mySYNC
Fast and Secure Personal Information Management
•Duration: Jan 2011 ~ Dec 2011
•Client: KT Corporation ▶︎
•My Role: Android/iOS/Feature Phone Apps UI Design
•All Project Members (20) ▼
The Platform | Android App, iOS App, Feature Phone App (WIPI), Nokia App, Outlook Add-in, Window Mobile App, Web
The Goal
Build a service that synchronizes personal information safely regardless of time and location.
The Outcome
We established a stable PIMs across seven operating systems.
Moreover, feature phone users successfully backed up their personal information toward a smartphone.
The Process & The Timeline
Why We Started the Project
iPhone 4 released on 10th September 2010 in Korea was a game-changer in the cell phone market.
The year of 2011 was at the beginning of the smartphone craze.
Millions of people needed to transfer their information like contacts, events and so on to smartphones.
A new PIMS and infrastructure were required due to radical changes in the mobile market.
The Service Value
mySYNC provided various functions for an address book, events, memos and personal content
based on synchronization between the website and multiple devices.
Challenges & Risks
The most serious problem was that the main UX concept of the service was not been defined until even 30 percent of the project duration passed.
We needed to tackle this problem urgently to move on.
Passionate members and I devoted to designing a robust definition of functions and a service concept within a month.
Reorganization of requirements
Service Benchmarking
UX Principles
My Contributions
Android • iOS Apps
I went through trials and errors while designing the smartphone apps, but I was touched with the successful launch of my first apps.
Feature Phone App
The client said: “I really like its user experience!
I want to have the same interfaces on NOKIA and Window Mobile apps.”
As I designed the whole UX•UI of the app,
I was tremendously impressed with his comment.
Special Features
Customized features for Koreans “Search by consonant of Korean” and “Group messaging” were designed.
The Outcome
We launched the service into the world at the end of 2011 through the one-year journey.
•Stable and fast sync across seven platforms was constructed.
•Intimidate collaboration with KT led to a system management contract.
•We delivered natural UX that had harmony with characteristics of operating systems.
PROJECT MEMBERS
Project Manager Hunbok Lee & Byoungho Jang
Service /UI Design (4)
• Leader Sanghun Kim
• Android, iOS & Feature Phone Apps Hyejin Lee
• Nokia & Web Seunyung Gho
• PC App & Window Mobile Jounghee Lee
GUI Design (4)
• Leading Jinho Choi
• Android, iOS & Feature Phone Dooik Lee
• Web Eunkyoung Lim
• Nokia, PC App & Window Mobile Changgu Jung
Quality Assurance
• Leader Sangbyoung Oh
Development (9)
• Leader Sunghwan Bang
• Server Sunghwan Bang, Seoksik Kim & Ha-jun Kim
• iOS Jungrim Park & Gwangho Lee
• Android Hyungyu Lee & Keebum Hong
• Web Seoksik Kim & Jiyoung Lee
• Feature Phone Inhee Yoo
• Sync Mobile Leader Corporation