May 13, 2010
Posted by Carl
Cambridge, UK and Cologne, Germany –May 12 2010 – Taptu, the search and discovery engine that indexes touchscreen content, and MsearchGroove, a top 50 influential source of analysis and commentary on mobile marketing, mobile search and social media, have teamed up to produce a Virtual Roundtable discussing the advances around the Mobile Touch Web.
The Virtual Roundtable aims to explain the significance of the Mobile Touch Web and the impact of touchscreen devices on how people access, enjoy and purchase content and services. Taptu and MsearchGroove were joined by a wide range of mobile industry entrepreneurs, authorities and pundits including: Tomi Ahonen (best-selling author); Mark Curtis (Flirtomatic); Carl Martin (Redweb); Andreas Constantinou (VisionMobile);Jonathan MacDonald (This Fluid World); Martin Wilson (Indigo 102); Dan Appelquist (Vodafone UK); Christian Lindholm (Fjord); and Peggy Anne Salz (MSearchGroove). (read more…)
May 11, 2010
Posted by Carl
*Ok, ok, failed may be a tad harsh, but if you call anything ’super’, you can expect a backlash when it doesn’t live up to expectations!
In a time when Android continues to go from strength to strength, what was supposed to be the landmark handset to earmark the operating system’s dramatic introduction to the market, the Nexus One seems to be slipping into the mire of Google’s ‘could have beens’.
Tipped to be the ‘superphone’ that would challenge and revolutionise the smartphone market, it has now be dropped by two major MNOs in the states, and has had absolutely no impact on the continual rise of Android. There are people who stand by the handset, continuing to herald it as the best handset they have ever owned, but unfortunately it seems that the majority have lost faith.
Only 20,000 handsets were sold in its first week, and other Android handsets such as Motorola’s Droid heavily outsold Google’s HTC manufactured offering. Goldman Sachs originally predicted that there would be 3.5 million Nexus One sales this year. Not long ago that number has been slashed to just one million. (read more…)
Posted by Carl
Awesome presentation highlighting user research into iPhone user interaction from Create with Context. Some of the results you may find quite surprising!
April 22, 2010
Posted by Carl
WiDrive is a discovery project with the objective of looking at how to control tangible devices using software and hardware controls by Bournemouth University Student and general awesome dude Gavin Williams.
It combines an iPhone, a remote control car, an on board microphone, a Virtual Reality headset, Wifi and an Arduino board to create a top driving experience for its user! Gavin is currently developing the project as his major for his degree in Interactive Media Production, and invited me along with his course mates to beta test in the University sports hall (which made the test even better with its slippery surface!). (read more…)