Over at Experience Dynamics, we have just released our
brand spanking new User Experience Calendar for 2010! The calendar has a theme
for each month (14 months total) with a short usability meditation providing
inspiration, food for thought and some some important concepts for those
minding the user experience.
Apple's new tablet concept is rumored to be released in the first half of 2010.
Apple and Microsoft are set to shake up the mobile and portable computing space by introducing what might actually be usable and compelling tablet computers. UMPC's (ultra-mobile PC's) already disappeared from conversations a few years ago and now Netbooks seem to be falling into the abyss (sales are dropping and Michael Dell of DELL is saying users are not happy with them as replacement machines).
One of the interesting developments in content delivery for the Web is what's being called the "real-time" Web. The implications for user experience design are substantial.
A recent spate of game-changing applications for mobile devices have been emerging over the past few weeks and months. Their defining characteristic? Real-time global positioning providing helpful data overlays, or so-called Augmented Reality displays.