Worth-centred mobile phone design for older users

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-403

  Renaud, Karen ^a   van Biljon, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Ease of use; Effectiveness; Mobile phones; Older users; Worth

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EASE OF USE; EFFECTIVENESS; OLDER USERS; WORTH;

DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE;

TELEPHONE SETS;

EID: 78149410697     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-009-0177-9     Document Type: Article

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