No wires attached: Usability challenges in the connected mobile world

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 639-651

  Gorlenko, Lada ^a   Merrick, Roland ^a  

^a IBM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; WIRE;

FULLY MOBILE WIRELESSLY CONNECTED (FMWC) APPLICATIONS; USER-CENTERED DESIGNS (USD); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

EID: 1342344817     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.424.0639     Document Type: Article

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