Developing a new usability testing method for mobile devices

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 115-127

  Lee, Kwang Bok ^a   Grice, Roger A ^b  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile devices; PDAs; Usability

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL TESTS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE SERVICES; USABILITY;

CAMERAS; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; USER INTERFACES;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 10444278027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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