Comments on: Inappropriate Mobile Experiences http://blog.brightkite.com/2008/02/26/inappropriate-mobile-experiences/ Keep tabs on Brightkite, the location-based social network Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Rich Hauck http://blog.brightkite.com/2008/02/26/inappropriate-mobile-experiences/#comment-13847 Rich Hauck Sun, 04 May 2008 07:28:22 +0000 http://blog.brightkite.com/2008/02/26/inappropriate-mobile-experiences/#comment-13847 Please. According to Mr. Lynch's standards, we should all have home theaters instead of televisions. Did he ever stop to consider that maybe there are users like me who properly experience a film in a theater the first time, own the DVD, and maybe want to pass the time watching it again while on the subway rather than twiddle my thumbs? Please. According to Mr. Lynch’s standards, we should all have home theaters instead of televisions. Did he ever stop to consider that maybe there are users like me who properly experience a film in a theater the first time, own the DVD, and maybe want to pass the time watching it again while on the subway rather than twiddle my thumbs?

]]> By: Rob http://blog.brightkite.com/2008/02/26/inappropriate-mobile-experiences/#comment-13826 Rob Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:33:46 +0000 http://blog.brightkite.com/2008/02/26/inappropriate-mobile-experiences/#comment-13826 I disagree. I've watched a ton of movies and tv shows on my iPhone, and I have to say that they were just asa good as watching my big screen TV at home. The distance between me and the iPhone screen is shorter than the distance between me and my TV screen, but they seem about the same size, relative to my field of vision. With headphones, I get great stereo sound. I've been startled and surprised by movie moments on my iPhone and have laughed and cried with them, too. Plus, I was able to do this on an airplane! Mobile video is a big part of my daily experience. I disagree. I’ve watched a ton of movies and tv shows on my iPhone, and I have to say that they were just asa good as watching my big screen TV at home. The distance between me and the iPhone screen is shorter than the distance between me and my TV screen, but they seem about the same size, relative to my field of vision. With headphones, I get great stereo sound. I’ve been startled and surprised by movie moments on my iPhone and have laughed and cried with them, too. Plus, I was able to do this on an airplane! Mobile video is a big part of my daily experience.

]]> By: Gary http://blog.brightkite.com/2008/02/26/inappropriate-mobile-experiences/#comment-12209 Gary Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:31:59 +0000 http://blog.brightkite.com/2008/02/26/inappropriate-mobile-experiences/#comment-12209 I one sense I agree with Lynch. But the iPhone is just an iteration as we advance to a greater personal user experience. Think of all the iterations between the Nickelodeon and the iMax. The iPhone, and products like it, are just another advancement toward immersion technology. Image in the not to distant future watching a movie on HD micro screens that cover the entire periphery, coupled with multi point audio head sets that allow sound to be manipulated so it seems to come from different locations and distances. Add vibration technology and someday olfactory technology and you have one heck of a user experience. Small screen or not the experience would move well beyond what a movie can give us today. If you take that view of movies on mobile devices, it has a very exciting feel. I one sense I agree with Lynch. But the iPhone is just an iteration as we advance to a greater personal user experience. Think of all the iterations between the Nickelodeon and the iMax.

The iPhone, and products like it, are just another advancement toward immersion technology. Image in the not to distant future watching a movie on HD micro screens that cover the entire periphery, coupled with multi point audio head sets that allow sound to be manipulated so it seems to come from different locations and distances. Add vibration technology and someday olfactory technology and you have one heck of a user experience. Small screen or not the experience would move well beyond what a movie can give us today. If you take that view of movies on mobile devices, it has a very exciting feel.

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