Obviously this is a no brainer. Back in the day AOL used to pre-load software on a computer in hopes that the new owner would click on the icon and decide to sign up for dial-up service.
Interesting that only 5% of users have unlocked their phones to get apps not available to the. Out of sight, out of mind.
“…tethering will be supported at launch, but it will be up to the carrier whether it is enabled or not.” Hmm, wonder who will enable it. Saw a ton of folks tethering their Android devices at the Design For Mobile Conference last week as Wifi was minimal to nonexistent. Almost made me wish I had an Android instead of an iPhone. Almost.
Future of Mobile UX
Jonathan Brill, Implied Sciences
Emerging Interactive Technology and the Museum Experience
Michael Horn, Northwestern University
Designing Mobile Forms
Luke Wroblewski, Benchmark Capital
From App Euphoria to App Exhaustion: Reconsidering the App Store User Experience
Marcus Grupp, Rogers Communications
Building Mobile Experiences: Testing rapid functional prototypes in real contexts of use
Frank Bentley, Motorola
Web vs. App vs. Hybrid
Jason Grigsby, Cloud Four
The Future of Cloud Service Integration in Mobile Devices
Josh Campbell, Motorola/Magic + Might
Elisa Vargas, Motorola
UI Development for Multi-channel Web
Ian Homer, Bemoko
Designing Resourceful Mobile E-Commerce Search
Greg Nudelman, DesignCaffeine
Mobiles in Museums
Nancy Proctor, Smithsonian Institution
Mobile Diversity: the coming Zombie Apocalypse
Scott Jenson, Google
Mobile Web - Devolution or Evolution?
Carol Taylor, Motricity
iPad Design Headaches: Take Two Tablets, Call Me in the Morning
Josh Clark, Global Moxie
Mobile Device Specifications, or Politics is Fun
Steven Hoober, Little Springs Design
How Do You Evaluate Gestures for Your System?
Kevin Arthur, Synaptics
Between Here and There: Navigation Design for Mobile
Ryan Unger, Punchkick
What Gestures Do People Actually Use?
Dan Mauney, HumanCentric
Do Smartphone Users Need to be Smart?
Tim Deluca-Smith, WDSGlobal
Smartphone Text Input Methods Compared: Which is Best?
Nika Smith, Blink Interactive
Designing a Billion-Dollar User Experience
Karyln Neel, eBay
World Class: Global Mobile Textbook Strategy
Corey Pressman, Exprima Media
Modern Mobile Language: From Transportation to Pixels - Metro for Windows Phone 7
Albert Shum & Paula Guntaur, Microsoft
Mobile Information Architecture
Nick Finck, Blink Interactive
Creating Magical Moments and Why Beauty is not Enough
Itai Vonshak, Elements
The Symbian^3 UI & UX Story
Scott Weiss, Symbian
Designing for Windows Phone 7
Dave Bost & Chris Bernard, Microsoft
Managing Android Fragmentation
Anthony Hand, Motorola
Mobile Strategy
Jason Grigsby, Cloud Four
Tapworthy iPhone Apps
Josh Clark, Global Moxie
From Microphones to Headphones Workshop
Nancy Proctor, Smithsonian Institution
Three core user behavior groups from Google research. from @grigs talk at Design for Mobile 2010
Looks like this could be a really cool prototyping tool for iPhone (and perhaps not limited just to ‘apps’. Just wish it was available to check out right now.
Consumer/User research and Prototyping philosophy from Frank Bentley @ Motorola
The trial is only in NYC and I think they’ll probably choose users who access online banking & use their debit cards a lot. Unfortunately it requires a special case and NFC communicator. Something they’re going to have to work with handset manufacturers in the future on as no one wants a special aftermarket accessory in order to make payments.
I also hope it’s better than Bank of America’s iPhone app, which is intensely slow.
Personally I don’t think check-ins/places will be a hit unless Facebook is able to nail the value behind it for people. For the teens & 20 somethings who go out all the time being able to see if there friends are somewhere may be the value, but for older users there has to be something beyond that makes up for the invasion of privacy & potential sharing of personal data. Coupons? Specials? Pay with Facebook?
For example, if I look at my Foursquare check-ins for the past week I have the oh so interesting trail of:
Yes, I use Foursquare & Gowalla but I don’t think I would if I didn’t work in the technology industry as they don’t bring me any value. I like to think my check-ins would mirror those of an average 30 something married working mom were she to use the Facebook Places feature.
Interesting analysis of the market share & profits of the major players in the mobile phone market. As noted in the comments HTC is noticeably absent in the analysis. Given the Android market share is now ahead of iOS I’m not sure I completely believe the analysis. Motorola, LG and Samsung have other products that generate revenue and can prop up their bottom line, as opposed to RIM. It will be interesting to see if Windows Mobile 7 has any impact as well.
Just updated my Facebook app and tried to check out their new ‘Places’ feature as I don’t quite understand how it’s going to work (especially how it integrates with other location apps). I also tried touch.facebook.com, but unfortunately it’s not available in my area. The press release says the rollout was to US locations only, but I guess DC isn’t a large enough market yet? I’m guessing the rollout is based in the Bay Area and NYC.
