Ma.gnolia: Nico Macdonald's Bookmarks Tagged With "mClusterLondon"

'Nokia morphs itself from within' Darren Waters, BBC News, 27 February 2008

2008-03-05T09:03:09-08:00

"We're not a cell phone company we're a software and services company as well," Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president at Nokia... [Discusses partnership with Cambridge University and Morph concept phone.] "An enormous amount of the patents found in today's handsets originated in Nokia's Research Centres - from the interface design to improvements in audio quality on the phones to applications" [said Professor Henry Tirri, head of System Research Centers]... He added: "A lot of things that you will see in the future, as Nokia moves to be an internet company, will come from the research labs."... "Voice is one function of these devices, but we are moving to a data centric world. These devices can connect the physical world with the digital world. [For instance] Nokia's researchers are using the GPS technology in some of their phones to help create a real-time picture of traffic flow... Dr John Shen, head of the Palo Alto Research lab, said his team was helping Nokia's development as a services company. ¶ "We see the intersecting of the internet and mobility... "The company that understands the end user experience is going to have an edge," he added... "[As well as managing large amounts of dat] there is a humungous user interface problem - how do keep the experience simple enough for consumers?"

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Tags: mobility, mobile devices, R&D, ease of use, mclusterlondon

'Google bets on Android future' BBC News, 28 February 2008

2008-02-28T01:48:24-08:00

"What Android enables for third party developers is the kind of programming we see on the internet" says [Andy Rubin, Google's director of mobile platforms]. "What it enables is agility and rapid innovation and the same kind of innovation that happens on the internet." [Distinguishes APIs and open source. Notes that anything one can do on one's desktop one should be able to do on a phone.]

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Tags: mclusterlondon, mobile devices, open source, open innovation, operating systems

Starbucks Deal Brewed with AT&T Has Hints of Apple, Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS, 12 Feb 2008

2008-02-26T01:34:25-08:00

Analysis of possible deal between Apple, Starbucks and AT&T around instore WiFi and 3G iPhone. Discusses Starbucks becoming a second living room, focused on media downloads from in-store servers.

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Tags: mobility, entertainment, mobile devices, third place, ease of use, mclusterlondon

'Mobile firms plan London TV pilot' BBC News, 12 February 2008

2008-02-12T08:17:00-08:00

Orange and T-Mobile have announced a joint pilot project of a multi-channel TV service for mobile phone users [using TDtv]... TDtv is a multimedia broadcast and multicast service, developed by NextWave Wireless, which operates in the 3G spectrum bands... Paul Jevons, Orange's Product and Innovation Director, said: "Orange... is continually looking for unique insights and innovative content to ensure that Orange Mobile TV continues to grow... T-Mobile UK Technical Director, Emin Gurdenli, said: "This solution would be ideal for broadcasting live, large sporting events such as the 2012 Olympic Games to high population densities."

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Tags: broadcast, mobile devices, telecoms indsutry, mclusterlondon

Connecting brand, design and user experience, Gus Desbarats, Mobile User Experience, February 7, 2008.

2008-02-08T02:43:53-08:00

[Describes car sales process.] Now think about the modern mobile. It is tactile, well designed, smooth. Thought has gone into the look and feel. Detail has been considered. Yet the customer experience means that the user is unlikely to get close to a real phone in store. ¶ Dummy phones on display do not demonstrate the positive attributes of the real device. Where is the 'test drive' equivalent? Where is the try before you buy? This is all part of the brand experience. Who is there to help you copy over your numbers? Make sure the phone works in your car and your home? That you can download your photos? Ensure GPS actually works? If human help is impractical, what is being done to minimise the need for help?... The mobile is as personal as a car, if not more so. It is for this reason that the brand experience needs to be personal and intimate... Successful mobile brands will be those that really do the best job building deep understanding of their customer’s life context and converting that insight into device and service specifications.

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Tags: telecoms indsutry, user experience, service design, user-insight, research methods, mclusterlondon

Video: BBC Innovation Labs 2008: Mobile Brief - Jason DaPonte

2008-02-07T08:12:00-08:00

Jason DaPonte talks about creating mobile interactivity at events, as the BBC covers (sporting) events from large to small. Rich coverage. Looking at telephony and non telephony devices functions, eg: Semacodes, RFID, small and big screen. Looking for interaction patterns. Not just serving people who are there. Building up excitement before, extending event after.

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Tags: interaction patterns, mobility, mobile devices, real world, media industry, mclusterlondon

'Apple's iPhone motors past Motorola and sets sights on RIM' Natasha Lomas, silicon.com, Tuesday 5 February 2008

2008-02-06T02:36:06-08:00

Apple cut itself a 6.5 per cent chunk of the smart phone market in the last quarter of 2007 [with the iPhone]... Total global smart phone shipments more than doubled last year... Pete Cunningham, senior analyst at Canalys, said Apple has issued a "wake-up call" to the market with its user interface innovation which has caused competitors to take a long hard look at their less slick offerings, prompting "a lot of design activity". ¶ This view is shared by Jason Chapman, research VP at Gartner. "Apple have shown how easy it can be," he told silicon.com.

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Tags: interface design, business strategy, mobile devices, telecoms indsutry, mclusterlondon

DNP, PARC Jointly Develop Recommender System for Mobile Terminals

2008-01-28T03:49:29-08:00

"PARC has developed a new kind of mobile experience with Dai Nippon Printing, Ltd., a leading electronics company based in Japan. The handheld mobile system predicts and recommends leisure activities - not just according to location, but also by learning user preferences and inferring current activities"

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Tags: artificial intelligence, mobility, recommendation, leisure, anticipative design, mClusterLondon