Small Surfaces » nokia http://smallsurfaces.com mobile user interface design / user experience design / interaction design resources Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:10:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Interview with Nokia’s head of design http://smallsurfaces.com/2010/06/interview-with-nokias-head-of-design/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2010/06/interview-with-nokias-head-of-design/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:38:37 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/?p=633 “Nokia has the opportunity to play on a much wider field than that of Apple: it can serve the end of the market that wants a good phone that is not too smart; can offer smartphones with all crucial functions at the lowest price on the market; but also has to play at the high-end of expensive and attractive smartphones like the iPhone. It is the high-end market where cultural leadership is defined.”

Link: The huge challenge of Nokia’s head of design and UX (experientia.com)

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Link: Nokia Conversations (nokia.com, via)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/08/nokias-got-blog/feed/ 1 The Evolution of the Mobile Ecosystem http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/the-evolution-of-the-mobile-ecosystem/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/the-evolution-of-the-mobile-ecosystem/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:28:29 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/?p=474 Francesco Cara from Nokia talks about the mobile ecosystem.

Link: Evolution of the mobile communication ecosystem (liftconference.com)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/the-evolution-of-the-mobile-ecosystem/feed/ 1 Ten Good Designs http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/ten-good-designs/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/ten-good-designs/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:51:48 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/?p=472 Nokia’s written up a short article that highlights some examples of what they believe is good design for mobile.

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Link: Mobile Design Showcases (nokia.com, via)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/ten-good-designs/feed/ 1 Review of Nokia NFC device http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/review-of-nokia-nfc-device/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/review-of-nokia-nfc-device/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:52:29 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/?p=458 “Nokia is attempting to focus on features such as sharing content through touch-interactions and using tags as a way of controlling phone functions. Nokia seems to call these emerging interactions “tapping and sharing”. In the demo we see: Tag access to the system functions: we see a tag setting an alarm, tag access to files on the system: we see loading and playing of music files, peer to peer exchange of content: we see the ‘sharing’ of files”

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Link: Thoughts on Nokia’s NFC developments (nearfield.org)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/review-of-nokia-nfc-device/feed/ 1 The ideal handsets http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/05/the-ideal-handsets/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/05/the-ideal-handsets/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 01:41:06 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/?p=425 A slightly interesting article about innovation at Nokia is accompanied by some fun user-generated concept phones from their research.

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Link: Nokia’s Dream Phones (businessweek.com)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/05/the-ideal-handsets/feed/ 0 Nokia Design in the NYT http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/04/nokia-design-in-the-nyt/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/04/nokia-design-in-the-nyt/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:50:04 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2008/04/nokia-design-in-the-nyt/ Nothing new content-wise, but it’s notable that Jan Chipchase has hit the New York Times Magazine.

“This is when I voiced a careless thought about whether there might be something negative about the lightning spread of technology, whether its convenience was somehow supplanting traditional values or practices. Chipchase raised his eyebrows and laid down his spoon. He sighed, making it clear that responding to me was going to require patience. “People can think, yeah, monks with cellphones, and tsk, tsk, and what is the world coming to?” he said. “But if you wanted to take phones away from anybody in this world who has them, they’d probably say: ‘You’re going to have to fight me for it. Are you going to take my sewer and water away too?’ And maybe you can’t put communication on the same level as running water, but some people would. And I think in some contexts, it’s quite viable as a fundamental right.” He paused a beat to let this sink in, then added, with just a touch of edge, “People once believed that people in other cultures might not benefit from having books either.””

Link: Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty? (nytimes.com)

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Link: In-depth video interview on emerging markets (mobileuserexperience.com)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/mobiles-and-the-developing-world-interview/feed/ 0 The sustainable mobile future? http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/the-sustainable-mobile-future/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/the-sustainable-mobile-future/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:50:37 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/the-sustainable-mobile-future/ Nokia ships 1 million new handsets every day; along with the clothing industry, the mobile phone business is the pinnacle of continuous conspicuous consumption: people buy new phones just to have something new.

Nokia has released a concept that is at least heading in the right direction here – a handset that’s made completely from recycled materials.

“In remade, recycled materials from metal cans, plastic bottles, and car tyres are used beautifully; whilst helping reduce landfill and preserving natural resources. The concept also addresses cleaner engine technologies, and energy efficiency through power saving graphics.”

One of the major challenges for the mobile handset business on the sustainability front is to shift people’s thinking about phones from being disposable fashion objects to something that’s to be kept and treasured (Nokia’s Vertu subbrand, perversely, is probably the only company that does this).

I’m glad that Nokia, as the biggest handset manufacturer, is engaging in this conversation. Hopefully more good stuff will come out of this.

Link: Nokia remade (grignani.org)
Link: Remade concept (youtube.com)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/the-sustainable-mobile-future/feed/ 1 Nanotech and the mobile of the future http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/nanotech-and-the-mobile-of-the-future/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/nanotech-and-the-mobile-of-the-future/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:48:39 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/nanotech-and-the-mobile-of-the-future/ “Morph concept technologies might create fantastic opportunities for mobile devices: Newly-enabled flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the way we live; Devices become self-cleaning and self-preserving; Transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension; Built-in solar absorption might charge a device, whilst batteries become smaller, longer lasting and faster to charge; Integrated sensors might allow us to learn more about the environment around us, empowering us to make better choices”

Link: Nokia Morph Concept (youtube.com)
Link: The Morph Concept (nokia.com)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/nanotech-and-the-mobile-of-the-future/feed/ 0 Adaptive form factor concept http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/adaptive-form-factor-concept/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/adaptive-form-factor-concept/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:45:59 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/adaptive-form-factor-concept/ Nokia concept video demonstrating adaptive form factors. Also a nice example of lo-fi video concepting.

(for those on the RSS, click the link for the video)

Link: YouTube – Nokia 888 Design (youtube.com)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/adaptive-form-factor-concept/feed/ 1 Nokia patent on gestural UI http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/nokia-patent-on-gestural-ui/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/nokia-patent-on-gestural-ui/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:53:44 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/nokia-patent-on-gestural-ui/ “By now, probably everyone who cares, knows that Nokia is working on a next generation, Apple Multi-Touch like user interface – Nokia S60 Touch. But beyond pretty video pictures and generic headings like ” new sensor framework”, “UI accelerator kit”, etc; Nokia is pretty tight lipped about how the new S60 Touch will actually work…I’ve got my hands on one interesting Nokia Touch User Interface patent, filed in June 2007, about six months after the iPhone announcement. And I’m impressed.”

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Link: Unwired View / First glimpse inside Nokia S60 Touch. Going beyond Multi-Touch (unwiredreview.com, via)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/nokia-patent-on-gestural-ui/feed/ 0 The future of mobile entertainment http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/the-future-of-mobile-entertainment/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/the-future-of-mobile-entertainment/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:09:06 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/the-future-of-mobile-entertainment/ “Nokia recently released a press release about a report it had comissioned, ‘A Glimpse of the Next Episode’ which talked about the future of entertainment. The main trend identified was the coming of ‘Circular Entertainment’ (content created, edited and shared within a peer community rather than traditional media sources). Nokia have now released a number of videos featuring discussion around some of the key areas of the report. Read on for more and to view the videos.”

Link: A Glimpse of the Next Episode – Nokia examines the future (allaboutsymbian.com)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/01/the-future-of-mobile-entertainment/feed/ 0 Nokia’s vision of mobile futures http://smallsurfaces.com/2007/10/nokias-vision-of-mobile-futures/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2007/10/nokias-vision-of-mobile-futures/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:16:46 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2007/10/nokias-vision-of-mobile-futures/ Nokia’s just published a set of presentations and podcasts from an event they organised that showcases the future of mobile. Talks include ‘Future energy sources for mobile communications’ and ’ Connecting smartly for the future’.

“Nokia’s approach to technology is to think not only about the technology itself, but about how it will be used and how it impacts our lives. In the “The Way We Live Next” technology media event a team of technology experts and visionaries from Nokia presented their visions of what the future might bring in areas such as nanotechnology, mobile banking, new energy sources and web technologies.”

Link: Nokia – The Way We Live Next (nokia.com)

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]]> http://smallsurfaces.com/2007/10/nokias-vision-of-mobile-futures/feed/ 2 Nokia and emerging markets http://smallsurfaces.com/2007/08/nokia-and-emerging-markets/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2007/08/nokia-and-emerging-markets/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:53:15 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2007/08/nokia-and-emerging-markets/ Nokia’s design director, Antti Kujala, talks about design and emerging markets.

“In India, there’s a lot of aspiration in a purchase. It’s about looks, style, and projecting the right image. [A phone is] not just a status symbol but about people trying to acquire things to move to the next level…It has to be the right bargain in China. So you have to hit certain price points. Africa is a lot like that, too. The next big thing is going to be how to understand these global traits and translate them into functionality and usefulness while designing a product.”

Link: Nokia’s Global Design Sense (businessweek.com, via)

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