Tag Archives: User Experience

New Nokia Asha platform for developers

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Nacsa Sándor

This is a very throroughly designed platform with carefully defined Nokia Asha Design Guidelines providing all the details as well as a comprehensive set of tools supporting that. From Series 40 to Nokia Asha is giving advice about migrating earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones | Tagged Asha Design Guidelines, Java applications, LCDUI, LWUIT, Nokia, Nokia Asha platform, Nokia Asha SDK 1.0 (beta), Nokia Asha UI, Nokia Asha web app tools 3.0, Nokia Asha web apps, Nokia IDE 2.0 for Java ME (beta), Nokia In-App Payment, Nokia Xpress Web App Builder, User Experience, UX, WDE, Web Developer Environment | 1 Comment

New Asha platform and ecosystem to deliver a breakthrough category of affordable smartphone from Nokia

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Nacsa Sándor

… by bringing premium experience to the entry-level smartphone market: Peter Skillman (Head of Ux Design for Mobile Phones & HERE at Nokia) demonstratingSwipe and Fastlane experiences on a greatly enlarged touchscreen, actually from a ladder, at the launch in … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, design, Geopolitics, smartphones | Tagged affordable smartphones, Facebook, Fastlane, India, intelligent multitasking, Lumia, NAX, Nokia, Nokia Advertising Exchange, Nokia Asha 501, Nokia Asha ecosystem, Nokia Asha family, Nokia Asha platform, Nokia HERE, Nokia In-App Payment, Nokia N9, Nokia Xpress browser, Nokia Xpress Now, Nokia's operator billing network, Series 40, smarter Internet, Smarterphone, swipe, User Experience, UX | 2 Comments

Microsoft Surface with some questions about the performance and smoothness of the experience

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Update: Upstream supply chain sees Surface RT orders cut by half [DIGITIMES, Nov 28, 2012] The upstream supply chain of Microsoft’s Surface RT has recently seen the tablet’s orders reduced by half, and with other Windows RT-based tablet orders also … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, SoC, tablets | Tagged 28nm, advanced manufacturing, ARM, experience, fabless semiconductor companies, fabs, Intel, Ivy Bridge, Kal-El, Microsoft, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Surface Pro, NVIDIA, performance, semiconductor foundry, smoothness, SoC competition, SoCs, Surface Pro, Tegra, Tegra 3, TSMC, US economy, User Experience, Windows 8, Windows RT, x86 | 6 Comments

Nokia Design direction

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Update: Marko Ahtisaari, Head of Design at Nokia on the Lumia 920 & Working with Microsoft [minipcpro YouTube channel, Oct 31, 2012] On the day of the official launch of Windows Phone 8 and http://www.mobilegeeks.com got a little behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, consumer devices, design, smartphones | Tagged Asha Touch, “heads up” design, “heads up” design principle, Bauhaus, CMYK color palette, Directions, Finnish design, Helsinki, Hi Design 2012, industrial design, London Design Museum, Lumia, Lumia 800, Lumia 900, Marko Ahtisaari, Metro, N9, Nokia, Nokia Design, Nokia phones, People Made exhibition, User Experience, user experience design, UX design, WDC Helsinki 2012, World Design Capital 2012 | 2 Comments

Smartphone-like Asha Touch from Nokia: targeting the next billion users with superior UX created for ultra low-cost and full touch S40 devices

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Updates: Nokia Asha 310 debuts with Dual SIM and Wi-Fi [Nokia press release, Feb 12, 2013] Nokia Asha 310 smartphone ( http://nokia.ly/158MDjy) is all about doing more. Up to 3 times more internet browsing on your existing data bundle, thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, design, Geopolitics | Tagged 'Next Billion' consumers, 2.5G, 2.75G, Asha, Asha 305, Asha 306, Asha 308, Asha 309, Asha 311, Asha Touch, business segments, design, design guidelines, developers, Eclipse, Eclipse MJT, elasticity, feature phones, full touch, India, Indiagames, Indian market, innovation, Inode, Inode Entertainment, Java, Java ecosystem, Java games, Java ME, Java UI components, JavaScript, JavaScript library, LCDUI, Limited Connected Device User Interface, Liverpool FC Match & News Centre app, local content, local ecosystem, local partnering, low end market, Lumia, market segments, Metro UI, mobile phones, Mobile Web Library, MWL, Nokia, Nokia Browser for Series 40 Client, Nokia Browser for Series 40 Proxy server, Nokia IDE for Java ME, Nokia Lumia, Nokia SDK 2.0 for Java, Nokia SDK for Java, Nokia Series 40, Nokia Store, Nokia Web Tools, Nokia Web Tools 2.0, Ovi Store, Pico Brothers, Positioning, pricing, pricing elasticity, proxy browser, Psiloc, S Mobility, S40, S40 browser, S40 WebApp, Series 40, Series 40 apps, Series 40 UI components, Series40 WebApp, smart devices, smarter phones, Smarterphone, smartphones, Spice Mobility, strategy, targeting, third party innovation, total cost of ownership, UI components, User Experience, UTV IndiaGames, UX, web applications, web apps, Web Developer’s Library, web optimization, World Traveler | 5 Comments

Nokia under transition (as reported by the company)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Note and updates: stock price is up 3.17% as per above (those numbers are in US$) – see more: Nokia trying the first Lumia month in China with China Telecom exclusive [March 28, 2012] - Nokia seeks to retake China market share [Reuters, March … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, consumer devices, Mobile Internet, smartphones, tablets, Uncategorized | Tagged Accenture, advertising platforms, advertising services, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, Android, Apple, application store, Asia, Asia-Pacific, automotive, billing platforms, Bing search service, Blackberry OS, broadband optimization, business model, Canada, carriers, China, churn, Cisco, Competition, component suppliers, consumer proposition, counterfeit products, Customer Experience Management, Customer Experience Management (Nokia-Siemens Networks), data plan, data traffic, developed markets, Devices & Services business (Nokia), Devices & Services Other (Nokia), digital map, distribution, distribution network, dual SIM, ecosystem, emerging markets, employee reductions, Ericsson, Europe, execution, feature phones, future technology disruptions, Google, handset vendors, hardware design, HP, Huawei, IBM, imagery, India, innovation, Intellectual Property, Intelligent Sensor Network, Internet companies, iOS, iPhone, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Licensing, Liquid Core, Liquid Net, Liquid Radio, Liquid Transport, Location & Commerce business (Nokia), location-based services, Lumia, managed services, manufacturing, mapping services, market conditions, MeeGo, Microsoft, Microsoft partnership, Middle East and Africa, mobile device industry, Mobile Devices, mobile networks, Mobile Phones (Nokia), monetization models, Motorola Solutions, navigation, navigation services, NAVTEQ, NEC, network architecture, network infrastructure, network management, new revenue streams, Nokia, Nokia Asha, Nokia Lumia, Nokia Maps, Nokia Siemens Networks, non-manufacturing patent licensing entities, Open Street Map, operational structure, operator billing, operator-driven distribution, operators, Oracle, outsourcing, patent portfolio, Patents, personal navigation device, platform support payment, price erosion, price pressure, pricing, product and sales package customization, product assembly, product development, product differentiation, profit margins, profitable growth, research, Research in Motion, restructuring, RIM, sensors, Series 40, smart devices, Smart Devices (Nokia), smartphones, social media, software expertise, software royalty, sourcing models, strategy, subscriber growth, Symbian, telecommunications infrastructure, TomTom, transition, trends, United States, unlicensed products, User Experience, value-added services, Vertu, visual media, war of ecosystems, Windows Marketplace, Windows Phone, wireless broadband, wireless carriers, ZTE | 6 Comments

Nokia CEO: salespeople to deliver true WP7 retail experience supported by improved product management, marketing and accelerated global coverage with a full breadth of products

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Nokia Quarter 4 results 2011 webcast [Nokia, Jan 26, 2012]: prepared remarks by Stephen Elop, President & CEO [02:00] … Lumia … In Q4 2012 Lumia was introduced to: a number of European countries Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones | Tagged 3G, Android, AT&T, carriers, CDMA, China, cloud client, ESPN, Latin America, LTE, Lumia, marketing, Microsoft, Nokia, Nokia Drive, Nokia Lumia, Nokia Maps, Nokia Music, product management, retail experience, Risto Siilasmaa, Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S2, smartphones, Stephen Elop, stores, T-Mobile, TD-SCDMA, UK, US, USA, User Experience, UX, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7 | 2 Comments

Best practice industrial and user experience design – Nokia and Microsoft

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Major updates: Marko Ahtisaari: smartphone evolution is only just beginning [The Guardian, Jan 31, 2012] … “There’s a point of view about design that all innovation in the interaction with the phone has been done,” Ahtisaari says. “Nothing could be … Continue reading →

Posted in design, smartphones, tablets | Tagged Albert Shum, Axel Meyer, cloud client, design, IDEA, IDSA, Industrial Designers Society of America, International Design Excellence Awards, Kinect, live tiles, Lumia, Lumia 800, Marko Ahtisaari, MeeGo, Metro, Metro design language, Metro UI, Microsoft, N9, Nokia, Oscar, Steve Kaneko, UI, User Experience, user interface, UX, UX design pattern, Windows 8, Windows Live, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Xbox | 6 Comments

Designing smarter phones–Marko Ahtisaari (Nokia) and Albert Shum (Microsoft)

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Including Joe Belfiore’s “Building a different kind of UI” talk as well (for completeness): see that in the very end. Marko Ahtisaari interview: Nokia Senior VP of Design [The Verge, Oct 31, 2011] Nokia designer Marko Ahtisaari sits down with … Continue reading →

Posted in design, smartphones | Tagged Albert Shum, cloud client, design, live tiles, Lumia, Lumia 800, Marko Ahtisaari, MeeGo, Metro, Metro design language, Metro UI, Microsoft, Nokia, UI, User Experience, user interface, UX, UX design pattern, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7 | 5 Comments

Innovative entertainment class [Android] tablet from VIZIO plus a unified UX for all cloud based CE devices, from TVs to smartphones

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Update: Vizio Jumps Into PC Fray [The Wall Street Journal, Jan 7, 2012] Vizio Inc., which shook up the market with inexpensive high-definition televisions, now wants to become a computer manufacturer. The Irvine, Calif., company, which ranks as one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud SW engineering, tablets | Tagged 3D TV, 3DTV, Android, ARMADA, CE, Cinemawide HDTV, cloud client, Consumer Electronics, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, LCD HDTV, Marvell, Tablets, UI, User Experience, user interface, UX, VIZIO | 5 Comments

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New Nokia Asha platform for developers

New Asha platform and ecosystem to deliver a breakthrough category of affordable smartphone from Nokia

Microsoft Surface with some questions about the performance and smoothness of the experience

Nokia Design direction

Smartphone-like Asha Touch from Nokia: targeting the next billion users with superior UX created for ultra low-cost and full touch S40 devices

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