“Mobile Phones” Articles

Rachel Hinman from Nokia Research Center has published a lengthy (159 slide) presentation on mobile UX, consisting of some very inspiring ideas. Hit the jump to take a look.

When I read this article today I have to say I was quite pleased to see some action finally being taken regarding this issue. So far, Communication Service Providers such as T-Mobile, O2 and Orange have been charging customers for making calls to what would be free phone numbers if dialled from UK landlines. Moreover, cost of calls to non-geographical numbers are very vague to say the least. Well, this is all about to change. Hit the jump to find out more.

Recently I bought my wife the Nokia N8 as an early birthday present and with free voice guided navigation out of the box, she was left in need of a suitable car holder. So I began the search and found many available options. Hit the jump to find out why I settled for the Nokia Universal Holder CR-114.

The Nokia BH-217 Bluetooth Headsetis one of Nokia’s latest bluetooth headsets and offers a variety of cool features which include automatic volume adjustment,  noise-cancellation, and multipoint – which means you can finally connect your headset to two phones simultaneously. However its also the first headset to sport a cracking new feature called ‘Always Ready’. More on that after the break. I had the pleasure of playing with this headset at Nokia World 2010 and just had to get myself one. Check out my thoughts, along with an extensive gallery for your viewing pleasure, after the jump.

Track & Protect is a mobile phone security system which is available for various platforms including Symbian both S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition. Track & Protect lets you remotely control your lost or stolen phone, even if the thief changes the SIM card. But it doesn’t stop there. You can take remote pictures using the front facing camera on your device and send call back commands to the phone to listen to it. You can even do a PIM backup of your content. Whats more is that the basic features of Track & Protect are available for free. Hit the jump for download links and to see a video demo of how the software works.