Use of mobile phones by male and female Greek students

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 729-749

  Economides, Anastasios A ^a,b   Grousopoulou, Amalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b Computer Networks and Telematics Applications ^*

Author keywords

Analysis of questionnaire; Cell phone; Gender difference; Handheld device; Higher education; Mobile communications; Mobile device; Mobile phone; PDA; Personal digital assistant; Smart phone; User experience

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MOBILE DEVICES; STUDENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRE; CELL PHONE; GENDER DIFFERENCE; HANDHELD DEVICE; HEALTH ISSUES; HIGHER EDUCATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE DEVICE; MOBILE PHONE; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES; PDA; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHONE CALLS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SHORT-MESSAGE SERVICE; SMART PHONE; USER EXPERIENCE;

TELEPHONE;

EID: 49249115376     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2008.019822     Document Type: Article

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