Android smartphone adoption and intention to pay for mobile internet:Perspectives from software, hardware, design, and value

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-235

  Hsiao, Kuo Lun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Android; Communications; E books; Mobile internet; Mobile technology; Perceived value; Smartphone; Taiwan; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879909716     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378831311329022     Document Type: Article

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