Comments on: Breaking the mould of mobile behaviour http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/07/21/breaking-the-mould-of-mobile-behaviour/ Stories from around the Nokia neighbourhood Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ARJWright http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/07/21/breaking-the-mould-of-mobile-behaviour/comment-page-1/#comment-739 ARJWright Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:02:53 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=438#comment-739 people are ready for this, but it does have to have an industry of use behind it. transportation and kiosk/vending machines wouod be great starting points. people are ready for this, but it does have to have an industry of use behind it. transportation and kiosk/vending machines wouod be great starting points.

]]> By: Mike Macias http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/07/21/breaking-the-mould-of-mobile-behaviour/comment-page-1/#comment-740 Mike Macias Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:06:06 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=438#comment-740 Really interesting article. Not sure if this would fly here in the USA. I don't think people are technologically ready for this. I just wrote a small article at my blog about using the n82 as a checkout tool in the grocery store. really good stuff if your interested... http://www.then82blog.com/2008/07/nokia-n82-showcased-on-bbc-news-as-tool.html Really interesting article. Not sure if this would fly here in the USA. I don’t think people are technologically ready for this.

I just wrote a small article at my blog about using the n82 as a checkout tool in the grocery store. really good stuff if your interested…

http://www.then82blog.com/2008/07/nokia-n82-showcased-on-bbc-news-as-tool.html

]]> By: Sven Koerber http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/07/21/breaking-the-mould-of-mobile-behaviour/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Sven Koerber Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:58:21 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=438#comment-741 From my limited experience with NFC-enabled apps (e.g. at Mobile HCI 2007), I think that discoverability of more subtle NFC functions will be an issue for mainstream users. If NFC is introduced as a part of a single service, e.g. transport ticketing, that's quite easy to communicate in the physical UI of the ticket checking device. You can watch the other people in line in front of you. However, it might be difficult to anticipate the outcome of holding the phone to a random poster, or even getting the idea that taking this action would be something you can do at all -> this calls for a standard symbol indicating NFC-enabled points of a surface. That type of icon might be hard to design universally. I've also noticed that different NFC-enabled phones had to be held in different ways to register optimally with the system. It'll be interesting to see how the physical UI design of NFC handsets will evolve to provide the right affordances for users. Please do not repeat the UI-nightmares of EC-Card machines - users shouldn't have to try four orientations of their phone before NFC registers... From my limited experience with NFC-enabled apps (e.g. at Mobile HCI 2007), I think that discoverability of more subtle NFC functions will be an issue for mainstream users.

If NFC is introduced as a part of a single service, e.g. transport ticketing, that’s quite easy to communicate in the physical UI of the ticket checking device. You can watch the other people in line in front of you. However, it might be difficult to anticipate the outcome of holding the phone to a random poster, or even getting the idea that taking this action would be something you can do at all -> this calls for a standard symbol indicating NFC-enabled points of a surface. That type of icon might be hard to design universally.

I’ve also noticed that different NFC-enabled phones had to be held in different ways to register optimally with the system. It’ll be interesting to see how the physical UI design of NFC handsets will evolve to provide the right affordances for users. Please do not repeat the UI-nightmares of EC-Card machines – users shouldn’t have to try four orientations of their phone before NFC registers…

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