Students' thoughts about the importance and costs of their mobile devices' features and services

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-84

  Economides, Anastasios A ^a   Grousopoulou, Amalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

3G; Bleutooth; Digital gadget; Gender difference; GPS; Handheld device; IPhone; Mobile Internet; Mobile phone; Mobile telephony; Mp3 player; PDA; Portable device; Questionnaire; SMS; Survey; Technical and functional features; Usability; User experience; Wi Fi

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLUETOOTH; CAMERAS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; INTERNET; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; STUDENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

3G; BATTERY LIFE; BLEUTOOTH; DECISION MAKERS; DIGITAL GADGET; FEMALE STUDENTS; GENDER DIFFERENCE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GPS; HAND-HELD DEVICES; HANDHELD DEVICE; INTERNET CONNECTIONS; IPHONE; MOBILE INTERNET; MOBILE PHONE; MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES; MOBILE TELEPHONY; MP-3 PLAYERS; MP3 PLAYER; PDA; PHOTO CAMERA; PORTABLE DEVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMS; SURVEY; TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES; TOUCH SCREENS; USABILITY; USER EXPERIENCE; VOICE COMMANDS; WI-FI;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 52149106894     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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