Category Mobility
Mobile talk moves to Web 2.0 [BBC]
Belgium’s i-City project tests mobile applications with thousands of users
Be connected on the go: not anytime – not anywhere [Swisscom Innovations]
MIT’s Mobile Experience Lab
The MIT Mobile Experience Lab is a new established research lab within the MIT Design Laboratory. Through its research it aims to radically reinvent and design the connections between people, ideas, physical places and information technologies in order to improve…
Book: Mobile Communication in Everyday Life
France Telecom research on use of mobile multimedia services in cities
Book: Designing Emotions in Online Travel
The new book Designing Emotions in Online Travel by Soraia Cardoso of Sotopia Usability and René Vaartjes, provides new insights on how to arouse positive emotions at travel websites by using specific graphic elements, colours and online functions to ultimately…
Ahtisaari talk on the future of mobility
Students’ new best friend: ‘MoSoSo’ [Christian Science Monitor]
Nokia Research on Uganda’s Village Phone initiative
Jan Chipchase and Indri Tulusan of Nokia Research are on a roll. Following a July 2006 field study in Uganda, and previous presentations on shared phone practices and street charging services, they now explored the Village Phone initiative between the…
Nokia presents video scenarios of the future
Nokia research on street charging services in Uganda
Uganda is a country coping with a severe energy crisis resulting in frequent power cuts. In addition, access to mains electricity in rural locations is limited. Given that mobile phones require power, and access to power can be unpredictable –…
First thoughts on the user experience of Apple’s iPhone
Nokia research on shared phone practices
What happens when people share an object that is inherently designed for personal use? Jan Chipchase and Indri Tulusan of Nokia Research set out explore this topic during a July 2006 field study in Uganda with a brief to understand…