Phoney Features And Funky Phone
[SUMMARY—We want one.]
(WORLD) I do wonder what's taken soooo long for mobile phones to catch up with what we want to do with them. Do the manufacturers all think that these content driven websites we're all glued to, are just a fad? They've been around with their format requirements for long enough, why are things still so mentally traumatic? Particularly when all that's needed most of the time is a software update?
Sure phones take great photos now, record voice and capture video well enough, but getting that content off of the technology on to a computer, then into the format you want, and finally on to a website of your chosing, has been a bit of a pain to say the least. My dad couldn't do it, and he's the benchmark whereby I measure everything in existence including, and not limited to, logging on and off of anything, using stuff which isn't obvious and balancing cups of tea on his belly whilst sat watching TV.
Now I know the N95 is the bomb, and the Viewty takes great high fps video, and the iPhone is dead sexy… and I'm sure millions of us care not about doing anything other than sending texts and phoning people. But I'm certain the biggest issue with adopting anything new beyond the ergonomics of using its basic functions, is being able to do something fun with whatever you've captured. Get that right from day one and you're onto a winner. Get it wrong and you'll probably struggle to realise it, because people won't use that feature and will just continue to use the basic functions.
I'm not talking about elite tech amongst us either, I mean the average Joe out there that just wants to get a clip on Youtube without having to run some daft software on his machine, convert the file from some bizarre .mod extension, navigate blindly through the help files of windows movie maker and somehow squeeze it up through their phone pipes and hold their breath whilst the 'upload' bar clunks its way up to 100% like we're suddenly reverting back to 56k modems again.
So it's with great interest, that I view the Motorola Z10 and hope they've made it as easy as its claimed… and then add me (and the rest of the MediaSnackers team) to the list of people that want one.
Filed by Mark on January 11 2008
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