Here’s the executive summary of usability test findings conducted on 3 next-generation smartphones: the Nokia N95, the HTC touch, and the Apple iPhone. Users with no smartphone experience conducted a series of 8 tasks on each device in order to determine how the devices fared in terms of overall usability. The study also assessed user [...]
Interesting read, on how Nokia used ethnography to design for BOP among other stuff like using ethnographers as user emissaries instead of brand emissaries. “”This sort of on-the-ground intelligence-gathering is central to what’s known as human-centered design, a business-world niche that has become especially important to ultracompetitive high-tech companies trying to figure out how to [...]
Often, credit card charges are duplicated erroneously by merchants . While some banking websites like Citibank, Amex lets you dispute these duplicate charges online, i was thinking more on the lines of a new feature that would alert the merchant and the credit card holder, through e-mail and/or SMS, whenever a same value gets [...]
Thanks to “eye wink” interfaces, users can bat their eyelids to play their favorite song or even play video games. Users need not use their hands to perform tasks , the system can serve as “a third hand” for caregivers, rock-climbers, car/motorbike drivers and astronauts, as well as people with disabilities. When a user winks, movement [...]
Parking : The other day, a friend of mine and me took about 25 mins to commute from Point A to Point B , we used his GPS gadget to find the location, the shortest route et all. We also spent additional 15 minutes looking for an empty parking lot. One of the key features [...]
