Symbian? What's That?
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A view on mobile design from the States, and how it (and mobile usage) differs from Europe. Explores Internet vs Telco thinking, and an approach that takes the best of each for mobile web (and app) design.
Symbian? What's That?
- 1. Symbian? Whats That? A view from the States 4 June 2009 Mobile Design UK
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- 3. Were getting there 3
- 4. We love our Blackberries 4
- 5. Because we like our Email Keyboard Exchange, BIS One inbox Special plans Email ecosystem Easy setup 2G fine What browser? 5
- 6. Blackberries are for messaging 6
- 7. Mobile Internet is emerging High Internet use for iPhone but ... 30% carry other phone I want that www phone 7
- 8. Internet vs Telco Thinking A framework for understanding company behaviors 8
- 10. Internet thinking Assumed best case Dream of the future 10
- 11. Internet thinking Second pass (pre-iPhone) One size fits all Old devices irrelevant Its the phones fault 11
- 12. Internet thinking Third pass ... and iPhone + Android version 12
- 13. Internet thinking misses 13
- 14. Telco thinking
- 15. Telco thinking Device-specific design 15
- 16. Telco thinking Customization Feature phones Ubiquitous support 16
- 17. Telco thinking 17
- 18. Hybrid thinking (web) One or more versions (of page, sub-site, or site) Graceful degradation Page tweaks 18
- 19. Hybrid thinking (web) Access keys - DTMF only Page tweaks 19
- 20. Hybrid thinking (web) Touch - add padding Page tweaks 20
- 21. Hybrid thinking (web) Dynamic number of results Page tweaks 21
- 22. Hybrid thinking (web) One or more versions (of page, sub-site, or site) Graceful degradation Page tweaks 22
- 23. Hybrid thinking (web) One or more versions (of page, sub-site, or site) 1)Skyfire 2)Good Webkit, Opera Mobile, Fennec 3)Webkit, Opera Mobile 4)Bolt, Opera Mini 5)Openwave, NetFront, AU 6)Blackberry, Pocket IE, other XHTML, many older 7)WML 23
- 24. Hybrid thinking (web) One or more versions (of page, sub-site, or site) 7:19 PM 1 http://www.weather.com 2 168x28 6:1 Med Ad Unit 3 216x36 6:1 Large Ad Unit 4 5 168x28 6:1 Med Ad Unit 216x36 息1995-2008 Interactive, Inc. 6:1 Large Ad Unit 息1995-2008 Interactive, Inc. 24
- 25. Hybrid thinking (web) One or more versions (of page, sub-site, or site) but probably one IA 25
- 26. Hybrid thinking (web) One or more versions (of page, sub-site, or site) Graceful degradation Page tweaks 26
- 27. Hybrid thinking (web) Graceful degradation 27
- 28. Hybrid thinking (web) One or more versions (of page, sub-site, or site) Graceful degradation Page tweaks 28
- 29. Hybrid thinking (web) Page tweaks 29
- 30. Who am I? Usability, human factors, interaction design, industrial design, marketing, engineering, entrepreneurship, MBA Product designer, product strategist, Barbara Ballard blogger Mobilist 30