“Utilizing these well-designed, iconic images already on the web site sends a message of professionalism that says “Our company is second to none. We offer style and class. We take no shortcuts, etc.” It also gives the application a little bit of an interactive feel, much more so than the plain, dry text links offered currently.”

Link: Design for Users: Branding Yourself in Small Spaces (design-for-users.com)

Related:

• Co-design for mobile devices
• Mobile conversations at SXSW
• Inside and outside mobile devices

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Link: The Mobile Internet and Mix Tapes (adaptivepath.com)

Related:

• Designing mobile web browsers
• Designing games for the long tail
• Creating the iPod

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Link: Mobile Web 2.0 Summit (mobilewebsummit.com, via)

Related:

• Design for Mobile conference
• Mobile persuasion
• Mobile Nation conference

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“I think anyone currently developing sites using XHTML-MP markup, no Javascript, geared towards cellular connections and two inch screens are simply wasting their time, and I’m tired of wasting my time.

“The argument up to now has been simply that there are roughly 3 billion phones out there, and that when these phones get on the Internet, their vast numbers will outweigh PCs and tilt the market towards mobile as the primary web device. The problem is that these billions of users haven’t gotten on the Internet, and they won’t until the experience is better and access to the web is barrier-free – and that means better devices and “full browsers”. Let’s face it, you really aren’t going to spend any real time or effort browsing the web on your mobile phone unless you’re using Opera Mini, or have a smart phone with a decent browser – as any other option is a waste of time, effort and money. Users recognize this, and have made it very clear they won’t be using the “Mobile Web” as a substitute for better browsers, rather they’ll just stay away completely.

“Let me say that again clearly, the mobile traffic just isn’t there. It’s not there now, and it won’t be.”

Link: The end of Mowser (russellbeattie.com, via)

Related:

• Designing mobile web browsers
• Mobile mini-apps
• Open source mobile phones

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“I think Web applications are going to destroy most native app development for mobiles. Not because the Web is a better technology for mobile, but because it has a better business model. Think about it: If you’re creating a website, you don’t have to get permission from a carrier. You don’t have to get anything certified by anyone. You don’t have to beg for placement on the deck, and you don’t have to pay half your revenue to a reseller. In fact, the operator, handset vendor, and OS vendor probably won’t even be aware that you exist. It’ll just be you and the user, communicating directly.”

Update: see some interesting responses by Carlo Longino, Mike Rowehl, and Dean Bubley.

Link: Mobile applications, RIP (mobileopportunity.blogspot.com)

Related:

• Context aware applications
• The mobile and the sedentary life
• Verizon opens network to experimenters

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Myth: The future of mobile is the Web
Myth: Converged devices
Myth: Your users are nomadic
Myth: The youth is leading the way

Link: Mobile Myths (sender11.typepad.com)

Related:

• 12 Myths of mobile user interface design
• Fonts for mobile prototyping
• Mobile persuasion

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