Comments on: mobile call manners

By: Rich H

Rich H — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:07:55 +0000

A lot of thit is I feel is around the context. On busy comuter trains I hear a lot of business conversations. This doesn’t annoy me per se as it’s just the sort of thing I hear in an open plan environment. What I would say though, is how much ‘intelligence’ they are giving out on their own and others companies. This again though is the same as people who have confidential papers in view as hard copy, or on a laptop.

Then often in social environments, I hear a lot more socially related calls, and it too is no more than you hear in passing within a group chatting.

The mobile is merely connecting us to people not physically present.

However the one thing I do object to is people making / taking calls, sending / reading messages on phones whilst in a meeting!

By: Mikael

Mikael — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:43:40 +0000

Unfortunately the main reason for holding a hand in front of mouth is the microphone performance. I don´t know anyone who wouldn´t need to do it in a noisy environment, the mics capture so much external noise that the conversation just doesn´t proceed. The amount of noise is commensurate to the type of conversation, intimacy, importance, accuracy of information and such.

There was a time when audio design had a high priority in mobile phone design. Today a lot of the “rest” catches all the attention. Still, voice is the base of all human communication, which is why it´s always delightful to see progress in that particular field. It´s about Communication Experience, the most important part of UX for mobile device companies.

By: Fumiko

Fumiko — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:13:58 +0000

I had the exact same experience and interestingly, wrote a blog entry recently as well. When you become accustomed to the foreign language environment where you can choose to ignore others, understanding every bit becomes both a privilege and a annoyance. In fact, I still suffer from this after being back to my home country for two years.

I personally feel that the topic of the discussion affects the perceived annoyance more than the visibility of the other end; It would be nice to see another fascinating paper with conversation topics taken into account.

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By: panu

panu — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:24:21 +0000

Why is overhearing a phone call more annoying than a conversation of two people? Andrew Monk & al did a wonderful study of this, see http://www.informaworld.com/index/EV4BQM91NA4K27AG.pdf