It’s Nokia Capital Market Day again which means that the boys from Espoo are fawning over investors and giving them a reason to stick around in 2010. And you know what? It sure sounds promising for gadget nerds. Why the optimism? Easy: Nokia is hell-bent on redefining the user experience of its Symbian devices. To quote CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, “In 2010, we will drive user experience improvements, and the progress we make will take the Symbian user interface to a new level.” To bolster this proclamation, the very first bullet point listed under Nokia’s Devices and Services operational priorities is “improve our user experience” — something that would thrill us to no end if it happens.

source: engadget

Also Nokia has presented the UI Concept Proposal for Symbian^4.
This discussion is open to the community for questions, comments, suggestions, requests, and generally anything that relates to this proposal. The corresponding Major Contribution Proposals are Orbit and Direct UI.

http://developer.symbian.org/forum/showthread.php?p=14433#post14433

Following is the landing page for Orbit:
http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Prop/Orbit#Current_drafts

Following is the landing page for Direct UI:
http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/in…Prop/Direct_UI

The following link is a downloadable version of the S^4 UI Concept Proposal submitted by Nokia on 14 January 2010:
http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/im…roposal_v2.doc

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In an impressive keynote yesterday opening CES, Ford announced their radically revised new instrument panels for driving in a digital world. Completely integrating the car’s interface with other devices and services, the brand will introduce the system, called MyFord, not just in their high-end vehicles but across the line starting with the 2011 MyTouch Lincoln MKX (which will be shown at next week’s Detroit Auto Show) and the Ford Edge models. The 2012 Ford Focus will be the next car to feature MyTouch, and Ford intends to roll it out to 80% of their models over the next five years. The best news is that MyTouch will be a standard feature with two upgradable versions; the dual instrument panel screens and 8″ touch screen represent the top end).

Source : www.coolhunting.com

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“The economy hasn’t turned around, until it  has turned around for all of us.”

This quote didn’t come from us or one of our clients.  But on the day of our Welcome 2010 New Year’s party, I want to borrow it.

Today I raise my glass to all who have lost their jobs, who have been “laid off,” and to those with pre-existing conditions who  have lost their health insurance.

I raise my glass and say, ‘Here’s to 2010.  I hope it is better for you all.’

-quote borrowed from a Hyundai commercial

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