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Technical Report: Managing the Mobile Inbox with MoMail Managing the Mobile Inbox with MoMail Technical Report #: 03-07 Author(s): Li-Te Cheng, Daniel Gruen Category(s): Email, mobile user interface, information visualization, gestural pop-up menu, email threads Abstract A Collaborative User Experience Technical Report: more about CUE... Email, an indispensable communications tool on desktop computers, has a growing role on mobile devices. However, the varied ways that desktop users use their email combined with known difficulties of designing mobile applications pose a significant challenge to creating a mobile email user interface. In this paper, we describe MoMail, a functional PocketPC prototype to explore a rich user email experience on a PDA. We highlight MoMail’s chief user interface contributions that help users manage their email, discuss reactions from prospective users, and reflect on lessons learned and suggestions for future work Full Report For more information, or to order a Technical Report, contact us.