mini 4.1 Beta
Opera Mini 4 enables you to take your full Web experience and digital lifestyle with you — everywhere you go. Whether you want to access your mail, RSS feeds or bank information, Opera Mini is a quick and secure way to get your data on the go. Opera Mini 4 also delivers several new features […]
Illustrating lifestyles from the developing world
In this article responding to point #5 of the MEX Manifesto (‘The developing world is the new frontier for mobile user experience‘), Stephanie Rieger of user experience consultancy Yiibu paints a detailed picture of customer lifestyles in South Ea…
Design Competition Entry: A Radical New Architecture For Design And Fabrication of Handheld Devices
Sima’s technologies bring an entirely new dimension of touch input to handheld devices. SiMa’s advanced high resolution ‘multi-touch and multi-force’ (MT/MF) touch sensor, now empowers the user to navigate and activate from the bottom and/or top of the device. This intuitive input method provides the user a superior experience by:
– Allowing ‘all’ the user’s fingers […]
Can Motorola cut free from RAZR legacy?
(Marek Pawlowski will be providing analysis of Motorola’s major announcement today for BBC Television’s World Business Report programme at 1830 GMT).
The handset industry has much to thank the Motorola RAZR for. When it was introduced in 2004 …
Design Competition Entry: Finest Mobile Phone Keypad in the World
The Delta II tm integrated mobile phone keypad solves everything that is wrong with today’s mobile phone keypads. It allows average people to immediately type fast, accurately, and comfortably on small, single-hand operation mobile phones, straight-out-of-the-box, with no instructions needed.
At the heart of a Delta II equipped mobile phone is a patented, modified QWERTY button […]
Handsets are no longer just for the hand
This is one of a series of articles by Marek Pawlowski, Editorial Director at PMN and founder of the MEX conference, examining the key mobile user experience issues facing the telecoms industry in 2008. These themes are highlighted in PMN’s 2008 …