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Research tools for mobile devices? (software & hardware)

Hi,

Can anyone recommend any software/hardware that they have heard of, or have experience with, as far as conducting user testing on mobile devices, i.e., tablets and smartphones?

I am wondering what's out there and what seems to be well reviewed or popular.

Thanks,

John Terceman

Examples of iOS and Android apps for industry use

I'm looking for examples of mobile applications, preferably for iOS and Android operating systems, for use in industrial settings, as opposed to consumer applications. I'm especially interested in tablet applications, but would love to see smartphone examples as well. Apps used for realtime geographical tracking, data logging, workflow, job tasking, and inventory tracking are the types of things I'm interested in. Tools for military, law enforcement, and emergency services would also help.

Is the search button becoming obsolete

General usability guidelines states users expect a search feature to contain besides the search field, a button labeled "search". Looking at recent designs of search, the button is disappearing. These lack the search button.

• All Apple search, i.e. apple.com, Spotlight and iOS. They have a clear button. On iOS, the keyboard provides a search button.
• Google Chrome. The address bar functions as a search and is activated by pressing Enter.

Designing for iPad

Hello everyone.

I'm designing my first application for ipad and if anyone has got any interesting articles on 'designing for ipad' kindly share it with me here. I would also be very happy if you would share what kind of tools (for both Windows & Mac) you use for preparing wireframes and mockups, specially when you are designing for iPhone or iPad.

Mobile app design best practices - iPhone / Droid