A hot topic in the mobile user experience world right now is - will Nokia win back a larger share of the smartphone market with ‘Glanceable Design’?
I recently read an interesting interview in the Guardian with Nokia’s VP of design Marko Ahtisaari.
Nokia had been a front-runner in innovative mobile design for so many years, it … Read more about ‘‘Glanceable design’ - a great user experience innovation?’
Last week I attended Forum Oxford, an annual conference on new trends in mobile technology. Delegates ranged from mobile technology and strategy writers and researchers, to representatives from the large brands to smaller companies offering mobile products and services. Because the conference was quite small, it allowed for good Q&A sessions and a lot of … Read more about ‘The Future of Mobile’
Last weekend I read an article in the Guardian about the recent successful appeal of Amanda Knox. The article made me think about the way we do user research.
The article describes how the Italian police and the press based their case against Amanda Knox almost exclusively on her behaviour rather than sound evidence. The author … Read more about ‘How observations can deceive…’
The results are in! Kicked off in my last post ‘What about the 55+ mobile phone market?‘ my survey on mobile phones with a particular focus on people over 55 years old is complete! Some of which are refreshingly quite contrary to stereotypical views of the ‘older generation’. Please keep in mind that this survey … Read more about ‘Mobile survey results! Is the 55+ market satisfied?’
There was an interesting article in The Telegraph technology blog last week titled “Businesses still don’t ‘get’ social media – and its 40-year-old marketing directors that are to blame”. This provocative title led to interesting levels of reaction most of which debated the fact that the cut off was at 40, or in fact that … Read more about ‘What about the 55+ mobile phone market?’