Pleasure and Pain

Measuring the impact of new technology on human experience

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

My Cell Phones: 2000 - Today

June 4th, 2008 · 1 comment so far

Alex Rainert just posted this great piece on his blog Everyday UX showing the evolution of his mobile phones from 1998 to now.
I was inspired to post my own, though I have to admit I’m not sure if I have the exact models right. Thanks to GSM Arena for having photos of every mobile phone [...]

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My BlackBerry Wishlist

March 17th, 2008 · 2 comments so far

RIM, Mike Lazaridis, if you’re out there, listen up. Here are my recommendations for improving the BlackBerry user experience:
1- Provide the ability to “Add To Existing Contact.” I don’t want to have to copy a new phone number or e-mail address from a message and paste it into the entry in my address book. That’s [...]

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TwitterBerry was mean to me

March 1st, 2008 · 6 comments so far

I’ve got a thing for Twitter and I own a BlackBerry, so naturally I use TwitterBerry. It’s a downloadable BB app that lets me post updates, get replies, read my friends timeline and the public timeline — all without having to load Twitter in the mobile browser.
It isn’t perfect, but it usually works pretty well [...]

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Ten Best Things and Five Worst Things About the BlackBerry

January 16th, 2008 · 6 comments so far

Ten Best Things about the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition:

Battery status is expressed in 5% increments, so you never have to estimate how much juice you have left
“Convenience key” can be set to open any app, or can be used to lock the device (you choose!)

Unlimited custom profiles give you detailed control of your alerts — [...]

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