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Nokia's Cellphone Anthropologist

Posted by timothy on from the cell-phones-need-louder-alarm-clocks dept.

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist have an interview with a Nokia researcher who uses anthropological methods to study how people use their phones. His work currently focuses on watching how people in emerging markets like Africa use their devices to inform designs. For example, after finding that in Uganda many people use one handset, they shipped a version with multiple separate address books. There's also a slideshow of Chipchase's research images."

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  1. Re:multiple separate address books by Bandman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, but that would imply a blackberry was a smart phone. It's much more like a mentally challenged phone with severe acne.

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  2. Re:2 Numbers / 1 Phone? by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    It must exist. I've seen one of those old Mororola bricks that had multiple line capability years ago.

    Technology dosn't move backwards (Windows Vista excepted).

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  3. Re:Old Hat? by sqrt(2) · · Score: 3, Funny

    That post took a strange turn the last few lines.

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  4. Re:Cellphones as "enablers" by Jellybob · · Score: 2, Funny

    especially since writing an SMS is hell, or going through any kind of menu structure by ticking in codes that resemble advanced vi ;)

    Awesome, where do I get one? And does it support all the features of vi, or just a subset? ;)

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