Tag Archives: user-experience
Mobile wallets and Bango
In the last few years, the idea that we will soon abandon our wallet in favor of our mobile phones has moved from being an interesting possibility, to a future-gazing cliché. Many have begun to fear that the flying car … Continue reading
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Tagged mobile commerce, mobile payments, mobile phones, mobile wallet, SmartPhone, user-experience
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Frictionless payments and PIN codes: Don’t do it!
One of the biggest challenges for an app store or mobile merchant is deciding whether to implement the best possible frictionless payment experience and drive the highest conversion rates, or introduce PIN codes before payment confirmation. Pin codes could increase … Continue reading
Posted in mobile payment, Mobile payments
Tagged mobile billing, mobile commerce, mobile payment, SmartPhone, user-experience
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CES 2012, a show gone mobile
For years now I have been saying how all things will become mobile in one way or another, and last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas clearly showed this to be well underway. A very large proportion of those … Continue reading
How going back to the browser with HTML5 benefits developers
Back in the day web pages were displayed one at a time after a long loading process. The advent of Flash allowed websites to become live and interactive. Flash enabled animation, motion and video dramatically improving the user experience. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged Mobile apps, mobile browsing, mobile content, mobile internet, user-experience
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Mobile performance through lightweight
…what the mobile industry can learn from car manufacturers With the coming of quad core CPUs in mobile phones in 2012, are the manufacturers focusing on the right fight or are they in a spiralling battle over engine size? Adam … Continue reading
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Tagged mobile phone, mobile phones, SmartPhone, smartphones, user-experience
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Smartphone innovations of tomorrow
It’s been a busy week in mobile, with Samsung and Google announcing the Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), the latest iPhone 5 speculation (did Steve design it?) and rumours of Sony looking to acquire the mobile handset … Continue reading
App Stores give carrier billing a new lease of life
Just when you thought that the dominance of the App Store had relegated carriers to little more than a marketing channel for Apple devices, and that SMS as a charging model for wallpapers and ringtones had been regulated into oblivion, … Continue reading
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Tagged mobile payments, user-experience
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Crossing the apps bridge to the mobile web…the German way
This is exactly what the guys at RTL TV in Germany have done, with the creation of their hybrid iPhone application, launched last week. The application, developed by Netbiscuits, is a combination of web site and app that uses the … Continue reading
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Tagged HTML5, hybrid applications, iPhone, Mobile apps, mobile web, mobile website, user-experience
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Chocolate that makes me see red!
Some big companies really miss the point of mobile. I often travel to London and one of the simple pleasures on the return train journey is a cup of coffee, a Kit Kat and a seat. (I’m easy to please … Continue reading
