Music Keys Usability in Mobile Phones
February 27th, 2009
I have a Nokia 5220 ExpressMusic phone. It has dedicated music keys on the left edge of the display. One can play/pause/stop/change song from here. Even though I am a music lover and getting dedicated keys for music came as a boon to me but I rarely use these keys. I do not carry earphones most of the time. Its sound quality is very good such that everybody in a range of 20 meter can notice the same. Thus I don’t play in public space.
I keep its keypad locked when it is not in use. I am surprised that I can’t lock/unlock its music keys, Or maybe I am not able to explore how to do it. While Once I was driving my bike it started playing, may be somehow the music key got pressed. Once it happened to me in a office meeting and even in a movie theatre too.
The lock keypad feature should also lock dedicated music keys so that one does not press it accidently. Sometime it puts you in embarrassing situations. The mobile settings UI should facilitate user to customize the lock/unlock keys feature. If they wish to lock these keys with keypad lock feature, they should be able to do it
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July 2nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I disagree.
The latest firmware seems to have granted your wish. All buttons are locked.
I have this phone and want the music keys to remain unlocked even when the keypad lock is active.