the future of mobile is the web. Sort of.
You’ll find a wide variety of pundits asserting that the future of mobile is the web. I only somewhat agree. The future of mobile is a mix of person-to-person communications and access to on-device...
View Articlewhy one web is troublesome to me
I am a Google addict of sorts. I'd be fine with any other sufficiently good search engine, but these days Google seems to have won. For example, the default search on the Opera Mini home deck is Yahoo!...
View Articlea real idle screen widget from Google
If handset manufacturers won't give us widget-based idle screens, maybe individual app providers can just cheat their way into it for us. My N75 is pretty customizable for a mobile phone, really. But...
View ArticleUSAA mobile
I finally got around to visiting USAA Mobile. If you’re unfamiliar with it, the company provides insurance, banking, and brokerage services to military families. (Thanks, Dad!) I am thrilled with it....
View Articlemobile New York Times web site: partly good
New York Times Mobile - Blackberry and feature phone The good folks over at The New York Times have put a lot of research-intensive work into their mobile version, at least for the Blackberry. My chief...
View Articlefree advice to keyboard inventors
Dear Dr. Inventor, You do have an interesting concept, and we might be interested in working with you. Keep in mind, however, that I have literally seen 20 innovative hardware input mechanisms...
View Articlewhat convergence?
I have spent a fair bit of my time navigating. I've climbed mountains and hiked through wilderness for weeks with nothing but a compass and a map. I even teach navigation to ROTC cadets periodically....
View Articlesomeone tell me how this is supposed to work
We’ve talked a lot about Nokia Point & Find; it’s a terrific example of how existing sensors can be used with networked data to provide contextually-relevant information without real (e.g. typing)...
View ArticleLittle Springs Design: Podcast #1
Click the image to play the clip (30 min, MP3 format) Designer and Author Steven Hoober is interviewed by Christopher Nemeth about his new book, “Designing by Drawing: A practical guide to creating...
View ArticleOpera Mini version 5
We've designed a couple of mobile browsers, which makes us always curious when a new design comes along. (I'd tell you which ones, but alas they've not given us permission). Especially fun is looking...
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