Stuart Jones » nokia http://gingerbbm.com User Experience Design & Software Development Wed, 16 May 2012 22:32:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Nokia N73 User Interface fail http://gingerbbm.com/2009/05/nokia-n73-user-interface-fail/ http://gingerbbm.com/2009/05/nokia-n73-user-interface-fail/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 11:33:54 +0000 Stuart http://gingerbbm.wordpress.com/?p=74 Continue reading →]]> So I need to send an SMS to a friend who has more than one number listed under his name in my phonebook. I elect to create a new message, select my friend’s name, and then this happens:

n73-new-message-ambiguity

I’m being prompted to make a choice between two numbers. How do I choose? I can’t. The only way of discerning the correct one is by recognising the number by its digits.

So, I have to cancel out, and go and looking in the phonebook, where the difference between the two numbers is evident:

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The main point of a phonebook is to prevent me having to remember long numbers. In this case, the Nokia N73 phonebook fails in its principle function.

Screenshots made possible by Screenshot for Symbian OS.

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