Over the Air Updates, Too Much Kit, & Mobile UX

Forgive me for last night’s storytelling rant/praise about Over the Air updating of one’s mobile / smartphone. But one point that I would like to pick out from the story’s threading is that of ease of use for the customer. Many in the mobile…

Over the Air Full OS Updates, or Why I love Maemo (Soon to be Meego)

The ability to update one’s mobile phone / device is an excellent service that a handset manufacturer or operating system can offer a customer as it not only extends the life of the mobile but it also expands and builds on the array of…

Nokia Booklet 3G : Day 16 : The OS Wrap Up : Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu vs. Jolicloud

Screenshot photos taken by Ms. Jen with a Nokia N97. Wed 02.10.10 – In the last two weeks of trialing the Nokia Booklet 3G that WOM World/Nokia sent to me, I have had a range of great to ok to just bad experiences with…

Nokia Booklet 3G : Day 3 : I Can Haz Ubuntu

Wed 01.27.10 – #37 the Nokia Booklet and I are not only back on speaking terms, but with great affection. Thanks to Andrew Currie and Steve Rowlands who recommended Wubi as a fast and very painless way to get Ubuntu Linux running on a…

Nokia 3G Booklet : Day 2 : User Experience Humor

Photo taken of the Booklet screen by Ms. Jen with a Nokia N97. Tues 01.26.10 – Today was also a busy work day, thus my only accomplishments in making progress with the Nokia Booklet was to download and install the Oceanis Change Background program…

Nokia 3G Booklet : Day 1, The Attack of the Redmond Drones

Photo taken by Ms. Jen with a Nokia N97. Project52 : Week 4 Mon. 01.25.10 – Late this morning the Nokia 3G Booklet arrived from the folks at WOMWorld/Nokia for a two week trial review period. I am quite excited about this, I do…

Nokia N900 : The Artist Phone

Drawing and Photo by Ms. Jen with a Nokia N900. Fri. 11.27.09 – Different folks will approach the same mobile device from a variety of perspectives, and I am here to tell you as a Professional Art Weirdo, the Nokia N900 exceeds my hopes…