Usability Corner » Android http://usabilitycorner.com Some random thoughts about psychology, user experience, conscious thinking, design and technology Mon, 09 May 2011 03:06:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Cognitive Technology on a Mobile Platform – Android http://usabilitycorner.com/index.php/2008/11/14/cognitive-technology-on-a-mobile-platform-android/ http://usabilitycorner.com/index.php/2008/11/14/cognitive-technology-on-a-mobile-platform-android/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:03:22 +0000 Manish Vashist http://www.usabilitycorner.com/?p=136 [ad]
Mobile devices have great potential to increase independence for people with cognitive disabilities. Besides basic communication, which is itself very important, key features include location awareness, which can be used to help with public transportation, and remote management, which allows a caregiver to manage content, such as schedule information, on a user’s device. A recent projects course at the University of Colorado developed promising prototypes on the Android platform, and suggested useful platform enhancements, especially relating to speech technology.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U_iDtA0LA0
This is an encouraging presentation on a great topic. He covered lots of major points in this new space of mobile phones and cognitive apps. I see hurdles in WHO will program end user’s phone and care management vs. users who can self program; standardize customer support and marketing of platforms /interface/apps are critical to smaller end users. Categorize end user skillsets, design systems around these, support compensatory growth. manufactures can market cognitive phones features to all users.

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On Android-powered phones, the browser lets users experience the full web and easily move between browsing and other tasks on their phone.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lZkwaNx8_Y

Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices, based on the Linux kernel, developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance. The first phone running Google Android is the T-Mobile G1. The phone was demonstrated in September, 2008, and is expected to go on sale on October 22.

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