Applying user-centered design to mobile application development

Abstract

Digia was among the first companies to develop third-party software applications that can be installed in Symbian smart phones by service providers or end users [3]. In 2001, Digia was searching for new product ideas for the nascent smart phone market. At the same time, the User Experience (UE) Group was established in the company and we began to work together with software engineers to transform product ideas into final products. The first product we worked on was the navigation software for Nokia Communicators known as Genimap Navigator, which utilized a Global Positioning System connection and a map database on a network server.