Category: Mobile

  • Why OnePlus 2 is better than Nexus 6P ?

    If you are one who was waiting for the launch to decide if you should buy a OnePlus Two or the latest Nexus. It is a simple decision. OnePlus is still pure value for money. In India, its even a simpler choice, get the OnePlus Two; Nexus 6P will not be able to match the…

  • Google search – be mobile friendly

    Google search changes favour mobile http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32380223 All the more for small businesses to not put off the website revamp and go mobile friendly. For starters, if you decide to q uickly revamp. WordPress would be a beat way forward with plenty of mobile friendly themes on the market. Theme forest and creativemarket are great places…

  • Will Whatsapp be the only messenger now?

    It’s hard to say. As of today, you need to have the WhatsApp on you mobile phone connected to internet to use the Web app. It means, the web app is paired with the phone app and is not a standalone, yet. How to make it work? You have now paired WhatsApp on your phone with the…

  • Letter to Nokia | Subject: Nokia E72

    To The Creators of Nokia E72, This is the best phone i have ever used and keep coming back to it after trying out other phones. Recently borrowed my brother’s old HTC Sensation to get an hang of Android interfaces. Yes, I’m a UX designer whose bread and butter revolves around knowing the different patterns…

  • 3 steps to master the art of copying app experiences

    I have been living in Hyderabad since Aug 2013 and have been exposed to different Biryanis. But when it comes to consistency and meeting expectations nothing is as good as ‘Paradise Biryani’. A colleague of mine ordered Biryani today in the office cafe when i was enjoying the leftovers of yesterday’s biryani for lunch. He…

  • First the flat design and now the colors

    Nokia’s response to iPhone 5C           Price of cheaper iPhone 5C would be around INR 40,000 in India. It isn’t cheap exactly. It is most likely that Customers would start to see more powerful processors in competitors handsets. Will Lumia get a boost in sales; This only time will tell. Will…

  • Remembering 176 x 208

    It was 2007, when i first started and was introduced to the mobile platform at Hexolabs (http://www.hexolabs.com). At that time, i was working on Symbian devices (Nokia N70, my phone at that time was the test device the games that we built) 176 x 208 . It was the golden era for Nokia, with the…

  • The mobile way

    Kajal Dutta, is a colleague who cooks food in my office. He also works in a house as a house hold assistant and cook. His boss recently presented him with a used FUjitso Netbook and he wanted me to check if the laptop had any problems. There was no audio but we quickly fixed with…

  • A little about me

    Visual Story | Sathyan Velumani from Sathyan Velumani on Vimeo.