Research Methods » Mobile technology

Making an aluminum mobile device camera sled

Research Methods — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:15:57 +0000

Thinking about testing a mobile device? Have a look at this post ‘Making an aluminum mobile device camera sled’ which explains how to built a small device to attach a camera to to record user interactions with mobile devices.

Mobile phone usage

Research Methods — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:25:15 +0000

Some interesting statistics on mobile phones in the UK:

Britons spend 1.5 hours per month sending texts
1 hour 20 minutes browsing the internet on their phone (and Facebook accounts for 45% of time spent browsing on phones)

Life among the clouds

Research Methods — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:42:37 +0000

Interesting article in the Daily Star looking at how mobile services and devices will change in the future.

Mobile user experience

Research Methods — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:06:33 +0000

Users of the iPhone have started to receive their bills which can be as long as 300 pages. Watch Justine Ezarik on YouTube as she receives her bill from AT&T.

Mobile phone demographics

Research Methods — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:52:16 +0000

An interesting article on the BBC’s website looks at a mobile phone, the ‘Life Phone’ created by Emporia. The ‘Life Phone ‘has been introduced for the 50+ demographic.

Features include a built in emergency button, which when pressed will dial one of five programmed emergency contact numbers, a large screen and a loud speaker.