Iconic

On Monday 3th of June, Apple released the anticipated and highly speculated iOS 7. The OS used by tens of millions people around the globe received a massive visual overhaul. Many agree that iOS from 1.0 (called iPhone OS back then) all the way through 6.0 had remained…

N9

Nokia N9 is a gorgeous looking phone challenging even iPhone 4 in elegance. And the N9’s software (Meego Harmattan OS) is really designed to go along with the hardware. I had chance to play briefly with Lumia 800, the first Windows Phone 7 device from Nokia. It had essentially…

Nokia N9 - Human Interaction

I encourage to watch at least the first 10-15 mins of the presentation (then the marketing speech takes over). I agree on the thoughts of Marko Ahtisaari how touch screen mobile devices are still (on average) somewhat awkward to use. In my opinion closest cousin to N9’s UX is…

Windows 8

Microsoft is giving a sneak-peek of Windows 8 on their YouTube channel. So instead of expanding Windows Phone 7 OS to also support tablets/slates, Microsoft slaps new GUI layer on top of bulky desktop Windows OS. I am not sure if this is a smart move… Regardless the new…