Xavier Klingenfus

Xavier's bio

Xavier Klingenfus graduated in Human Computer Interaction and holds an undergraduate diploma in computer sciences. He brings to the Foviance team strong analytical skills, and is competent in cognitive psychology. Specialising in data visualisation techniques and mobile applications, he has worked on cutting edge projects for some of the leading brands including Dell, Nokia, Barclays and Epson. He has also become an expert in coordinating international studies, which has taken him to France and India.

"Foviance is simply brilliant: you get to work in great facilities, you work on exciting projects and you're surrounded by great colleagues who know exactly how to balance fun with seriousness. Moreover, the company is dynamic and ambitious, and it just makes you proud of being part of it"

The application (app) market is booming. The advent of the iPhone and its application concept just three years ago generated new ground for online revenues. Thanks to this development of the smartphone market and the emergence of app marketplaces such as Ovi (Nokia) and Android Market, the app business is at the exciting beginning of its story. (more…)

Just like every year at the same time, a new version of the hugely popular iPhone was recently released on the market. The iPhone4 boasts a whole new range of sexy features like video calling or multitasking and, like its previous versions, is meant to take the mobile world to a new age. But despite all the hype a closer look at the device shows that the iPhone4 is far from perfect. Some important aspects of the phones technical specs have clearly been overlooked by the general public and even though it remains a state-of-the-art device, the iPhone4, I have to say is not as good as you may think. (more…)

About a year and a half ago I wrote a short article describing the Japanese market as being the spearhead of the mobile Internet world. Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to go to Tokyo for business and see with my own eyes what their mobile technology is like.

The first thing that struck me is the type of phone Japanese users own. (more…)

“Number 1 app in UK, France and Germany…”. Those who regularly browse the Apple AppStore hunting for applications (apps) will undoubtedly be familiar with this type of catch phrase.  It’s generally what users first read when they land on app description pages (as if they were all number one!). Developers and designers use this type of technique to lure candid users to download the app by making them believe it’s the best of its kind on the market. This also illustrates how the success of an app is often assumed: the higher in the ranking, the more successful it is. But as you may probably know already, this approach is entirely flawed. (more…)

If you are one of the world’s 450 million mobile internet users, you’ll already know that are two primary methods of accessing online content from your mobile phone, smartphone or other wireless device – mobile websites and mobile applications. (more…)

When searching for the best Top 5 applications (apps) for the iPhone, I often found reviews based on the personal preferences of their author and how well the apps were addressing particular user needs. This made me want to have a different perspective by creating my own Top Apps list based on how well apps use the iPhone capabilities to meet user requirements. For example, which app best used the new digital compass feature of the iPhone. (more…)

After weeks of researching laptops, I finally bought one off a manufacturer’s website. Buying a laptop makes me feel like an impatient child at Christmas; I couldn’t prevent myself from checking the daily progress of the order to get an idea of when it would be delivered. However, even if order tracking stems as one of the most desirable ecommerce features to have, it doesn’t always address the users expectation. With this story, the paradox is not that the order tracking facility did not do the job; on the contrary it did it too well. (more…)

According to the Metro, Natwest has recently released an iPhone application.

At first glance and without having tested it myself (as I don’t bank with Natwest), it looks destined for success. The first point to stress is that the app is free, which comes as a pleasant surprise as it is a new service offered by the bank. iPhone users won’t question whether the app is good value for money as they can easily try it out at no cost and discard it if not satisfied. In terms of the functionality, the app gives users access to a light version of their online banking. (more…)