Thanks, Srikanth. I would love to hear from someone who uses a high end phone, and I can promise it would be a very interesting conversation that would help provide a better user experience for everyone who reads and edits Wikipedia on the phone :) Mani
On Nov 5, 2010, at 7:12 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Heya guys, I think somebody like hari Prasad, Anoopan, or somebody with a > high end phone, [Android/BlackBerry/iPhone/Nokia Eseries] et all, get in > touch with Mani as that segment was completely left out by me, when we had > our conversation. > > --Regards, > > On 1 November 2010 22:09, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi Mani, > I am now subscribed on a gentlemen on twitter that expressed really > interesting and imho relevant observations about telephony and web sites in > India. > > http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/10/about-foss-and-telephony-in-india.html > > The remarks are quite strong and are not limited to India. I would love to > know a WMF reaction on this. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 1 November 2010 17:04, Mani Pande <mpa...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I am still looking for participants for the study on Wikipedia usage on the >> mobile phone. I am relaxing the criteria for recruitment, and I am hoping >> more Wikipedians will qualify for the study. If you read Wikipedia on the >> phone (English and Indic languages) or have edited any Wikipedia on the >> phone in the last one year, please email me at mpa...@wikimedia.org. Only >> readers are also welcome :) I prefer folks who read Indic languages on the >> phone. > >> It is really important that we conduct this study to provide the right kind >> of user experience to Wikipedia readers and editors in India on a mobile. >> Also, we need to understand user needs, experiences and pain points to help >> Wikipedia grow in India. So please email me back, if you are willing to >> participate in the study. > > I would ideally like to conduct the interviews over Skype, and it would take > about an hour. I have provided some details of the study, please see below. > > >> Thanks in advance >> Mani >> >> >> >> Interview Objectives >> >> Find out whether mobile phone can be used as a platform for reading, editing >> & contributing, to the Wikipedia (English & other Indian regional languages >> like Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam >> etc.) >> >> Research questions: >> >> How is mobile phone being used as a platform for contributing to Wikipedia? >> What kinds of contributions are users making to the Wikipedia on the mobile >> phone currently? Editing already existing content, contributing new content, >> uploading pictures etc. What are the benefits? What are the pain-points? >> What are the drivers? >> How will the role of mobile phone as a platform for contributing content >> change in the next one year? What will be different about mobile devices and >> networks in India? >> How will the role of mobile phone as a platform for contributing content >> change in the next five years? What will be different about mobile devices >> and networks in India? >> How is mobile phone being used for reading Wikipedia content? What kind of >> content is accessed on the phone? What are the benefits? What are the >> pain-points? What are the drivers? >> How will the role of mobile phone as a platform for reading content change >> in the next one year? What will be different about mobile devices and >> networks in India? >> How will the role of mobile phone as a platform for reading content change >> in the next five years? What will be different about mobile devices and >> networks in India? >> How do outside trends/shifts in society, technology. Economy, environment >> and politics (STEEP) affect the emergence of mobile phone for reading and >> editing Wikipedia? How do they affect user behaviors? >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > -- > Regards, > ME. > Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement > My infrastructure invasion... plus other images > too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
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