Paper on small-screen usability
Geoff Kendall, CTO at interface firm Next Device, pointed me to an interesting paper on small-screen usability by a team of university res..
Why is everyone jumping for joy over Java?
When I recently read PMN’s article “Java = mass market“, I had to ask myself why client Java would be the instrument of mass market adopti..
Platform developers in the cross-hairs
AOL has acquired Wildseed, Amp’d bought Ninja and now Google has purchased Android. There must be few mobile software developers who have..
Taiwanese manufacturers feeling the pressure
Taiwan’s handset manufacturing industry was driven predominantly by the orders of foreign companies in Q2 2005, according to figures publi..
Meet the speakers: Ben Soppitt
In February of this year, the GSM Association announced the first results of its emerging markets handsets initiative. The Association ha..
Mats Nilson on the role of the OMTP
Following our 16/08/05 article on Amp’d and Ninja, the OMTP has been in touch to clarify its role in the user experience. Mats Nilson, Ma..
Meet the speakers: Yoram Salinger
When he talks to handset manufacturers about firmware over the air (FOTA) update technology, Red Bend CEO Yoram Salinger prefaces his rema..
When the experience goes wrong: why can’t we get customer service right?
Ordinarily I would not publish a piece of analysis based on an anecdotal and personal experience – such observations often provide a disto..