Many commentaries on User Experience recite what it’s like to use such and such a phone, application or service. In practice, the most challenging part is actually setup rather than typical use.
For instance, take my Sony Ericsson M600i. I recently received a T-Mobile Web ‘n’ Walk card (’unlimited’ data use) and Nokia 770 Internet tablet. […]

My post yesterday on the E50 asked why the new smartphones haven’t been snapped up by consumers. Today, we get some interesting commentary from IDC…
"…from the perspective of most consumers the advanced capability is still either deemed unnecessary or lies invisible behind considerations such as form factor and multimedia capability…
…The result is that consumer-centric converged […]

Need an inexpensive S60 3rd Edition phone for development? Expansys have the E50 for only £166.77 + VAT (=£195.95) as their ‘deal of the day’. This is only for 24hrs so grab it while you can.
The E50 is small  (113 mm x 43.5 mm x 15.5mm) for a S60 phone and still includes a camera.
You […]

Want to get into mobile Linux development? Trolltech have just released their Greenphone, a fully customisable development phone.

The phone isn’t something ordinary consumers would buy. Instead, Trolltech are pitching the phone at large corporates who might be interested in collaborating with phone manufacturers to create custom implementations for workers or special consumer segments.

However, I can see […]

Now that the S60 3rd Edition phones are shipping in volume, I am receiving email from people having problems installing my SExplorer and Dictionary. They are getting the error… "certificate error contact the application supplier". As is typical with Symbian, the error message doesn’t help the user at all.
It turns out that some operator branded phones cannot […]

Developing for MIDP? Need to know what phones have what optional JSRs? Need to know screen resolutions, memory sizes and performance characteristics?
Take a look at TastePhone, an application that tests phone capabilities. There’s also a very useful listing of reported capabilities at le club des utilisateurs Java.

Two years ago, camera phones were the latest thing. Network operators quickly became disappointed when high camera phone sales didn’t translate to higher MMS (picture message) usage. The barriers to consumer use were mainly perceived to be lack of correct setup of phones and unknown cost.
Well, somehow these barriers seem to have been overcome. The latest […]