Assessing the performance of common tasks on handheld mobile computers

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 542-546

  Tossell, Chad C ^a   Kortum, Philip T ^a   Shepard, Clayton W ^b   Rahmati, Ahmad ^b   Zhong, Lin ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ENTRIES; HAND-HELD MOBILE COMPUTERS; HANDHELD MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE CONTENT;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 79952919265     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118110X12829369603560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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