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
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