Shaun Mccran

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A mobile integration case study: Onkyo remote for mobile platforms

I am a big fan of integration. I really like it when I can see that someone has thought long and hard about what would be useful to users and what platforms best fit that usefulness.

The electronics manufacturer Onkyo have produced a mobile application that allows you to control their devices from your chosen mobile platform.

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Why I've had a re-think about auto detecting mobile users

A while back now I wrote a short article on how to detect a mobile user by reading the user agent value from their browser (Link: http://www.mccran.co.uk/index.cfm/2010/6/4/Simple-Coldfusion-script-to-detect-if-a-user-is-on-a-Mobile-platform). I've since reversed my stand on doing this for a number of technical and User Experience based reasons.

This blog article is an exploration of those reasons.

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My Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 review - Part 2

Continuing on from my previous article I have been reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1. I've had the tab a month now and I thought I'd document my findings.

You can read the previous article here: http://www.mccran.co.uk/index.cfm/2011/10/4/My-Samsung-Galaxy-Tablet-101-review--Part-1

Part 2 deals with the software layer and my summary.

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My Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 review - Part 1

I've had a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for around a month now so I thought I'd document my findings. This is part one of a two part article. In this part I deal with the Tab out of the box and the Hardware.

I'm familiar with the Android OS but all my previous devices have been HTC branded so they have had Sense installed on them, also this was my first tablet device so I expected a learning curve.

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