
NetYantra Inc. is a telecommunications company that builds
IP Telephony products.
The Softphone design required
team Admoves to focus on:
- innovative design in
terms of look and feel
- scalability with a view of adding on functionality
- easy to use interface
The initial design was chalked out with a lot of curves, and
a very non-standard phone evolved. However, when looking at
the integration of buttons, LCD display panels, and the size
of the information that would need to be shown to the user,
we decided to rework the initial design on a broader based
screen.
The end result- a slightly less curvy phone, but still a
very sleek and functional interface nevertheless. A key
point that was in our minds was the need for the interface
to be easily usable in touch screen mode, and hence the
broader buttons and fast keys.
Other elements such as application icons, login screen,
installation screen, Instant Messaging Interface, phone book
and contact management interface with intuitive features for
call preferences were designed after detailed deliberations
with the technical team at NetYantra, and looking at actual
call and conferencing scenarios and usability issues
therein.
The overall interface is a combination of gloss and metal,
keeping to the realistic feel similar to cell phones/ PDAs
in real life.