Fabian Hemmert: The shape-shifting future of the mobile phone

“Technology should get a bit more… human.”

Gesturecons - Multi-Touch Icons

“Vector based icons created to aid in the design, development, implementation and promotion of multi-touch interfaces. These icons will aid in the creation of wire-frame documents, digital help files and printed documentation. You can also use Gesturecons inside of your applications in order to demonstrate to users how to complete actions or prompt them to interact with an application when they approach it.”

iPhone UI Icon Set

Nice looking set of icons for the iPhone tool bar in vector form.

The T-Mobile Dance

Love this.

Palm Pre

It sure is good looking and I really like what they did with that large image in the background web design wise, but we’ll see about the price and speed in a few months when it’s actually shipping. Oh, and I doubt I’ll be switching to Sprint anytime soon either.

Google Earth for iPhone

Looks pretty sweet. I’ll be installing it later today/tonight, but from the demo, I’m impressed. Every once in a while I step back and think about everything that my iPhone can do and I’m amazed. The little device is far and away the best gizmo I’ve ever owned. Period.

Do humans really need location based services?

I generally agree that location based services will be a big deal as the mobile web grows, but I noticed this too when using Brightkite and manual checked in places. I basically spend the majority of my time going to and from work.

Typical Reaction to the Revelation That I Do Not Own a Cell Phone, By Year

“2005: Derision (“If we go out tonight I’ll send you a fax.”)”

Images and videos of Google's Android operation system for mobile devices

The way they designed the unlock is fantastic and I like some of the stuff they did with the status bar at the top. None of the other features really wowed me, but it’s good stuff and I love seeing the innovation.

iPhone Wire Frames

Excellent set of stencils for when you need to wireframe out that new iPhone application.

brightkite.com

Like dodgeball, but a bit more and hasn’t been abandoned. A nice visual design and the interactions are solid. I’m not ready to predict big things from it yet, but it has potential.

iPhone Dev Center - iPhone Developer Program

Everything here looks great and I can’t wait to see what new applications start coming out. The only problem? It’s not coming out until June.

Recycle Your iPod or Cell Phone

It’s impressive they’re letting you recycle any cell phone even if it’s not an iPhone. Well done Apple.

Going mobile

Nathan Borror over at Playground Blues talks about how he setup his Django powered site for mobile, and for him that meant an iPhone site. It looks great, and now I just wish I had some snazzy icons like his for my sections.

New Android SDK gallery

It’s no iPhone user interface but this new gallery set looks a lot better then almost all the the other mobile phone user interfaces out there. I’m glad to see the competition.

Leaflets is a Finalist!

Leaflets, Blue Flavor’s suite of web apps designed for iPhone, is a finalist for the SXSW web awards for mobile.

Ask E.T.: Interface design and the iPhone

Edward Tufte giving kudos to the iPhone but also talking about ways it could be improved. I’m heading down to SF this weekend and get to see him speak on Monday.

Google on the iPhone: Fast and Fluid

I’m not a big user of the google application suite, but I poked around with this implementation and it looks like a great implementation for those that do.

Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but Illegal

Vigilante justice… I so want one.

Smartphone market shares across the world