Some time ago I’ve found a quite useful tool called iPrototype (created by these guys). Basically, it is a combo of Fireworks .lbi and Jquery that lets you create navigable prototypes for iPhone. Since I am a hard-core FW user, I’ve adapted iPrototype for the iPad. You can download it...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about mobile context and its role in designing for mobile. In a few words, I say that the mobile context has its own peculiarities and corresponds to a new layer of the experience. Since the iPad launch I have been interested in understanding what context it has been designed for. On one side, I can think of a desk where my computer is positioned. On the other, there is iPhone and the roads,...

Aperitivo is the new application by Mobisle.org (the same authors of Big Pallaudio). This application lets you choose your club from a list of selected ones that can offer an aperitivo. Aperitivo is not a happy hour: Italian clubs tend to make them similar just for business purpose but aperitivo does not mean that you get drinks at a discounted price. It is the exact opposite, instead. You can get aperitivo at a normal or even increased...

As a member of the mobisle team, I am proud to announce that our application for making calls with soundscapes has been published on the Apple Store. The application is called Big Pallaudio (on Apple Store)and allows you to pick a sound from a library and use it as ambience for your calls. You can choose among different situations (railway station, shopping mall, storm and so on…). The app is designed for people who want to lie \ joke...

Thanks to techcrunch.com I have found this interesting example of a new interaction for the iPhone. The idea is to offer a new way to select the pages of your home screen: some users use to have lots of pages of application and if you are on the first one…going to screen nr.9 it’s just a pain in the ass. So this Swedish design house, called Ocean Observation, have come out with a concept I think that this concept has the...