Had call from Lloyd and a visit from Nigel from Novitatech.
They’re evaluating this neat phone/gps device that comes from Europe. Mainly the alarm feature of the phone is why they were investigating it in the first instance. With the idea that maybe this device could see convergence of phone and personal alarm functions.
The interesting thing I find about this is how a convergent device can have a nice simple user interface. So much now days convergence comes to equal complexity. The user experience is often cluttered and complex and access made more difficult.
User experience needs to be brought back to the fore with the increasing complex devices that are emerging. Obviously convergence is a good thing as we can’t all manage a myriad of individual devices. But like everything, the devil is in the detail.
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Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 12:30 AM on Dave in The Age Newspaper -photoshoot, proofread, out soon.* Mike’s flickr photo workflow* simpler access to complex systems ref web ui on internet/ web 2 apps/design linda stone says: Ease …
Mon Jan 15, 2007 at 4:20 AM the concept of the device interface is along the lines of what I commented on back here in my post Simplify Convergence – where usability is increased by simplification of the interface.But the 64 http://lifekludger.net/?p=144
Mon Apr 2, 2007 at 7:23 PM across these phones made by emporia via Popgadget blog. They reminded me of my observations made in an earlier post where I see that simpler interfaces for devices that hide the convergence but http://lifekludger.net/?p=166
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