As you probably know, Apple released iPhone 2.0 yesterday. Watch Steve Jobs’ WWDC Keynote Address if you haven’t already seen it.
I watched it live on MacRumors, and when it was over I Twittered this:
That comment solicited quite a reaction from my Twitterverse. Two examples:
As a designer and gadget geek, I’m constantly asked why I don’t [...]
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Tags:Gadgetry·Mobile·Pain·Technology
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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As you may have read on Wednesday, I bought a book through Amazon’s new service TextBuyIt. I was really impressed by the user flow and was able to buy the book I was looking for in about two minutes.
Even more incredible is that the book showed up at my house yesterday morning, just two [...]
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Tags:Books·Innovation·Mobile·Pleasure·Tools
Amazon launched a new service yesterday called TextBuyIt in which you can look up and compare product info via SMS and purchase with your pre-existing account.
I tried it out this morning by texting “Purple cow” to short code 262966 (”Amazon” on the keypad). A moment later I got a response that read:
Reply w/1 or 2 [...]
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Tags:Innovation·Mobile·Pleasure·Tools·Usability Evaluations
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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Tags:BlackBerry·Design·errors·Mobile·Pain·Twitter