Nokia and Microsoft have officially entered a strategic alliance that makes Windows Phone 7 Nokia’s primary smartphone platform, but also extends into many other Microsoft services such as Bing, Xbox Live and Office. I say this will be good.
Redesign OVI Store for Nokia N900
A few months ago (let’s say 7) before the release of Nokia N900, there wasn’t an OVI Store for this device. During one of those boring winter weekends with nothing interesting to do, I decided to draw a few ideas. I focused on how OVI Store would look for this particular device.
Three simple rules to surviving corporate life with a smile…
- If you look forward to Fridays, you’re not doing it right
- Leave the rat-race to the rats – don’t live for the pay-check, job grade or expense account
- Never let processes get in the way of doing the right thing
Everything else just falls into place.
Stunning print design for Nokia by Socio Design
(via septemberindustry)
Internet on mobiles: evolution of usability and user experience
Anne Kaikkonen, a UI product manager at Nokia, recently presented her doctoral dissertation on the usability and user experience of the mobile internet.
Internet on Mobiles: Evolution of Usability and User Experience (pdf)
Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy presented at Helsinki University of Technology (Espoo, Finland) on 11 December 2009.
AdMob’s October 2009 Mobile Metrics Report
via John Gruber of Daring Fireball
The full report, in PDF format, is here. Page 7 is where the interesting numbers are. The two most popular handsets are the iPhone and iPod Touch. Most interesting to me is column showing percentage share change in the list of top device manufacturers:
- Apple’s is great (6.9%)
- HTC’s is good (1.2%)
- Nokia’s, Palm’s and Sony Ericsson’s are bad (-2.6%, -1.0%, and -0.8% respectively — particularly ominous for Palm, I think, in terms of traction for the Pre)
- Everyone else, including RIM, is pretty much just treading water.
Also interesting on p. 7 are the pie charts comparing device market share with OS market share. The two charts are nearly identical. That might change if Android takes off.
