Ardites – an Ambitious Intermediary Between Hardware and Content

Ardites has experienced extraordinary growth since it was founded in December 2002 in Oulu, Finland. As a result of our first five years in business, we were listed #296 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2008 ranking, with a growth rate of 597% ending the fiscal year 2007. For the fiscal year 2008, we continued to grow our revenues over 35% staying profitable like with all previous years. At the moment there are more than 120 people working for Ardites, most of them located in Finland. In addition there are some 10 software test engineers in our Bangladesh site...Read More »

Taking The Mobile Interface Exeperience to a New Dimension

Designing graphical user interfaces (GUI) targeted at mobile devices is a challenging task. The available screen real estate is limited and the sparse space available may not have the same size or dimensions on target devices. Ideally, however, any UI elements should appear at optimal size and form on every screen. The advent of vector technology on mobile devices allows for the creation of memorable and pleasing user experiences...Read More »

UI – an Important Measure of User Experience

The user interface is the primary way for the user to get a feel of a device. A bad UI makes the device difficult or even unpleasant to use, which will most likely result in poor customer satisfaction and low commercial success. A mediocre UI is indifferent - nothing to write home about. But it does affect the perceived quality of the device. A good UI really sets the device apart from competition. A good UI can turn the device into an icon, something that everyone wants. It may even help mask weaknesses in the device so that people will overlook them...Read More »

User Experience as a Key Driver of Mobile Graphics Technology

Rapid development of embedded graphics and processing technology, widely accepted industry standards and the launch of certain breakthrough products, have led to a new era in consumer electronics.

Today’s quality conscious consumers expect customizability, easy access to on-line services ranging from music stores to video and image sharing and social networking, and, above all, responsive, intuitive and snazzy User Interfaces (UI)...Read More »

Introducing OpenWF API for Composition and Display Control

The improved capabilities of modern embedded devices have created a need for sophisticated user interfaces and advanced windowing systems. Increases in screen resolution and UI complexity calls for more processing power and greater battery capacity. Dedicated graphics accelerators have the general capability to perform graphics related operations with significantly higher efficiency than traditional CPUs. But adding a graphics accelerator introduces fragmentation on devices within manufacturer portfolios, and between manufacturers themselves. OS adaptations for each hardware configuration result in...Read More »

Bangladesh – the Land of Beauty and Outstanding Software Professionals

Bangladesh is a country where even impossibility is possible. There are many people, who are not willing to believe when I tell them, that Bangladesh has big and dense centers of population where it is prohibited to use diesel and gasoline, only natural gas is allowed. Bangladesh has already taken ecological measures that many western countries can only dream about. Bangladesh is not just a poor neighbor of India; it is an industrious, trendy and breathtaking country full of opportunities...Read More »