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Seven days with the Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone 7

One of the perks of working in software is occasional access to sweet, new hardware.  I’ve befriended the super-busy Mobile team at the office, and asked to borrow one of their spare Windows Phone devices.  Craig handed me a Samsung Omnia 7 and asked me not to destroy it.  I had been wary of the …

March 25, 2011 – 13:34 | By dariusz | Posted in Software Development, User Experience | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Bridging the digital divide between rich and poor using cellphones.

Today is the 20th birthday of the World Wide Web, and in celebration there was this telecast on French TV from CERN about the future of the web. Stéphane Boyera’s five minute talk stood out as being particularly interesting to me. There is a digital divide in the world, as there are 5 billion people …

March 13, 2009 – 12:46 | By dariusz | Posted in User Experience | Tagged , , | Comments (0)