Many thanks to Marek Pawlowski, organizer of the MEX, Mobile User Experience conference, for the opportunity to publish my response to the annual MEX Manifesto on the MEX blog.
“In this article responding to point #5 of the MEX Manifesto (’The developing world is the new frontier for mobile user experience‘), Stephanie Rieger of user experience [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Emerging Economies'
“Illustrating lifestyles from the developing world” on the MEX blog
April 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Culture · Emerging Economies · Ethnography · Mobility · User Experience
Mobiledu in China from Nokia
May 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Not much information available on this yet but Nokia has recently announced a large mobile learning product offering aimed at the Chinese S40 and S60 audience.
“As the world leader in mobile communications, Nokia’s goal is to continuously bring new innovative applications to the market,” said Mr. Marko Vänskä, Director of Nokia Emerging Business Unit, China, [...]
Tags: Emerging Economies · Learning
Record Nokia Sales in India
October 29th, 2006 · No Comments
An interesting parallel to my recent post and speculations on the entry level phone market and Nokia market-share in Thailand.
This report from India…
Nokia currently has 38 models available on the retail shelf, of which around 13-25 can be categorised into the low-end segment
This segment has a product at every Rs 200-400 price [...]
Tags: Emerging Economies · Mobility
Nokia, Youth, and ICT
October 11th, 2006 · No Comments
“Nokia and international children’s organisation, Plan (formerly Foster Parents’ Plan), have joined forces to use modern communications technologies in Africa to raise children’s awareness of their rights and opportunities. Nokia has provided an initial donation of 1 million Euros for 2006. The first stage of this new joint effort will see Nokia focus on supporting [...]
Tags: Emerging Economies · Learning · Mobility · Youth