Chris McDermott, Ben Darvill and Russell Hepton created this concept design artwork and video for a product that works with the Windows Phone system as well as Metro-style tablets to easily link devices to a TV, Projector, etc. and then control the remote display with a phone or tablet. The design was nominated for a D&AD digital design award. Of course these images are just design concepts and explorations that aren’t really part of any …
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Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.Fediverse Profile
How to Save Your Windows Mobile Apps Before the Marketplace Closes
On May 17th (this Friday), Microsoft will be closing down the Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.x. This was a pretty short-lived endeavor that made app purchasing and downloading a bit easier on the old Windows Mobile compared to having to manually download installation files, copy them to your device, and install them from there. You could easily access the Windows Mobile Marketplace both from the on-device app as well as the web browser. If you’re …
Continue readingThe “There Aren’t Enough Apps” Mantra
Ever since Windows Phone Mango brought a huge amount of features that many were missing from the original release, the general mantra of those unwilling to switch to Windows Phone full time has been “There Aren’t Enough Apps”. Of course, that’s a relative term though and compared to the app library on the iPhone and Android Markets the Windows Phone Marketplace certainly doesn’t have quite as high of an app count. But how many is …
Continue readingWhat if Windows Phone 8 Finally Brought a Real Speech UI?
For many years, most mobile phones came with some sort of hands-free voice dialing interface. Today there are many popular options on smartphones including Apple’s very often advertised and fun to use Siri software. Android has numerous options including Google’s Voice Actions, and Microsoft has a “TellMe” based speech interface as well. However, those are all just programs that process your voice and then carry out some action. They really just have a few tie-ins …
Continue readingNokia City Lens Beta Now Available
We’ve seen the Nokia City Lens app demo’d a while back at CES, but now you can actually try it out for yourself. Nokia City Lens Beta is now available on your Nokia Windows Phone if you know how to find it. The app’s main feature is its augmented reality lens. After you start the app you’ll see a list of subjects to explore such as food or shopping. Then once you select one, you …
Continue readingFirst Custom Painted Nokia Lumia 800/900
A tatoo artist company in the UK called “I Ain’t No Saint” has started working on some custom paint jobs for the Nokia Lumia 800 and 900. They currently have custom painted battery covers available for the Nokia Lumia 710, but it looks like they’re testing some designs for the Lumia 800 and 900 as well. Above you’ll see a test of a custom painted Nokia Lumia 900 and below you’ll see a Lumia 800. …
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