Talking Interfaces Auditory Interfaces, Accessibility & Communicating Critical Information

In my initial post regarding the Nokia N900, I expressed some hope that the product would see improvement through software updates to the Maemo operating system.  Unfortunately, today’s announcement by Nokia and Intel makes it likely that the Maemo-based N900 is at a dead end.   The announcement introduces a new mobile (and device) OS [...]

My research involves emergency notifications on mobile devices, which, as you might guess, gives our team here the opportunity to try out the latest in mobile technology.  Yes, the iPhone is great, and so are most Android devices, but when it came time to pick my own new phone, I decided to have a look [...]