From the first time I picked up an iPhone, I found the interface intuitive and easy to use. The user experience fit my paradigm for how I would expect to interact with the device, even though I had not interacted with it before that day. Of course, it’s been a few years since that day and using the iPhone is part of my everyday life, as i’m sure it is with plenty of others.
The new Blackberry z10 was just released and I have to admit, it’s got some great specs: very high res screen, great processor with the ability to run multiple apps, and a sleek design. However, what the z10 has introduced is a gesture based-style of navigation. Gestures have been around for a while in Apple and Android devices, but both of those devices have hard buttons, icon-based navigation, and other cues into more traditional computing. With touch-based systems seemingly taking over just about every screen we interact with, it makes me wonder how usable some of these interaction patterns really are. Yes, once you learn “how the system works” you will probably become proficient in tasks you routinely perform, and possibly be able to interact more efficiently, but what is the trade-off? I’m looking forward to some hands-on time with the z10 to try things out for myself.
This week the folks at Mashable hand a blackberry z10 over to some Android and iPhone users to test some simple interactions. Check it out
Blackberry z10. Great Specs, But What About the UX?
by Chris Hayes on January 31st, 2013 | ~ minute read
