Design Competition Entry: Motionized(TM) – using the phone’s camera to enable a new UI
Motionized(tm) has been designed from the ground up as an software only motion detection library, enabling full new UI implementations, freeing the user from the 40:1 ratio that exists between the mobile content he manipulates, and the screen real estate available to display such content.
By using the movement of the handset to enable users to […]
Design Competition Entry: SlideIT write words not letters
SlideIt, is an intuitive method to input text on touch screen enabled devices. Instead of tapping each letter, with SlideIt users simply point to first letter of a word and slide the stylus to the subsequent letters. Spacing is achieved by just lifting the stylus. Speeds of more than 50 words per minute are easily […]
In-depth video interview on emerging markets
We’ve been looking at the user experience challenges in emerging markets since the very first MEX conference back in 2005. With almost all new mobile subscriber growth now coming from developing economies, understanding the unique requirements of…
Meet the speakers: JD Moore, Nokia
In December 2007 JD Moore took time out from his day job as a user interface designer for Nokia to visit Kenya and further his passion for contexual user design and its role in developing markets. He ran a series of workshops with Kenyan children…
Email complexity and next generation middleware
This morning I have been watching the battery life of my Nokia N95 drain rapidly away. It is 2pm and I have less than 40% remaining. When I unplugged the device at 7am, it was fully charged.
It is not the handful of calls I’ve made or my few …
MEX video interview with Scott Jenson of Google
Scott Jenson, who leads mobile user interface design for Google, is the first MEX 2008 speaker to feature in our new video interview series.
Jenson worked on the Apple Newton and Apple’s original mobile concept designs before going on to become…
More UX trends from MWC
This is the second and final part of my report on user experience trends at the Mobile World Congress. You can read the first section here.
Feeling the changes in user input methods
There was an interesting trend running through many of the…
The real user experience trends from MWC
The news flow from the Mobile World Congress has been particuarly strong this year, a reflection perhaps on the buoyancy of an industry which has enjoyed sustained growth for some time.
Amid the marketing blitz and pumping music of the show flo…