Here’s a thought…
Imagine something like coverflow on the iPhone, but not for browsing album covers. Imagine pointing the device and as you move it through space, the artwork flows to show videos, pictures and other stuff just hanging out there in space (see any of my various earlier postings about graffiti) wherever the device is […]

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Has anyone noticed the number of sites now developing mobile interfaces optimized for the iPhone, like Facebook, LinkedIn and soon - I can’t wait - BBC’s iPlayer? Some sites are developing mobile interfaces solely for the iPhone (including one that I’m working on). Using the IUI framework, it is possible to design iPhone apps with […]

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A group for leading thinkers, entrepreneurs and technologists within the mobile/wireless space, hoping to drive innovation within the industry.
I created a mobilists group on Facebook to try and assemble the best people in the mobile industry into one network. It’s completely open for anyone to join, contribute and drive. Let’s innovate!

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If we look at what mobile networks can do today, they are heavily voice and texting centric, which also underpins the dominant mobile experience.
3G networks can do video today, ‘out of the box.’ Yes, it is circuit switched, but these circuits aren’t currently being switched that much. To me, this represents a huge opportunity, […]

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If, like me, you’re lucky enough to be on the Virgin Media XL cable modem deal, then you should be enjoying the new 20 Mbps speeds, rapidly heading towards 50 Mbps. Unless, that is, you’re an old and loyal (ex-NTL) customer, like me. In which case, they reward your loyalty by not telling you that […]

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Enrique Ortiz (CEO) has been picking up the threads of the local versus browser debate, especially in response to a suggestion that ‘mobile apps are dead.’ CEO has been around and knows his mobile apps, so his thoughts on the topic are worth reading.
This debate comes around and around and is almost always argued as […]

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I’ve been using mobile data services since their inception. I remember ‘back in the day’ using circuit switched GSM data calls with my Toshiba Libretto, painfully waiting for anything to happen at all, never mind for a page to load. Remember all that nonsense about Com 11, Com 9 and every other Com but the […]

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I’m generally a late sleeper, the last to retire by a long way. Last night I went to bed at about 1.30am and my wife woke up to say ‘you’re going to think I’m silly or something,’ which I thought was a really weird thing to say immediately upon waking. She then went on to […]

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Thanks to our friends at Smart Parts for their detailed survey of mobile broadband offerings in the UK. It’s worth taking a look to get a decent view across the myriad packages and options, enabling you to compare oranges with oranges (forgive the pun).
As I mentioned earlier this week, my advice is to think about […]

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There was a question posted on LinkedIn asking about the difference between between user interface design and user experience design. Of course, it would help to have a context for the question, as there is little consensus about these terms - job titles are often contrivances anyway, to do with marketing and perception, not necessarily […]

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I have to confess, I’ve been missing my Blackberry keypad. I could type v.fast on that tiny patch of keys. Not only that, I could type accurately. Thus far, despite months of use, I don’t think I’ve managed to type a single message on the iPhone without making several typos or having to erase the […]

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One of my all-time favourite mobile apps is Shazam’s music ID service. You here some music in a public place and don’t know the song. No problem. Dial 2580, point the phone towards the music source and then wait. About 20 seconds later, they send a text message identifying the song and the artist. It […]

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The mobile broadband packages are really heating up now in the UK. There’s been a noticeable push in the high-streets to sell USB modems. Of course, there are competing speed and coverage claims. No doubt, the consumer won’t know how to differentiate, but they might be a little more wary of speed claims now that […]

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Apple doesn’t seem to get texting. We had to wait until the recent iPhone upgrade just to get texting to multiple recipients. Their texting UI is the crummiest on the planet - all eye-candy and no function. It’s not possible to forward a text message for heaven’s sake. Given the high number of forwarded texts […]

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Imran Ali is blogging about Modu and their modular design concept for mobile devices. I’m skeptical. I wrote with great enthusiasm a few years back when the similar Personal Mobile Gateway (PMG) idea was doing the rounds. Almost all companies who tried that idea backed out. Remember IXI Mobile? They went on to specialise in […]

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