Four key principles of mobile user experience design: Dakota Reese Brown

1. There is an intimate relationship between a user and their mobile device.

a. My phone is I

2. Screen size implies user's state. The user's state infers their commitment to what is on th screen.

a. It is possible to estimate a user's level of commitment to an experience based upon the size of the screen through which they are engaging it.

b. Design of mobile experiences must accommodate the user's varying commitment and distributed attention.

3. Mobile interfaces are truncated. Other interfaces are not.

a. Mobile interfaces are better used for manipulating data rather than entering it.

4. Design for mobile platforms - the real ones

a. Four platforms are VOICE, messaging, internet and Applications.