http://www.marcozehe.de/2008/01/30/the-future-of-mobile-accessibility-a-hopeful-lookout/ Musings, tips and tricks about the accessible software world Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.marcozehe.de/2008/01/30/the-future-of-mobile-accessibility-a-hopeful-lookout/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Per Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:18:26 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/2008/01/30/the-future-of-mobile-accessibility-a-hopeful-lookout/#comment-83 Common brands with many customers are vulnerable for sudden image desasters such as Nokia has today and probably they will have this problem tomorrow as well. Future mobile devices will provide companies such as Nokia or mobile network operators with masses of data about location, behaviour, interests and social networks of their customers. This will make the user privacy transparent for these companies and could be perceived as a risk for potential abuse. Microsoft and Google already have similar problems. The motto "Don't be evil, Don't be neutral, be good" should be an imaginable part of Nokia's strategy for further PR-work. Helping their blind or otherwise handicaped customers could be a way for that: http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User:Per_B./Open_letter_initiative#What_Nokia_could_do_for_their_blind_customers.3F Common brands with many customers are vulnerable for sudden image desasters such as Nokia has today and probably they will have this problem tomorrow as well. Future mobile devices will provide companies such as Nokia or mobile network operators with masses of data about location, behaviour, interests and social networks of their customers. This will make the user privacy transparent for these companies and could be perceived as a risk for potential abuse. Microsoft and Google already have similar problems. The motto “Don’t be evil, Don’t be neutral, be good” should be an imaginable part of Nokia’s strategy for further PR-work. Helping their blind or otherwise handicaped customers could be a way for that:
http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User:Per_B./Open_letter_initiative#What_Nokia_could_do_for_their_blind_customers.3F

]]> http://www.marcozehe.de/2008/01/30/the-future-of-mobile-accessibility-a-hopeful-lookout/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Sony Ericsson Games Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:19:09 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/2008/01/30/the-future-of-mobile-accessibility-a-hopeful-lookout/#comment-79 nice article and post too about the feature of mobile accessibility.......................... nice article and post too about the feature of mobile accessibility……………………..

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]]> http://www.marcozehe.de/2008/01/30/the-future-of-mobile-accessibility-a-hopeful-lookout/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Blog » Blog Archive » The future of mobile accessibility, a hopeful lookout Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:05:24 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/2008/01/30/the-future-of-mobile-accessibility-a-hopeful-lookout/#comment-69 [...] Marco wrote an interesting post today on The future of mobile accessibility, a hopeful lookoutHere’s a quick excerptIn case you haven’t read it yet: Nokia acquires Trolltech. DougT also posted a follow-up article on the future, or lack thereof, of Symbian S60/S40, which you can find here. For accessibility, this currently provokes mixed feelings. … [...] [...] Marco wrote an interesting post today on The future of mobile accessibility, a hopeful lookoutHere’s a quick excerptIn case you haven’t read it yet: Nokia acquires Trolltech. DougT also posted a follow-up article on the future, or lack thereof, of Symbian S60/S40, which you can find here. For accessibility, this currently provokes mixed feelings. … [...]

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