Mobile Web Design
The growth of the global smartphone market is expected to continue over the next few years, with prices set to fall by 50 per cent by 2012 if current predictions are confirmed. Interestingly it is no longer just the technical capabilities of a mobile that attract customers, but the software and how the user can augment the basic functions by downloading their own applications. The Apple iPhone
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I honestly have no idea from where to start about “kisekae”.
“kisekae” (きせかえ) means “to change, customize” and is one of the most heavily used mobile phone application in Japan. “kisekae” is an application packed with customization of wallpaper, screensaver, real-tone, background colors, etc. One simple download from the user and “bam”, your whole phone is customized to what you chose.
(here is a sample,
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After Google buys AdMob, now Apple buys Quattro. Amazingly, 2 large competitors purchase mobile ad companies. Is this a new competition in the mobile advertisement industry? Are they thinking of a great plan for the mobile revolution of 2010?
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Amazingly, there are a lot of horrible designs being sold on mobile phones. I know, i made one that was horrible, in my oppinion. I am an American who has always been facinated by Snoopy and Garfield the Cat. They are cute! So, to participate in designing, I made my own. I was so displeased with it though my Japanese colleagues said that it was cute. "Cute!?", I thought that they were only being nice to a design-impared foreigner. I was impressed to see the figures increased! "who are these blind people", I thought. I still to this day think that they wasted their money, but there were requests for more of the like. Why!?
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Just recently, Casio in Japan has released their new mobile phone "Casio Exilim CA003" which comes with a 12.2 Mega-pixel Exilim Camera! I too have one of these sleek and fancy mobile phones, but just a little older which possesses an 8.1 Mega-pixel camera. The Casio has had a long streak in supplying well function-able mobile devices ever since it released its first model. Though this phone is in Japan and is only sold to the Japanese market, they have both a Japanese and English UI (which makes it easier on us non-Japanese). ...
Just over the few last weeks, I spoke with a few designers in Japan that are just a few out of the hundreds of mobile designers. Their work contract states a Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5.30 pm, but in recent months, they are working beyond the 40 hours a week - sometimes 50 to 60 hours a week! And the very sad thing and often very true and frequent in Japan is that they do not get paid overtime.
It is common for Japanese to work overtime without pay.
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Different mobile screen sizes, different colors, different pixels, different processors but only have one design? Surely if you want to use the specific color for your design is what you want, you will never, ever leave your computer. The best thing to do is “use basic colors”.
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Most of you know that one of the biggest issues to develop and design for mobile websites is to make all mobile devices show the exact same results for all mobile devices. Designing and developing for mobile websites is a new technology and with this came many mobile carriers, new device manufactures and different coding. Mobile manufactures did NOT think about going along with their competitors as they simply wanted to show off their best mobile technology and eye-appealing UI/UX to attract users. Now, as more ...
Mobile Design in Japan is not like any other I have ever seen. It isn’t so simple as splashing some colors and shapes together, there are actual meetings… and more meetings about the previous meeting… There is concentration and a lot of thinking. Such “project designing” Does Not Work! I have also seen other designs in Japan that were very, very beautiful.
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After a nightmare of updating the Mobile Design Community Website to a better forum, The Mobile Design Forum continues. The previous forum design was oh so dull and not much could be done to spruce it up. I wanted to have a place that was easy on the eyes, function-able and some design and content that would bring members back for sharing or gaining information. Now that the Mobile Design Community Forum is back up and ready for action, I can now begin uploading content ...
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