Push button ambience, performative architecture and mobile communication
Michael Trudgeon of the Australian multi-disciplinary architecture and design practice Crowd, responds to point # 6 of the MEX manifesto with an article exploring the relationships between mobile users and the built environment. At the cutting ed…
User experience inside your personal wireless cloud
This article relates to point # 6 of the MEX manifesto.
How would your relationship with your mobile change if you could use it to stream high quality video content to your wall-mouted plasma screen? What would be the impact on the various ind…
Stat Spot: SMS long-term growth
2.3 trillion
…SMS messages will be sent worldwide in 2010, up from 936 billion in 2005. Asia will account for the lion’s share of this number, generating 1.8 trillion messages in 2010. Source: Gartner.
A Call to Action – The MEX Conference Manifesto
MEX is a very different style of conference and this is our manifesto. It is a ‘call to action’ for the industry to wake up to the importance of user experience. We’d love to hear your views and invite you to post them to the blog.
In May 200…
Stat Spot: T9 licenses
2 billion
…T9 predictive text input licenses sold by Tegic. T9 revolutionised text messaging in 1995 by significantly reducing the number of key presses required to enter words, using software and a built-in dictionary to suggest words using…
X-Series analysis, Nokia’s bit pipe, Sony Ericsson enabling web services & NFC initiatives
Three X-Series
Last week Hutchison 3G held a major launch event for its ‘X-Series‘ initiative, making a clear statement to the industry that it intended to turn away from convential price plans and its previously restrictive policies of limitin…
Stat Spot: Q3 2006 handset shipments
251m
…handsets shipped in Q3 2006, up 21.5% on the same period last year. Nokia gained 2.6 percentage points to record market share of 35.1%, while Sony Ericsson and Motorola also improved on their 2005 results. Samsung, LG and BenQ all los…
News round-up: Palm & NTP, UIQ & Sony Ericsson, Verizon & YouTube
There are several news items this week which reflect trends in mobile user experience issues.
Sony Ericsson to acquire UIQ
Firstly, Sony Ericsson has announced it will acquire UIQ Technologies. UIQ provides an interface and applications lay…