Archive for mobile
UI Design For Smartphones: Mobile Design and User Experience Resources by Enavigo
Here is a well curated basic list of great resources for mobile design and user experience. Useful. 8/10 Curated collection:? http://www.enavigo.com/ios-design-and-user-experience-resources/ ? See it on Scoop.it , via The Web Design Guide and Showcase
Group Video Calling Across Any Web Browser and All Mobile Devices: FriendCaller
Robin Good : C2Call GmbH provider of the FriendCaller voice and video calling apps, has expanded its service with the introduction of multi-point video and voice conferencing capabilities supporting up to ten call participants. FriendCaller supports Apple iOS devices including iPhone(R), iPod touch(R) and iPad(TM), Android(TM)-based smart phones and tablets, and the FriendCaller WebPhone at www.FriendCaller.com. From their official press release: ” For now, we are starting by supporting up to four video participants, and up to six audio participants. Later this month, we will be demonstrating even more advanced capabilities at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including support for up to seven video participants, and up to 20 voice participants. ” (Source:? http://www.marketwatch.com/story/friendcaller-introduces-cross-platform-multi-party-group-video-calling-2012-02-02 )? FriendCaller provides additional features besides group video calling. These include: – Text Messaging (SMS), – Browser-based WebPhone – Caller-ID – unique CallMe-Links – a real phone number. Features:? http://www.friendcaller.com/en/friendcaller/features.html ? The service is based on an advertising business model which allows users to benefit from all FriendCaller features at no price. The updated FriendCaller apps with the multi-point video conferencing feature are available starting today on the iTunes App Store, Android Market and the FriendCaller.com website. Getting Started / FAQ:? http://www.friendcaller.com/en/help.html ? N.B.: C2Call C2Call is the first company to offer free cloud hosted video and voice calls without the need to download software. C2Call’s FriendCaller is the first free multi-point video calling app that works across all desktop browsers and smart phone platforms. Find out more or try it out now:? http://www.friendcaller.com/ ? See it on Scoop.it , via Online Collaboration Tools
App Pricing: What Works Best?
Tom Krazit reports at PaidContent: ” In an insanely crowded mobile apps marketplace, pricing is one of the ways to stand out from the competition: for better or worse. Distimo shared some data Thursday on app-pricing strategies as well as the old-fashioned retail concept of the sale. ” The report entitled ” The impact of app discounts and the impact of being a featured app ” has indeed some useful information that can help you understand a what price level to offer your iPhone/iPad/Android app. Download the report here:? http://www.distimo.com/publications/ ? ” Those who have erred on the high side and aren’t getting the response they would like should consider a sale: in Apple’s App Store average revenue rose 41 percent on the first day of a sale and by 22 percent over the course of 15 days, Distimo said in a new report on app pricing. ” ” …steep(er) cuts paid off: “For example, offering a discount of one dollar on an application that normally costs $7.99, lowers the revenue, whereas offering a discount of three dollars on average increased the revenue by 131 percent, ”… ? Original source:? http://paidcontent.org/article/419-distimo-when-its-time-for-a-mobile-app-sale-choose-your-price-wisely/ ? (Curated by Robin Good) See it on Scoop.it , via Online Business Models
WiFi Action Cam: The GoBandit Live Camcorder
Robin Good : The GoBandit Live is a new camcorder optimized for recording and transmitting live video action while capturing a lot of contextual meta-data about the “experience” being captured.? This supersturdy and water-proof camcorder will record from your helmet, bike or car. Key features:? – Custom engineered F2.8 lens – 170? Wide View Angle – 32Gb memory on-board (MicroSD) Recording Times 480P: 8HRS, 720P: 8HRS (3.5GB/H), 720P-60: 4HR 20MIN (7.6GB/H) 1080P: 4HR 20MIN (7.6GB/H) – Video recording Format/ Codec 1920X1080, 30FPS .MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) -?IPX7 Certified Waterproof – Connectivity: USB, HDMI, WiFi, ANT+ – Built-in mic – 3-Axis Gyro Sensor The first camera that can sense and record your 3D motion such as flips, spins, etc.? – 3D Acceleration Sensor – Heart Rate – High Precision Altimeter – gobandit LINK Connect your iPhone, view your video, and edit and share your clips instantly. Adjust your LIVE action cam settings, field of view, exposure, video resolution, frame rate and many other options – in real-time through the free smartphone application gobandit MOBILE. (Available end of Feb 2012) Find out more: http://gobandit.com/live.html ? See it on Scoop.it , via Online Video Publishing
The Publicly Curated Multimedia Library of America Is Coming: extraMUROS
From the official page: “extraMUROS is an open-source HTML5 infrastructure built on public APIs that aims to fundamentally change the way people discover, curate and share digital collections of books, images, sounds, video and other media. extraMUROS is a unique collaboration between the metaLAB (at) Harvard, Frances Loeb Library, the Harvard Library Lab and a network of journalists, designers and developers. ” From the official video: “e xtraMUROS is a groundbreaking project that aims to shape the Digital Library of America into a multimedia library without walls through an open-source HTML5 platform built on public APIs. Extramuros strives to fundamentally transform how people: a) Discover b) Curate? c) Share digital collections. Extramuros is made up of four key features: 1) Shared Access Interconnectedness between libraries, museums, ?and national archives and repositories (Flickr, YouTube, Internet Archive, tec.) of all kinds. 2) Visual Discovery Ability to explore content collections in completely new ways driven by innovative visualization approaches.? 3) Curation A collaborative curation system open to anyone to bring together collections, exhibitions or galleries combining text, images, audio and video. 4) Multi-Channeling Accessibility online and on iPads and other mobile devices.” Robin Good: This looks like a very promising project, which brings together and pioners some really innovative approaches in search and discovery of content.? As can be seen in the video, a Chrome extension has already been developed, helping active curator to easily collect content in a variety of formats and from very different kind of sources, into browsable collections. Inspiring. 8/10 Find out more: ? http://extramuros.zeega.org/ ? (Transcription by Robin Good) See it on Scoop.it , via Content Curation World