smartphones
TagDesign Talk 42. Psion revisited in the Gemini PDA? Martin Riddiford, Therefore Design and Davide Guidi, Planet Computers
The Gemini PDA by Planet Computers brings a much loved form factor back to the world of smartphones – the clamshell, keyboard-based palmtop. In this episode, MEX founder Marek Pawlowski talks to Martin Riddiford of Therefore Design and Davide Guid…
Design Talk 41. UX of iPhone X; Steve Litchfield, producer, The Phones Show
Just how significant are the user experience changes in iPhone X and what hints do they give us about the future of mobile innovation? Steve Litchfield, technology journalist and one of the world’s most experienced reviewers of smartphones, shares…
Minimum viable phone for an adventure?
Part of MEX Inspirations, an ongoing series exploring tangents and their relationship to better experience design.
I recently went along to A Night Of Adventure, a collection of talks by adventurers with a particular twist: each talk was accompan…
Video: Jason Mesut’s #mexsession on touch UI, tactility & musical inspiration for mobile design
Jason Mesut used his December 2010 MEX Session to prompt new thinking about physical controls, touch interfaces and mobile device form factors, inspired by his love of music making tools. Jason traces the development of music making interfaces and…
Examples of path dependence and where it might lead for smartphones
50 Things That Made The Modern Economy is a BBC World Service podcast. In short snippets of 9 minutes, Tim Harford, the FT journalist, discusses innovations that have played a crucial role in shaping the world today.
Getting straight to the Punkt
As I slipped the SIM card into the Punkt MP 01, I was fully aware that my other assorted devices still had wifi connectivity. Only if I left them behind would I be truly bereft of the myriad digital services that punctuate my day with information,…
OnePlus’ impersonal yet over familiar marketing
The marketing email began “Dear fanboy/girl…” and went down hill from there. OnePlus, of course, will never be short of coverage while it continues to offer above average smartphones for below average price. However, a few months after the deb…
Apple’s new mobile experience
Authors note, January 2017: the article below is unchanged from its original form, published in this same journal in January 2007. I remain satisfied by its conclusions, but 10 years on, a few clarifications may be necessary:
- With hindsight,…